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Once we had agreed our signals, fins held in hand by their straps we marched into a few feet of water and sat down on the slip and wriggled our boots into our fins and snapped the straps over our heels.

Standing up, I turned backwards and shuffled backwards down into some deeper water and then flopped into the water. The shocking cold trickle of water that comes with wet suit diving, invaded the small of my back and sent a shiver through my body.

One by one the other divers flopped into the water beside me. I rolled over onto my front and looked down, not knowing what to expect. Of course, the water was pitch black and I couldn’t even see my own feet. I pulled up my dive torch and switched on the beam. The powerful light sabre shattered the darkness, glaringly lighting up everything in the foreground and stretching away more dimly for about 15 feet. Outside this ghostly ribbon of light was a seemingly impenetrable barrier of darkness.

The others switched on their torches and three more light sabres danced around. I was still head down on the surface of the water at this time - so I lifted my head and had one last look at the lie of the land to orientate myself. Dropping my face back down in the water I kicked my fins to propel me along towards the end of the slip.