[Grellan]

know how you feel. first time encountered nessie wasn't expecting it at all and whole party got annihilated within 2 rounds.

anyhow, it is possible to get past nessie to the sea caves without fighting him/her/it??. jump down from the entrance behind the rocks. then run to your right, hugging the walls. you'll come to another few big rocks where there are some dog tags of uif soldiers and where you can hide from nessie. here there is one of those rocks with bubbles coming up from it: step over it and you get carried up onto another ledge which is part of a set of tunnels that skirt around the open space where nessie is. follow these, heading south east approx and you'll get to the sea caves exit. likely to face a bunch of deep dwellers, psi sharks etc but nothing extreme.