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<font color='#000F22'>Just thought I'd post a wee report on my Sunday trip to the Upper Clyde in case any of the board who haven't been there fancied it.
I was due to join a few lads for a day's diving on the Clyde on Sunday off the MV Spinaway Isle a 67ft ex-fishing boat that is well laid out for diving.
Large galley area, seating for communal eating and cabins below for a kip or a dry changing area on a wet day.
The weather yesterday was fantastic - hardly any wind - sun shone all day and despite indifferent viz I has two and a half very nice dives.
The plan was to do a couple of dives on the Akka, a four hundred foot wreck about 20 minutes sail from Inverkip Marina, our point of departure.
I buddied with a guy I hadn't dived with before but he was a pleasure to dive with. After dropping down the shot we arrive on the bridge worked our way aft, dropped over the side and then came back doing a wall dive on the side of the vessel like an overhanging cavern. Lots of life including a few big congers and after a slow ascent and a wee bit of decco we were back on the surface.
Dive time - 48mins, Max depth 39m.
Back on board we see that everybodies back on board already and one of the party handn't enjoyed the dive. It was dark and a bit forbidding and I think he'd got a bit narked and nervy.
It was decided to bin the next dive on the Akka and do a scenic at the nearby Gantock Rocks. One problem, the shot was still attached to the wreck and despite having a bit of a heave it wasn't moving so me and another guy re-kitted and popped down to get the grapple.
Dive time 13m Max depth 28m
I then boosted my twins with some 40% and went to the scenic dive. Nice bimble about in about 19-20 metres of water. Viz was poor but there was still plenty to see if you got close enough
All in all a great day and i'll certainly be using the boat again. The skipper told me that they'll be running wee evening trips out to the Akka and other wrecks starting in the next few weeks too.
If folk were up for it I would certainly be up for organising a w/e on the Clyde for a nice mix of wrecks that are in fairly easily divable depths and some nice scenic stuff.
See the link for more info
http://www.clydedivingcentre.com/
<font color='#000F22'>Just thought I'd post a wee report on my Sunday trip to the Upper Clyde in case any of the board who haven't been there fancied it.
I was due to join a few lads for a day's diving on the Clyde on Sunday off the MV Spinaway Isle a 67ft ex-fishing boat that is well laid out for diving.
Large galley area, seating for communal eating and cabins below for a kip or a dry changing area on a wet day.
The weather yesterday was fantastic - hardly any wind - sun shone all day and despite indifferent viz I has two and a half very nice dives.
The plan was to do a couple of dives on the Akka, a four hundred foot wreck about 20 minutes sail from Inverkip Marina, our point of departure.
I buddied with a guy I hadn't dived with before but he was a pleasure to dive with. After dropping down the shot we arrive on the bridge worked our way aft, dropped over the side and then came back doing a wall dive on the side of the vessel like an overhanging cavern. Lots of life including a few big congers and after a slow ascent and a wee bit of decco we were back on the surface.
Dive time - 48mins, Max depth 39m.
Back on board we see that everybodies back on board already and one of the party handn't enjoyed the dive. It was dark and a bit forbidding and I think he'd got a bit narked and nervy.
It was decided to bin the next dive on the Akka and do a scenic at the nearby Gantock Rocks. One problem, the shot was still attached to the wreck and despite having a bit of a heave it wasn't moving so me and another guy re-kitted and popped down to get the grapple.
Dive time 13m Max depth 28m
I then boosted my twins with some 40% and went to the scenic dive. Nice bimble about in about 19-20 metres of water. Viz was poor but there was still plenty to see if you got close enough

All in all a great day and i'll certainly be using the boat again. The skipper told me that they'll be running wee evening trips out to the Akka and other wrecks starting in the next few weeks too.
If folk were up for it I would certainly be up for organising a w/e on the Clyde for a nice mix of wrecks that are in fairly easily divable depths and some nice scenic stuff.
See the link for more info
http://www.clydedivingcentre.com/