Duo-Divers

This is the main reason people dive the harcars, seals and lots of 'em! I'd ignored this pup for ten minutes so it was really up for interaction

Fishing lines criss-crossing the bottom, not ideal for divers of aquatic animals......

Wreckage from SS Mistley, in this case from near the stern. This structure was only eally 'thrown up' after storms a couple of winters ago!

A rather large Sea-Squirt

A Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber) hiding under a Dead Mans Finger (Alcyonium digitatum), there can be quite a few creepy crawlies hidden away you simply have to take the time and look!

A male Cuckoo Wrasse (Labrus bimaculatus), this one was very interested in what I was about.

The harbout outer wall, submitted for a competition, who knows?

Holes in the front of the fin, makes things much easy to put on and take off as the water isn't hydraulic'd and can squirt out when you put the fun in and enter when you are taking them off.

Another view close to the upright showing some of the hull flattened on the bottom.

The propellor from SS Abessinia, you can get some idea of scale when you see the diver hovering around it.

A Common Hermit Crab (Pagurus bernhardus) this one is in a winkle shell and was quite happy trying to stare me down, cheeky little blighter!

A very large, well the largest that I have ever seen Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris), eyes down!

There are more and more dahlia anemone (Urticina felina) appearing on the site, I do worry that a hard winter storm will dislodge and kill most of them but hey!

Not too happy at all!

A bit of a clincher regarding the dating of a wreck.

I think it was 1858 when sailing ships were compelled to carry a red port lamp and 1837 for steam ships.

If you find any glass from lights then you can date the sinking from after these dates.

Lumpsucker eggs, not normally as common as the washed up fish and once used as fake caviar

Head 'straight down' from the propellor and you will land on two large boilers, just follow the debris!