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We collected and closed in on one another. Once we were close enough we had a silent underwater conversation using light signals and agreed to turn the dive here. We made an about turn until the harbour wall was on our right hand side and the hull of the large vessel overhead was pointing in the opposite direction. After that we kicked off the bottom and headed back towards the slip retracing our steps.

After 10 minutes or so, the harbour wall yielded to the steep embankment. 45 minutes into the dive, we arrived back at the slip and broke the water, rising up like silent predators from a swamp. We touched our feet down and stood up in about 4-5 feet of water. Slowly we pulled our fins off and walked from the water.

Once on the safety of the slip I turned and looked across the water towards the harbour and managed to make out an orange freighter tied up against the harbour wall. I was staggered at the distance it was away from us and at how great a distance we had covered in that time. I was shivering again from the cold and dashed to the car to change into warm clothes before heading back to Duirinish.