Diving in The Netherlands

I like diving very much. For me it is a hobby. A nice way to relax.
I already logged more than 500 dives in my logbook.
I prefer diving in nice and warm water with a good visability.
In The Netherlands, were I live, we don't have that so much.
Thats why 80 % of my dives are logged outside The Netherlands.

But diving in The Netherlands, is good for your experience. Because of the difficult circumstances. If you can dive here, you can dive everywhere.

So, 3 weeks ago, I start diving in The Netherlands again. The water is getting warm after the winter and it the water looked clear.

The disavantage of diving in The Netherlands is that you need a thick wetsuit or drysuit, gloves and a cap. For me it feels not comfortable.
You also have to walk to the divesite with your gear on. Sometimes more than 200 meters and across the dike with a 12 liter tank with compressed air on your back and 10 kilo extra weight around your body.

But now, after 3 dives in april, I can tell you, it was not to bad. I enjoyed it.
Although the watertemperature was about 7 to 10 degrees, we stayed in the water for almost 40 minutes. Sometimes the visability was good, sometimes very bad. We found a wreck, but the water was very turbid overthere, so there was not much to see. Somewhere else we saw crabs, lobsters, nudibranches, shrimps, mussels and jellyfish.

Next weekend I will go again. I heard the first sepias are spotted in The Netherlands in the Oosterschelde, Zeeland.

But to be honest.

I can't wait for the next diving destination outside Europe. Warm (28 degrees) and clear water.
Just my 3 mm wetsuit, no gloves, no cap, no walking with my gear on. Just jumping from the boat.
I think it will be The Phillippines.

Diving is fun.