Salsette

[milldog]

this is the first time i have dived this site due to being blown out in the past and cancelled trips but yesterday i finally got on to the wreck, we were out with Scimitar diving and hit the dive site bang on time we were in the water by 14:15 and on the way down, i had teamed up with Gary (warmwaterdiver) to dive this and it was a first for him to however the luck b****d was diving her again Saturday.

well we hit the wreck midships and started off down to the rear and Rudder, now if you hadn't dived this its a must for you its teaming with shoals of fish and sea life the wreck is amazing in its own right standing tall above you, there are loads of places to go into and swim through we were lucky we had about 12m viz and hit the wreck bang on slack, so we had perfect conditions

i bagged a few crabs tried for the lobster and failed, but he was so big i would have had to lend him my deco gas so he could come up!!we moved to the rudder huge and then up and over the top to swim down the starboard side of the wreck Gary gestured at a porthole with a pincer movement, i thought great another crab but came face to face with a grandfather of the conger community F**** Huge with a mouth bigger than the mother in law, we carried on up the wreck to just past midships and checked time 43 minutes and we were due to leave the bottom at 45 so SMB away an we slowly drifted off the wreck to go into deco.

a truly fantastic dive and worth a few more visits
dive time 45 minutes run time with deco 98 minutes
maximum depth 45.9 meters
finish depth for smb and off 39.2 meters

looking forward to going back

[The_Ferret]

Originally Posted by milldog

this is the first time i have dived this site due to being blown out in the past and cancelled trips but yesterday i finally got on to the wreck, we were out with Scimitar diving and hit the dive site bang on time we were in the water by 14:15 and on the way down, i had teamed up with Gary (warmwaterdiver) to dive this and it was a first for him to however the luck b****d was diving her again Saturday.

well we hit the wreck midships and started off down to the rear and Rudder, now if you hadn't dived this its a must for you its teaming with shoals of fish and sea life the wreck is amazing in its own right standing tall above you, there are loads of places to go into and swim through we were lucky we had about 12m viz and hit the wreck bang on slack, so we had perfect conditions

i bagged a few crabs tried for the lobster and failed, but he was so big i would have had to lend him my deco gas so he could come up!!we moved to the rudder huge and then up and over the top to swim down the starboard side of the wreck Gary gestured at a porthole with a pincer movement, i thought great another crab but came face to face with a grandfather of the conger community F**** Huge with a mouth bigger than the mother in law, we carried on up the wreck to just past midships and checked time 43 minutes and we were due to leave the bottom at 45 so SMB away an we slowly drifted off the wreck to go into deco.

a truly fantastic dive and worth a few more visits
dive time 45 minutes run time with deco 98 minutes
maximum depth 45.9 meters
finish depth for smb and off 39.2 meters

looking forward to going back

Glad you enjoyed it.. its my favourite wreck so far................

john...........

[warmwaterdiver]

cheers for the dive yesterday Graham

how was MY crab

today was a bit more mixed, sun was still shining bright but the wind had picked up a bit and the sea wasn't quite the millpond it was yesterday but nothing to loose breakfast over (I must be getting the hang of these boats!), we were the only boat on it today

my torch decided to stop working at 25m on the way down, so I waited for Mark to decend & he got the jist of my hand signal and switched it off & on again and it was fine from then on

saw another couple of lobby's that you could've had, but theres always next time!

another good day, another good dive

[nickb]

Gary

I dived it this morning, but didn't find any of your cylinders. Sorry mate

[milldog]

Originally Posted by nickb

Gary

I dived it this morning, but didn't find any of your cylinders. Sorry mate

OUCH ............. Paging kitchen saucer of milk to trip reports

[sexydivebuddy]

[warmwaterdiver]

Originally Posted by nickb

Gary

I dived it this morning, but didn't find any of your cylinders. Sorry mate

glad to report all cylinders safe and well

local "cash & carry warehouse" are doing a special offer on padlocks so I stocked up in advance of Scapa