NSSAC DIVING OFFICER'S LOG OF DIVES 2014 MAX D/M NO. DATE SITE DEPTH TEMP DIVERS Cox NOTES 1 17/03/2014 S.S. Woodburn 10.9m 8c Chris CH Mike/Helen Cover.Viz 0.5m, need to try Luce Bay. Shore shake down dive 2 13/04/2014 S.S. Woodburn 10.3m 9c Mike CH Shake down dive on the Woodburn. Viz about 2m. Got a chance to see 3 Russ more of wreck which has been considerably moved around. Lots of 4 John new bits lying around on bottom. Good chance we might find more letters 5 Chris when we get better viz. Weather not too good and big swell off the Isle. 6 Helen 7 S.S.Craignair / Chile 5m 10c Mike PB Viz still quite bad 8 Helen 9 Darren 10 Tosh (V) 11 Mel 12 31/05/2014 Chapel Port East IOW 10m 12c Alison CH Training shore dive while boat engine being fixed. Shake down dive for 13 Mel many. Viz about 4m though kelp still covered with thick layer of silt after 14 13.4m Chris winter. Quite a few fish around with a shoal of pollack close in 15 Debi 16 4m Phil 17 Elizabeth 18 4m Mike 19 Helen 20 06/06/2014 S.S. Woodburn 6.5m 13c Chris CH Dived form Darren's small rib as our engine still in pieces. Viz was 6m 21 Debi and for the first time I was able to see how the wreck had been rearranged 22 Chris Boiler now totally destroyed, but new items have been uncovered. Did 23 Mel training exercises with Debi and Darren. Both seemed comfortable in 24 Darren the water and are progressing well 25 13/06/2014 Chapel Port West IOW 9.6m 13c Chris CH Shore dive in the harbour entrance. Viz quite reasonable at 5m 26 Helen A shoal of 6 big pollock followed Helen and I throughout the dive 27 Mike 28 Derek 29 14/06/2014 Stinking Port 5.2m 14c Chris CH Shallow training dives for Debi and Darren.003 Dived from the slipway 30 Darren outside our chalet. A bare sloping seabed down to 4m where the seaweed 31 4.8m John begins. Kelp covered boulders at 6m and then it drops off with rock walls 32 Debi covered with short animal turf. Quite silty as the tidal stream does not 33 11.2m 13c Chris flush it out hence Stinking Port no doubt!. 004 34 Darren 35 15/06/2014 Stinking Port 9.1m 14c Chris CH Another training dive from Laigh Isle 005. Happy to now sign Darren off as 36 Debi an Ocean Diver 37 Darren 38 16/06/2014 S.S. Woodburn 10.3m 14c Chris CH Boat repairs still in hand so borrowed sailing club rib to pop round to the 39 Derek Woodburn. Viz not too good,3/4m. But a good shake down for Derek 40 18/06/2014 S.S. Woodburn 11.5m 14c Chris CH Another trip out to the wreck in the sailing club rib. Quite a lot of fish on 41 Russ the site 42 18/06/2014 Stinking Port 4.7m 14c Mike CH A shallow dive using wetsuits. It must be getting warmer! 43 Helen 44 20/06/2014 S.S.Jasper 12.2m 14c Chris CH Good calm sea. First chance to try the boat on a longer run. Managed to 45 Darren it up to 5200revs with smooth acceleration which is good. Tried a low 46 Mike water dive on Jasper. Very silty with not much more than tow metre viz. 47 Derek Darren did well. The permanent shot is still attached despite the winter 48 Helen storms. 49 Chris 50 Mel 51 S.S.Woodburn 6.5m 14c Mel 52 Derek 53 Mike 54 Helen 55 Chris 56 Darren 57 21/06/2014 S.S.Riverside 21.6m 14c Phil CH Sea a bit choppy today but tried the Riverside. Viz similar to Jasper 58 Chris yesterday. All along the port gunwhale were one lobster after another. 59 Darren Most were berried. The plumose anemones were in full bloom because of 60 Tosh (V) the silty water. 