Duo-Divers

Skylights rather than portholes but it would be nice.....wouldn't it!?!

A flatfish, species TBC!

The boilers again

The Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) returned for a little fin nibbling and finding that no-one really wanted to play he disappeared.

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?

A close up of some 100 year old teak decking, in the shelter this decking has lasted remarkably well and is still 'tough' and not at all spongey and falling apart.

The sandstone bed-rock slowly steps up towards teh cliffs, in this case it is worn away in tiny steps, probably the equivalent to the layers that were laid down over time.

If you look down into the heavily salvaged engine space you can see the prop shaft, the hole down is about 20m to the inverted deck, quite a drop.....

The rudders, these stand about 6m proud of the bottom of the vessel and are intact despite the explosive forces used to remove the phosphor bronze propellors which were located very, very close.

Sea Hare (aplysia punctata)

On one particular stone there were loads of Candy striped flatworms (Prostheceraeus vittatus), not sure why as adjacent areas were devoid.

Huge shaols of Coalfish (Pollachius virens), these were bigger boys and had chased awy the smaller baitfish. They were probably waiting to ambush any fish swept over the top of the wreck when the tide got going properly.

In the actual 'submarine hole' it is an absolute mishmash of bits concreted onto the bottom, in this case a heavy gauge cable has been concreted onton steel and rock

A 'random wreckage' shot, you can see the rope and shattered pot, so go steady on these dives as there are trapping hazards about.

A view of the same boiler showing the steam pipes. I have never seen a huge amount of blue fiends living in the boiler which is odd, but whenever someone shots it with pots they fill up, so I guess that they live deep inside.....

Believe it or not a Gravel Sea Cucumber (Neopentadadactyla mixta) under the tentacles there is a creature living in a hole!

A 'bow shot', I try to get one of these on every wreck

Not all rust, here is a Dragonet (Callionymus lyra)

Looking back towards the Carnatic from the bowsprit, Abu Nuhas Reef

You get two colours of Plumose Anemone (Metridium senile) white and orange, both look like cold willies when closed up but very pretty when open and feeding!

A Sand Brittle Star (Ophiura ophiura), on the deeper wrecks there were odd ones on the sea-bed rather than the thick carpet of brittles seen on the shallower stuff.

Feedin' the wrasse!!

In this case Ballan Wrasse (Labrus bergylta) on a smashed edible sea urchin (Echinus esculentus), don't try this at home kids.

A lump of anchor chain, some of the minimal evidence that a ship sank here.

Loads of these blue fiends on this site, a Common Lobster (Homarus gammarus) this one coming forward to look at what is looking at him.