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What a day this was!
Set off to get to Brid at 5am, the boat was loaded and we set off at 7:15am. Wow, you should have seen all the kit on the boat. 10 twinsets, 1 bcd with an 18 & 15L tank and 1 rebreather & 9, 25L tanks for topping up the twins! Oops nearly forgot 8 or so ponys. The boat pulled out of the habour and then opened up 2 Volvo Penta engines pumping out 600+ bhp. It was mega, 40 knots I think they said.
We went out and out, first the land disapeared, then we saw oil rigs and then they disapeared. We got to the dive site for around 9:30am and dived around 10am. The sun was out and the sea like a mill pond, there was a bit of bloom in the sea but that disapeared when we got deeper! The wreck was a liner (35-40 miles off shore) and is the largest wreck on the east coast, at 155 yards in length, 10 yards smaller than the Zenobia! We went down the shot and landed on the bow and headed back down the ship. Unfortunately it had been blown to bits and had wires dragged through it to break it up. I could see some of the floors and the ribs of the ship but most of the hull had corroded away. Then after 20 mins we seemed to dive away from the wreck and loose it (the word B****CKS springs to mind). So we had a look at some marine life instead. It was fun watching my buddy Robin chacing a Hemit crab about. End of dive 38 mins, max depth 32m, vis 10m. Wicked dive, will have to do it again one day.
Dive two after a 4 hour SI, we dived a ship with arms on it, I didn't see too much of this ship but what I did I liked. We got some shells off big bullets with a 4 inch diameter. So i used my goody bag for the first time and Robin's lifting bag which was fun. Dive time 30mins, depth 25m, and the vis 12-15 meters. I wish we could have this a bit more often.
We go back to shore at 5:30pm and couldn't get the kit off the boat unill 6:45pm due to low tide
. Set off home, bloody #### you should have seen the traffic, the first 20 miles took me 1 hour. I got home at 9:15pm (to Leeds). It was a long day but I would say worth it.
Will post ship names later.
Trip was run by Duck 'n' Dive.
What a day this was!
Set off to get to Brid at 5am, the boat was loaded and we set off at 7:15am. Wow, you should have seen all the kit on the boat. 10 twinsets, 1 bcd with an 18 & 15L tank and 1 rebreather & 9, 25L tanks for topping up the twins! Oops nearly forgot 8 or so ponys. The boat pulled out of the habour and then opened up 2 Volvo Penta engines pumping out 600+ bhp. It was mega, 40 knots I think they said.
We went out and out, first the land disapeared, then we saw oil rigs and then they disapeared. We got to the dive site for around 9:30am and dived around 10am. The sun was out and the sea like a mill pond, there was a bit of bloom in the sea but that disapeared when we got deeper! The wreck was a liner (35-40 miles off shore) and is the largest wreck on the east coast, at 155 yards in length, 10 yards smaller than the Zenobia! We went down the shot and landed on the bow and headed back down the ship. Unfortunately it had been blown to bits and had wires dragged through it to break it up. I could see some of the floors and the ribs of the ship but most of the hull had corroded away. Then after 20 mins we seemed to dive away from the wreck and loose it (the word B****CKS springs to mind). So we had a look at some marine life instead. It was fun watching my buddy Robin chacing a Hemit crab about. End of dive 38 mins, max depth 32m, vis 10m. Wicked dive, will have to do it again one day.
Dive two after a 4 hour SI, we dived a ship with arms on it, I didn't see too much of this ship but what I did I liked. We got some shells off big bullets with a 4 inch diameter. So i used my goody bag for the first time and Robin's lifting bag which was fun. Dive time 30mins, depth 25m, and the vis 12-15 meters. I wish we could have this a bit more often.
We go back to shore at 5:30pm and couldn't get the kit off the boat unill 6:45pm due to low tide
. Set off home, bloody #### you should have seen the traffic, the first 20 miles took me 1 hour. I got home at 9:15pm (to Leeds). It was a long day but I would say worth it.Will post ship names later.
Trip was run by Duck 'n' Dive.