61 S.S.Woodburn 5.2m Phil Used up gas with a bimble on the Woodburn 62 Russ 63 Darren 64 Tosh (V) NSSAC DIVING OFFICER'S LOG OF DIVES 2014 MAX D/M NO. DATE SITE DEPTH TEMP DIVERS Cox NOTES 65 22/06/2014 S.S.Woodburn 6.4m 16c Mike CH A shallow training dive and a chance for Steve to get the weighting right 66 Helen for his new kit. Quite warm but this was in shallow water 67 Chris 68 Elizabeth 69 Steve 70 25/06/2014 Andy's Patch N 25m 14c Russ CH A bit breezy and drizzling causing a short sea round Burrow Head. At the 71 Mike patch the sea was running fast to the north 1/2hr.after HW. First group had 72 Don fast drift but didn't find scallops. Lots of sea life and clear water viz 4/5m. 73 22.5m Chris Lots of dead razor clam shells on seabed. Slack started 2hrs 10mins after 74 Derek HW. Big seas on the way back and just managed to unload on steps 75 28/06/2014 Rock of Providence 18.7m 15c Chris CH Scenic dive in Luce Bay. Viz 5/6m Dived at HW with current dropping off. 76 Debi Between the shallower reef 11m and the deeper one at 18m quite a sandy 77 Alison slope has now built up with little life on it. At 18m the rough ground with 78 John short animal turf merits close inspection. Quite a few small lobsters 79 Phil around. 80 Helen 81 29/06/2014 Devils Bridge 14m 15c Mel CH Got out to Devil's Bridge but were delayed geeting in. Viz was about 4m 82 Callum but not fantastic for this site. By the end of dive the current was running 83 9.9m Chris like a river either side of the bridge. 84 Elizabeth 85 S.S.Woodburn 10m Chris Glyn's first open water dive. After initial nervousness he settled down well 86 Glyn and thoroughly enjoyed the dive. His bouyancy was good for a first dive 87 14m Callum and we managed to incorporate a number of skills. Using the anchor line 88 Derek as a shot enabled slow descent and practice deco stop on ascent 89 04/07/2014 S.S.Rondo 28m 12c Callum PB First rainy and miserable day in ages. Crossing the Firth of Lorne was a 90 Mel bit rough and wet but as soon as we entered the Sound of Mull it calmed 91 John down. Rondo was a good first dive as we had inexperienced divers with us. 92 27m Mike Buddy order got mixed up when Bert got a free flow but he soon got it 93 Alison fixed and went down as a three. Viz on the wreck was good for us at about 94 21m Bert 6/7m. Wreck still covered by a vast range of animal turf. 95 Phil Gassed off in Tobermoray which was good and when we were there the 96 Helen sun broke out which lightened our hearts ready for the dive on the Hispania 97 21m Chris 98 Debi 99 S.S.Hispania 28m 12c Bert Had too wait quite a while for the slack window to appear and when we hit 100 John it was still running. Got down to the wreck which was as beautiful as ever 101 26m Callum and tucked ourselves in. This was good experience for the divers who had 102 Mel never dived a big wreck before and they were all blown away by visibility 103 26m Alison and profusion of life on the wreck. We were lucky to have it all to ourselves 104 Mike The weather now turned into a beautiful afternoon / evening and we all 105 20.4m Phil lazed on the front of the boat enjoying the scenery and detouring to view 106 Chris the seals 107 Debi 108 05/07/2014 S.S.Thesis 34.8m 11/12c Bert PB Much better weather today for the early start to get to the Thesis. The 109 John wreck was enjoyed by those who had never dived it before and gave them 110 34m Callum the opportunity to extend their depth range to the 35m mark Viz was good 111 Mel on the wreck at around 6/7m 112 33.2m Alison 113 Mike 114 20m Phil 115 Chris 116 Debi 117 S.S.Shuna 34m 12c Bert Still quite a run on the wreck when we entered the water. Viz around 6m 118 John On the way back from the wreck David took us to see the sea eagles nest. 119 27.7m Chris Got an excellent view of the bird and it's chick 120 Helen 121 34m Callum 122 Mel NSSAC DIVING OFFICER'S LOG OF DIVES 2014 MAX D/M NO. DATE SITE DEPTH TEMP DIVERS Cox NOTES 123 05/07/2014 S.S.Shuna 32.2m Alison 124 Mike 125 21m Phil 126 Debi 127 