Duo-Divers

A Red Cushion Star (Porania pulvillus) this one was half on/half off a hatch so made quite a nice subject as there was access to the top as per this shot.

A smaller meshed net also hangs into the top deck on the port side, it's really obvious and easy to navigate around.

Another arty shot of the stringy like Bootlace Weed (Chorda filum) that is found in lower inter-tidal water. Apparently quite tasty too!

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A very large, well the largest that I have ever seen Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris), she was out and about for a full day so I guess that she was replete having eaten crab and either was enjoying a post-paradial sun bathing session or had a full stomach meaning she couldn't get in and out of her hole with ease!

There are some large sections of hull which still have some structural integrity and lean against the mini-reef, great for lobsters

Plastic waste, again, arrrrgh!

This area was exposed during the storms of 2018/2019 when a foot or so of sand was scoured out, so there is a mish-mash of bits all rusted onto the bottom of the gully.

And a mechanical 'thing'

The Montagus blenny (Coryphoblennius galerita), not the best of shots but this critter was on a pile of sand infront of his lair.

Large areas of the wreck are now down to the ribs, as can be seen on this shot

And the fish cared not! Having deployed my DSMB in about 14m I thought that I'd take a shot of the line going to the surface and you can just about make out the blob, wow!

A Green shore crab (Carcinus maenas) this one was busy digging a hole, there must have been something down there.

A lebgth of conveyor belt, maybe used originally for lifting crushed stone from the quarry?

A female Common Dragonet (Callionymus lyra), this one didn't want to move and simply shuffled deeper into the sand as the lens got closer.

A bit of pipe, you can see the brazed joint along with a 50p piece for a bit of scale

A Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris), there are loads about this year (2016) you just have to get your eye in to spot 'em.

There are 'odd' sections of phosphor bronze pipe dotted around the site, I have put a fishing weight on this one to give some sense of scale. I may be forced to attack it with a hammer and chisel in 2017!

A Hermit Crab (Pagurus bernhardus) had set up shop in an old whelk shell, te problem was that it was far to small and spent most of the time looking out of a hole half way down the shell!

This piece stands proud of the seabed maybe eight feet and forms a large H, not sure what it is though....

Another bit of a small windlass arrangement, or alternatively as it is in a certain location part of the lifting tackle that was mounted on the masts and superstructure of the vessel?