Pirate Bear
United Kingdom
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Nº658
Date: 2015-08-10 - 14:09
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Max Depth: 35m Duration: 65mins
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- Dry suit: O'Three - Ri1-100
- Light: Gibielle - Tritone
- Mask: Oceanic - Shadow
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ZOMG - this wreck was easily as good as I remembered….. see now why I picked it for my 100th!
Awesome visibility and too many fish! Down behind the bridge section and then forward taking in the bridge encasing the conning tower. On forward to see the wave breakers and then onto the base of the forward guns (missing guns but looking like winches). All the way forward was coated in brittle stars- everyone was wondering whether Michelle would cope with this many all in one location!
Down under the starboard side of the bow leads into the swimthrough that takes you back towards the shotline. What a great site moving through there - beyond some of the better Red Sea wreck dives even!
Saw the lower parts of the capstan mechanisms for manual winding. Lots of other great features to see- all lit up by some wonderful ambient light coming through the port side of the wreck.
Headed over to see the stripped 8.8 gun without correct level deck to stand on. Also saw the dropped/forgotten bronze torpedo tube next to it that Dougie forgot to salvage. Amazing that it’s supporting it’s own weight standing upright on the wreck.
Back towards the bow again and checked out the indentation for the bow anchor. Looked more like a set of animal ears! Then over to the shotline to ascend with Michelle and Ali- some yo-yoing on the line as far too much slack on the line.