S.S.Breda 22m 12/13c Bert Not everybody did this dive. Had the wreck to ourselves and consequently 128 John viz was good. 129 17.8m Chris 130 Debi 131 22m Callum 132 Mel 133 05/07/2014 Cairn Head 13.2m 15c Darren TMG Darren and Tosh dived from their boat. Found a few goodies for supper 134 Tosh (V) 135 13/07/2014 Cairn Head 19.8m 15c Chris CH Strong NW wind but Cairn Head quite sheltered. Tried to get some video 136 Phil footage but viz not much more than 3m. Nice relaxing dive but current 137 15m Phil picked up towards end of dive. When second pair went in they drifted to 138 Russ Stein Point before pick up 139 17/07/2014 Devils Bridge 10.4m 16c Gary (V) CH Went out with two members from Scarborough Branch. Hit Devil's Bridge 140 Darren (V) really early and found there was a gentle back current which flowed from 141 Chris the mooring spot under the bridges, down the canyon and round to the 142 Mike left taking you to the other side of the outcrop. We thus did a complete 143 Helen circuit before going back and weaving through the canyons 144 S.S.Woodburn 11.5m 16c Chris Showed Gary round the site and hunted out small critters as he was a 145 Gary (V) seasearch diver. Darren had a bad flood on the first dive and couldn't 146 Mike do the Woodburn 147 Derek 148 19/07/2014 Great Ouse 24.4m 16c Chris CH A miserable rainy day but quite calm out in Luce Bay so we speeded out 149 Derek to the Ouse. Went in 75mins before LW when just coming on to slack. 150 Mel Shotted it on the bucket chain. Lovely dive though viz only about 5m 151 Tosh (V) Lots of big fish on wreck and we managed to get a couple of good sized 152 Darren lobsters, leaving a monster one behind to patrol the wreck. Darren had 153 S.S.Woodburn 7.7m Chris weighting problems which marred his dive. Couldn't retrieve shot 154 Debi Afterwards did training exercises with Debi on the Woodburn. Came up 155 Tosh (V) and the heavens opened, rinsing all our kit off. Road run off was making 156 Darren waterfalls through the drainage holes into the harbour. Willy Lee and 157 Derek his club from Ayr were down with their rib diving the Inkosi 158 23/07/2014 Taylor's Gat >SE 18m 17c Derek CH Dived 1/2hr after HW with a gently increasing current to the SE. Viz only 159 Alison about 4/5m. Saw a ling just sitting out in the open which is rare. Plenty 160 Slockenglass > Stank 17.2m Chris of wrasse and pollock around. Animal turf was changing as we drifted 161 Russ through different patches of ground. Water now 17c 162 30/07/2014 Cairn Head 14.3m 17c Darren TMG 163 Tosh (V) 164 Derek 165 07/08/2014 Stein Point 9.2m 17c Darren MA 166 Mike 167 Helen 168 23/08/2014 Cairn Head 15.2m 16c Chris MS Glyn's second open water dive. Did a gentle drift around the pinnacles 169 Glyn at Cairn Head. Managed to get a good sized crab bare handed. Mel 170 9.3m Mel supervized Debi's rescue exercise which means that I can now sign her 171 Debi off as a Sports diver. Viz on site quite good at around 4/5m 172 14.4m Chris 173 Darren 174 24/08/2014 S.S.Woodburn 10.6m 16c Chris CH Got some video footage of the wreck. Elizabeth improved her bouyancy 175 Elizabeth and had a good dive. Took Darren round the outside of the site and came 176 13.8m Chris back straight into the cave entrance. Viz a good 5m and 6m inside cave 177 Darren 178 31/08/2014 S.S.Jasper 17.7m 16c Chris MS Sil;ty and murky. Viz 1.5m good experience for Elizabeth who did well 179 Elizabeth Had to shot wreck and got it bang on the fixed shot. Added extra to fixed 180 20m Mel shot so visible at HW. Good experience dive for Glyn 181 Glyn NSSAC DIVING OFFICER'S LOG OF DIVES 2014 MAX D/M NO. DATE SITE DEPTH TEMP DIVERS Cox NOTES 182 03/09/2014 Great Ouse 25.2m 16c Chris CH Choppier