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My fave wreck is the Tabarka, a block ship in scapa flow, orkney. It has to be dived on slack really, otherwise it is a mad kick down, or a bumpy ride up, sometimes getting up close and personal with the Inverlane, or the Gorbenador Bories...hehe.
She sits upside down, and is like a cathederal. The fierce current means there is no silt to kick up, and she sits on small cobbles. The engine is surprisingly intact, it feels almost as if you could dry her off and start her up! Many of the upright ribs are still there, but most of the way around the hull there is a hole eaten through the plating making it look like windows. I went around a corner on the wreck only to come face to face with a cormorant diving for fish. I dont know who got more of a shock. She is a shallow dive, but because of the current, not a novice dive.
My fave wreck is the Tabarka, a block ship in scapa flow, orkney. It has to be dived on slack really, otherwise it is a mad kick down, or a bumpy ride up, sometimes getting up close and personal with the Inverlane, or the Gorbenador Bories...hehe.
She sits upside down, and is like a cathederal. The fierce current means there is no silt to kick up, and she sits on small cobbles. The engine is surprisingly intact, it feels almost as if you could dry her off and start her up! Many of the upright ribs are still there, but most of the way around the hull there is a hole eaten through the plating making it look like windows. I went around a corner on the wreck only to come face to face with a cormorant diving for fish. I dont know who got more of a shock. She is a shallow dive, but because of the current, not a novice dive.