I jumped off the lift at the back of the boat, camera in hand. I descended down the wall in pleasing green vis of around 6 metres.  Seconds after landing on the seafloor I had my first seal encounter of the day as around 6 individuals buzzed me getting closer as time went on. Being at a less exposed site the encrusting marine life was not as impressive as elsewhere in the islands. There were walls of dead men’s fingers, with long fronds of kelp in the surface layers. In the cracks and crevices velvet backed swimming crabs were everywhere. On the seafloor colonies of sea urchins marched about. Surprisingly with so many seals about there was fish around as well and I saw some small Ballan Wrasse and juvenile pollack. I finned along the wall keeping it on my right as per Lee’s instructions. I kept close in to stay out of the tide. At around 9 metres submerged islets lying just off the main island form tall narrow gullies, here there is more marinelife about and I note painted topshells and some nudibranches but the main resident is a sleeping seal on the sea floor gently rocking back and forward in the tide. Through the gully the bay I noted from the boat takes shape underwater, the water shallows to around 6 metres. Long gullies run into the island here all covered by broken kelp fronds and this is where you will find the bulk of the seals. I found a good spot and whilst I was photographing 1 individual another was tugging at my fins and another was lying on my tank. This really was one of my closest encounters and it’s what the Farne Isles is famous for. There is plenty of other stuff here to see as well, I noted large schools of 2 spotted gobies and lots of scorpion fish about, Edible Crabs and Lobster were also common sights. After around an hour of fun with the seals I moved out of the gully and finned further around the wall at around 11 metres. More gullies opened up and invited me to explore but my time was up on this dive. I was followed all the way up to the surface by a seal before it shot off at the approach of the Farne Diver.