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Ten UK dives you might just manage
I wrote this article following on from the social media lists of 'must do' dives, I hope you enjoy reading it and look forward to your feedback on your favourite UK dives!
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The bows of SS Breda, or at least the very front of the cut down bow section after she was wire cut to 28ft.
Not as common as in Southern waters or even around Howick but here is a Lesser Spotted Catshark, or should that be dogfish? (Scyliorhinus canicula) Years ago you rarely saw any but they are becoming more common, in 2018 a party of divers got photos of a large Tope out at the Farne Islands.....apex predators you have been warned!
And the business end of the same gun, in this case a crab has set-up shop but most of the time they are home to conger eels!
The concreted in anchor, this is located on its own 'up' the gully on the seaward side of the Hopper rock
A typical north east wreck dive, plates, boilers n bits. In this case probably Jan Van Ryswyck although a few vessels have foundered so the bits are somehwhat mixed!
In this shallower water the bed-rock is coated with dulse and you will see all manner of critters, in this case a Bloody Henry (Henricia oculata)
Scenic stuff with light coming through the hull where the plates have gone and we are left with ribs and bits only
Compare and contrast a real cannon with the claimed cannon on the Hopper!
Cascabels, trunions and the taper of the barrel!
Wreckage from SS Loch Leven which foundered without the loss of life, not an oft dived site but very nice scenery plus rust!
A close up of the winching arrangement showing the spoked section which is at the northern end of the 'lump'
Part of the steering mechanism of SS Breda, easy to get at provided you commit yourself to a full circuit of the area.
This is the never ending cycle, well it does end when there is no metal left, it rusts and the rust then gets washed off and the new metal rusts and.... well you get the picture
Just off the starboard side near the bows on SS Thesis, you can see that the existing supporting structure is rapidly giving up the ghost.
Huzzah, I do like finding a tosheroon, in this case where tide and rock formation have caused a build up of lost fishing weights. You can rapidly find a huge amount of weights if you are scouring a virgin area as there tends to be quite a few of these on any length of reef
A grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) the reason loads of divers visit the islands
Arty-farty shot of a pinnacle
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!
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