The best 10m dive in the UK

[The Old Ruminator]

Ok. How about a bit of fun for all ? I have just put Inverlane on the Wreck Report and as she was then I reckoned her to be the best 10m dive in the UK. Lets have a few more nominations . With photos if you have them. If its a wreck put it on the Wreck Report with a reference here.OK we can stretch the 10m limit a tiny bit.

[Mdemon]

Nice idea Nick!

Forgive the spelling, but the Herzegoine(sp?!!!) in out of Salcombe is lovely - almost white sand, clear blue water (occasionally!) and the marine life is very colourful against the ribs of the wreck itself. Not much wreck, but nice swim throughs. I think she's in the Wreck Reports already but if not I'll try and find some pics.

Babbacombe Beach can be nice too. If the light and vis is right, you can sit at 3m off to the left of the slip and watch the orange and turquoise of the wrasse and dragonets and the odd cuttlefish. You have to fin for ten minutes before you get any depth in the whole area and the most I could be bothered with was 12m. There is a "reef" which runs out along from the end of the breakwater and I've seen very exotic creatures there - lobsters (once!), a seal, pink and purple lumpsuckers and once a shoal of John Dory!!! Then there is the fun of collecting the lost fishing gear on the way in.

Meadfoot beach has more starfish than you can believe, and if you swim to shag rock (12m max), you find huge amounts of yellow coral-like stuff and lots of crabs hiding in the rocky seabed, along with the odd scallop. Not much more than that to recommend it though but nice shore dive.

My plan is to get footage of all these site and up-load them here this year. Would be nice to have a visual record of SW diving, so if anyone has stuff to upload then let me know and we'll get it sorted.

[Mdemon]

There is also the Bottle Run up in Scapa. Great fun for a minor spidge/drift dive.

[The Old Ruminator]

Reckon you would have to include Royal Adelaide at Portland when the trigger fish are shoaling.

[ross the diver]

well i think the Dredger in portland has got to be a good spot (when not covered in training divers) but we were all new once,

[Gary K]

Stoney Cove

(awaits hail of abuse!)

[Mdemon]

<Hail of abuse>

[jstop]

I will put in a vote for Chesil Cove. Lots of life and never the same twice as the beach moves. I have seen John Dory, Trigger Fish, large angler fish up to 2m and lot's of varieties of wrasse. There is the remains of a couple of wrecks and some interesting colourful squidgy things making their home on the rocks. Also nice pint and food between dives.

[Beanie]

Gobernador Borris in scapa

http://www.outlawdivers.org.uk/index...&subsection=31

[PAUL H]

A shore dive this one,park at the top of heybrook bay beach.Instead of making your way down the narrow path to the beach,take the coastal path heading towards Bovisand,after about a Quarter of a mile you will come to the shag stone.When this is due south of you with Renney rocks to the east make your way down over the rocks to the forshore,great care must be taken when accessing the water at low tide as the rocks are heavily weaded.Once in the water it is advisable to surface swim until you are about half way along the Rennies,here if you descend you will find yourself in about 5-8mtrs depending on the tidal state.Heading towards the Shag stone(due South),you will very soon come accross what remains of the P&O Liner Nepaul.For the most part these consist of ribs and scattered plates.There have been many ships that have met there end in and around the Shag stone so the whole of this area is strewn with wreckage.Word of warning,the Shag Stone was used as a ranging mark by Fort Bovisand therefore there is a large ammount of ordenance in the area ,much of it still very much alive.The max depth on this site is no more than 8mtrs,this being at high tide(so plenty of bottom time to have a good rummage in all the nooks and crannies).

[tom]

The Far Mulberry off Bognor. Brilliant dive for marine life.

[Jules]

I vote for the port Napier off the isle of skye. I think it actually breaks the surface at low water and it's just a huge stunning beautiful intact wreck. We dived it this year on Sal's "st kilda" trip with sunshine streaming into the wreck.

Here's a few pics i took









jules

[jstop]

Hmm. Very nice pickies. I could be swayed over on this one.

[purple vonny]

I'd agree with Chesil - because it's on the doorstep and I've had some lovely little pootles there.

[MixedUp]

Well I don't do any 10 metre dives anymore, but if I can stretch it to 17 (ish) metres then I would have to go for Martin's Haven in Pembrokeshire.

Fantastic Marine Reserve. Unfortunately I can't post some fantastic pics like others have done though.

Steve

[greekbird]

Louis Sheid - Thurlstone
Nice little wreck, lots of life on it, and bbq on the beach after the dive.
downside- too much sand to wreck the kit. (can be overcome by kitting up on the rocks to the left of the golf course beach- not the main beach!!)

Drawna Rock - Porthkerris
Beautiful vis every time i've been there as the bottom is pebbly-thick sand that settles quickly. Lots of life on the rock itself (the usual jewel anemones patchwork, nudi's, wrasse... all the pretty things!!) ... major bonus one time we were there: having a seal to play with during the dive....

[The Old Ruminator]

We had a bloke in the club once " Dangerous Dave ". Would never go deeper than 10m. The D0 took him to 15m once. There was a hell of a row when they got back on the boat. D.D. came to the Scillies once with us. The boat used to pick him up off the beach at the end of the day for his 10m plop. None so queer as folk.

[DanE]

The Mulberries off Selsey. Lovely dive for what is essentially a great lump of concrete.

dan

[nickb]

Originally Posted by Beanie

Gobernador Bories in Scapa

Also the Doyle and the Tabarka, which is fantastic on a sunny day.

[Neil S]

Always reminds me of my first trip to Scapa...