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Dive 18 · Coast & Harbour

Puffins on the clifftop

Three puffins with colourful beaks standing on a grassy cliff above the sea

Filling the tank…

In the frame

Three puffins with bright orange and grey beaks stand on a grassy clifftop dotted with pink sea thrift. Behind them, green cliffs fall to a deep blue sea.

This dive cuts the picture into 12 square tiles on a 4 × 3 board and shuffles them. Swap two tiles at a time until the picture is whole; tiles that reach their home spot lock.

Dive plan

  1. Start with the easy part: the three puffins and the pink flowers.
  2. Save for last: the deep blue sea. About 24% of the frame has little detail, mostly in the top third, and those pieces look alike.
  3. Swap each tile straight to its home spot; it locks there, and the tile you displaced is the next one to place.
  4. If every swap sends a tile home, 11 swaps or fewer finish all 12 tiles.
  5. Most tiles here hold a recognisable feature, so find their spots by comparing them with the preview.
  6. With so few tiles, try to finish without opening the preview.

Colours of the picture

Main colours, measured from the picture's pixels: slate grey (27%), charcoal (26%), kelp green (18%) and grey (15%).

  • slate grey27%
  • charcoal26%
  • kelp green18%
  • grey15%
  • brown14%

How deep it goes

Depth 1 of 5 — a calm paddle.

Snorkel dives are the shallow end of the logbook: small boards with pieces big enough to read at a glance.