Diving in Tossa (second dive)

Date of Dive:
June 1, 2023

Location of Dive:
Tossa de Mar, Spain

Noticeable Sightings
Spiny Lobster (Palinurus elephas)
Mediterranean Moray Eel (Muraena helena)

When exiting the water after our first dive in Tossa, the van of the diving centre was waiting for us with some new scuba tanks. We quickly took of our bcd’s and after a short break, we attached the new tanks and went back to the water.

As we had already seen a lot of the area, we could immediately swim past the beginning and head towards a spot where the dive guide knew there would probably be lobsters. We headed past another big rock formation and immediately I could feel that there was a slight current. As most of my dives have been near that bay in Barcelona, it was my first time experiencing a current albeit a weak one. Swimming through a crack in some of the rock formations we suddenly saw some antennae sticking out of the rock: lobsters! Two lobsters of approximately 25 cm each were wedged into a small crevasse wiggling their antennae around. They were not too skittish so I was able to get a good look at them.

Not far from where we spotted the first two lobsters, we swam about a meter below an overhanging rock. In this small cave we saw a third lobster and a massive one at that! It was pretty well hidden but it seemed to be about 35 cm long from head to tail (excluding the antennae). It was walking around its home and seemed not to pleased with our presence.

After our encounter with the massive lobster, we swam around some more and saw many more moray eels. Sadly, because it was our second dive of the day it was a relatively short dive. After our safety stop we headed back to the surface to conclude the final dive of my time in Barcelona.