Date : 6th August 2008
Time : 60 mins
Depth : 13.7m
Temp : 18 C
Nitrox : 32%
Ok, so what on earth am I doing using 32% nitrox on a 14m diver. Well I was booked to go and dive The Alaunia on my birthday a couple of days before which is a huge wreck in the middle [...]
Date : 27th July 2008
Time : 57 mins
Depth : 9.7m
Temp : 15 C
Unfortunately my brother-in-law ended up developing a sciatica attack and failed to make this next dive due to the discomfort and lack of sleep. This dive was very similar to the previous one though and the rib was moored at exactly the same [...]
Date : 26th July 2008
Time : 53 mins
Depth : 14.6m
Temp : 15 C
Mouro Island is a marine nature reserve just off the port of Santander in Northern Spain. The water is pretty cold as this coastline is exposed to the Atlantic and I did expect the water to be clearer. The visibility was about 7 [...]
Date : 2nd July 2008
Time : 54 mins
Depth : 12.5m
Temp : 17 C
Ok, so I wasn’t paying enough attention to the skipper on this occasion and didn’t note which of the ledges we were diving on, but by the looks of it we started out at the far western end of the Kings Ledges.
Mark Threadgold [...]
Date : 14th June 2008
Time : 46 mins
Depth : 7m
Temp : 15 C
I hadn’t visited this site before so I was looking forward to seeing what I could find. The skipper (Paul Dyer) said that the area was covered with rock gullies, perfect for grabbing the odd lobster or crab. So I hopped in wondering if it would be my lucky day and I would…
Read more...»Date : 14th June 2008 Time : 43mins
Depth : 34m Temp : 14 C
Nitrox : 31%
I had to be feeling keen as I needed to be at the Marina at 6am to go on this dive. Although a little chilly as it was early morning, it was a lovely clear day and we headed out of the marina as scheduled. The wreck of the U130 lies a few miles south of The Birling Gap in Sussex. This 1st World War German submarine sank…
Read more...»Date : 11th June 2008 Time : 57mins
Depth : 15.5m Temp : 15 C
This time we dived the ledges just after high tide. We jumped in a little after slack water and headed west as the current was taking us in the opposite direction to the dive a few days ago…
Read more...»Date : 9th June 2008 Time : 55mins
Depth : 12.5m Temp : 15 C
The current was moving fairly swiftly east by the time I dropped in onto this reef ledge. The water was pleasingly better than the previous dive with visibility up to 5m. I made the most of the first 15 minutes knowing that when I put my surface marker buoy up I…
Read more...»Date : 8th June 2008 Time : 56mins
Depth : 26m Temp : 13 C
Not long after we set out from Brighton Marina at 7:45am on this bright and warm Sunday morning the Skipper of Brighton Diver II, Paul Dyer, (www.brightondiver.com) spotted a small pod of common dolphins heading west. They were about half a mile or so south of Brighton Marina.
As I watched my so called ‘buddy’ disappear…
Read more...»Date : 4th June 2008 Time : 47mins
Depth : 15.5m Temp : 13 C
The Inverclyde is a shipwreck lying about 3 miles southeast of Brighton Marina. This trawler saw service in both the first and second world wars and sank under tow in 1942. Nowadays it is scattered over the sea bed with parts appearing and disappearing as the sea bed shifts around. The boiler always…
Read more...»Date : 31st May 2008 Time : 27mins
Depth : 14.6m Temp : 14 C
Brighton Marina Yacht Club own a number of permanent marker buoys which are used for sailing racing. Over time the chains that hold the buoys in place and the base of the buoys become covered in mussels and start to sink down under the increased weight. The dive section of the club undertake…
Read more...»Date : 31st May 2008 Time : 46mins
Depth : 12m Temp : 14 C
Ship rocks is a reef ledge a few miles south west of Brighton Marina, a site that my dive club regularly visits. The annual plankton bloom was definitely in full swing when I dived 10 days ago but on this dive it was obvious that it is starting to clear up. It has reached that stringy stage where I can see…
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