Duo-Divers

When looking for 'bits' look for colours that leap out at you, this piece of copper just doesn't blend in with the sea-bed.

The propellor, don't go past as there is nothing else to see!

Fan worms, (Bispira volutacornis) loads on this site and many others but getting close enough for a reasonable shot without having them snap shut can be a bit of a chore

A B/W shot of the boiler from the North of it

And here they are before line was added, the only bought bits a pair of bearings, one countersunk screw and the wing-nut!

A sunset to mark the end of shore diving for the 2022 season

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

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.

Going up and some other bugger was on the line 'fizzin'

Over the boulders and further along the bottom becomes 'paved', again, plenty of filter feeding life but not much opportunity for crabs and lobbies.

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!

It's here in the more stable bottom where when you look you can see......

More dulse covered iron-work, this time a Ballan Wrasse is heading off at a rate of knots!

You do need sharp eyes as frequently all that is visible, poking through tiny pockets of sand, are the stainless steel grip leads.

An egg cluster from Common Whelk (Buccinum undatum) a common find on the sea-shore, though this cluster was firmly attached.

A grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) the reason loads of divers visit the islands

Scenic stuff with light coming through the hull where the plates have gone and we are left with ribs and bits only