The plan is to do some easy wreck diving – Countess of Erne and the Hartlepool on Saturday and on Sunday venture slightly further round Portland if possible to the James Fennel, finishing up with a drift (and maybe scallops) on Grove Point. All dives will be under 20m, so suitable for all grades.
Day 1 (29/10/11) – Coronation WreckThe Coronation was a 90-gun Second Rate Ship in Line that was wrecked in 1691 off Penlee Point, Cornwall. There are two main areas of wreckage, the offshore and inshore site. Below is information I have taken from the Coronation Wreck Project website, http://www.coronationwreck.co.uk/index.html.
‘The offshore site comprises of rugged rock formations and sand-filled gullies. The site is in a general depth of 18 – 20m and has some kelp and low level vegetable turf covering the area. A large variety of marine life inhabits the site. The site has seventeen cannon and three anchors within it…
Diving from Isis out of Dale.A quick weekend’s diving from the Western tip of South Wales. Plan is to dive from Dale just next to Haverfordwest. Trips out with 6 divers and 2 crew.
At time of writing, the B&B at Meadow Rue has 7 spaces for that weekend at £25 per night. They need £30 deposit per person for bookings. Otherwise for the hardy there’s camping. Rose, Kerrie and I will be staying in the Mongolian Yurt !
Their contact details are:
email: [email protected], telephone: 01437 783706, website: www.meadowrue.co.uk
**26/8/11: THIS TRIP IS NOW OPEN TO NON-MEMBERS**
4/5 places available for qualified divers (BSAC Sports Diver or equilvalent)
Trip is advertised elsewhere – please contact Chris Stevens ASAP if you would like to come: 07808 774271
Fin the late summer dive season the seas around the west coast of Scotland boast some of the best diving conditions in the UK. Visibility is rarely less than 12m and marine life abounds. Basking sharks, Dolphin, Minke Wales and Seals are visitors at this time of year – spend a surface interval snorkelling with seals and porpoise and the time flies by.
The Garvellachs are a small group of Islands to the SW of Oban and are an area of outstanding natural beauty both above and below the water with exceptional water clarity. They experience some of the strongest tides in the UK making for very exciting drift diving and the wall dives have some amazing jewel anemone beds. They also have several large intact steamship era wrecks within a short distance (the Meldon, the SS Breda, the Shuna, the Benghazi, the Thesis, and even the Hispania may all be dived from here).
We are taking both Isis and Naiad to Pentewan sands for Dive Fest 2011.
Both snorkeling and diving are planned with the reefs and wrecks of this Cornish beauty spot well worth the trip.
Avoid the royal wedding malarky and come diving instead!
Sign up in the clubhouse.We need numbers asap to book static caravans and boat spaces.
More details of the event itself can be found on the Dive Fest 2011 website.
For dive site information click here (the location hasn’t changed since 2009, so this paperwork is still relevant).
For more information contact Chris S.
