Pirate Bear
United Kingdom
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Nº564
Date: 2014-06-22 - 07:16
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Max Depth: 42.3m Duration: 56mins
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- Temp: Surf 18°C Bottom 15°C
- Dive type : Wreck
- Visibility: Average Water: Salt
Specific gear used
- Dry suit: O'Three - Ri1-100
- Light: Gibielle - Tritone
- Mask: Oceanic - Shadow
- Weights: 10 kg
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Dive buddies:
Michelle Kim
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- 1. Air
- 2x10L Steel
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- 2. Nitrox 80
- 7L Steel 200 → 100 bar
- Average depth: 22.6m
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What a great dive. The viz was much better than yesterday on the high water slack. Diving with Michelle which meant we could have a decent bottom time.
Down onto the wreck was much easier than yesterday as shorter line and less current. Must have been about 10m foreward of the boilers. Moved around a fair while until we reached the boilers. looked like the starboard boiler was half submerged and under a large section of plating.
Behind the boilers the engine block was exposed and the large crank was out on show. Michelle pointed out a conger inside. ... Had a look and then swam away but she called me back as the eel had a fishing hook caught in its mouth. She was holding the line so I whipped out my shears and cut it free. .... good to test access and use of the shears at 40m!
Moved aft a bit further following bits that looked very much like the prop shaft. A curious large cuckoo wrasse came to investigate as we moved a way down towards the steering quadrant. Stuck underneath was a brand new CQR Anchor (with stickers still attached! ) and shiny chain..... Would have been nice to have lifted that if I'd had my lifting bag with me! Think the skipper will be back for it tomorrow though.
Nice 27 mins bottom time followed by a couple of deep stops and 10 mins of deco on 80%.
Back on the surface we meet up with the other 6 of our divers as the skipper was struggling with shotline. So we formed something of a flotilla with our flags and blobs.... He was very impressed with how well drilled we were.
Cracking dive and amazing to have been out of the water by 8:30 into beautiful sunshine.