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 below the surface while I was still on the boat, I realised that I would end up doing this dive solo. I was expecting the water to be a bit clearer, but when I got to the bottom it was obvious that I would need my splendid 4 LED torch. The viz was down to 2 - 3 metres due to the amount of plankton still hanging around in the water.
I had a bit of a look around the wreck which is pretty bashed up and then spotted a scallop… I’ve not heard of this wreck being one for scalloping before, so I kept my eyes peeled and went looking for a few more both on and off the wreck. I managed to find about 8 decent sized ones and a few tiddlers which I chucked back once I got a chance to have a look at them back on the surface. Though I did clock up 11 minutes of deco doing it. So it’s scallops for tea 
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