than expected but reached wreck in good time. Lost shot just 183 Derek visible below surface so reshotted wreck. Viz 5-6m and as usual lots of 184 John big fish. Shoals of bib and pollock and a few big congers. Saw the huge 185 Mel lobster under a plate. Excellent dive and managed to recover lost shot 186 Russ which was firmly wedged in he wreck. John just managed to get it free 187 S.S.Woodburn 8.6m 16c Russ Finished off the gas on the Woodburn while we waited for the tide to rise. 188 John Quite a chop here and the viz was poor 189 Chris 190 Derek 191 06/09/2014 S.S.Riverside 26.3m 16c Chris CH Got off to a swift start on a beautiful fresh morning arriving at the wreck 192 John to find that the permanent bouy had vanished. Shotted the wreck near the 193 Russ stern but had to line off to find the wreck. Dark and viz not much more 194 Callum than a metre. Led John round the wreck and saw lights in the gloom from 195 Tosh (V) the others. Used up most of my air needlessly getting shot to wreck 196 S.S.Woodburn 10.2m Russ Nice relaxed dive on Woodburn. Darren found some treasure. Elizabeth 197 Darren and Callum went round edge of site. 198 12m Callum 199 Elizabeth 200 19/09/2014 S.S.Kelvinside 24.2m 16c Chris CH Derek cox. Ideal conditions if overcast. Shotted wreck perfectly 2m from 201 Mel port side. Viz 7/8m. Lots of big fish, pollock, bib and a huge conger under 202 Russ the boiler. Saw a heap of piled up copper and remembered Darren. 203 20/09/2014 Slockenglass 17m 16c Darren CH Viz not too good despite calm conditions. Did not expect to get out today 204 Tosh (V) but wind changed overnight and sea was calm. Decided to take Glyn's son 205 Mel Mattie on the Chile as it was his first dive. Here the viz was better 206 Glyn and we all had a bimble. Toured all the main bits of wreckage and found 207 S.S.Craignair / Chile 4m Chris the remains of the teak decking from the Chile round the hatch coaming. 208 Mattie (V) 209 Darren 210 Tosh (V) 211 Mel 212 Glyn 213 21/09/2014 Andy's Patch S > N 20.4m 16c Chris CH Full boat today. A little too late to get slack on the wrecks so went for 214 Glyn a scallop dive. Nice calm sea and hit the patch bang on slack 40 mins 215 Mel before HW on a 7m tide. Began to pick up about 30mins before HW 216 Russ giving us a nice gentle drift to N. Scallops well dug in and only found 10 217 Tosh (V) decent ones between us 218 S.S.Woodburn 11.3m Chris Took Mattie for his second dive on the Woodburn. Having sorted his 219 Mattie (V) weighting on the previous day his bouyancy was good. Took him for a tour 220 Mel of the wreck, cave and scenic canyons as the central area was soon 221 Darren stirred up 222 Tosh (V) 223 27/09/2014 MFV Valhalla 38.5m 16c Chris CH Darren cox. Dived at HW which limited time on the wreck. Dark but clear. 224 Phil Found ships wheel with what looked like telegraph alongside it. Some of 225 Tosh (V) ribs are fragile and one snapped off and hit sea bed when touched 226 Cruggleton Castle 13.5m Chris Found a good mark under Cruggleton Castle. Thought it might be Boy 227 Darren Anthony but proved to be a big rock. Quite silty but interesting small 228 Tosh (V) critters like lobsters and sea squirts 229 28/09/2014 S.S.Jasper 18m 16c Chris CH Though a small spring tide slack on the wreck began about 1hr 15mins 230 Debi before HW and lasted up to about 15mins past. Viz not bad at about 231 Darren 3.5 / 4m. Some big pollock on the wreck and a conger in the side engine 232 Tosh (V) hole. Also some big lobsters in the box infront of the engine. A nice 233 Derek relaxing dive having the permanent shot on the wreck. A good supply of 234 Callum big mussels on the line at the 6m level 235 11/10/2014 Andy's Patch 26.6m 15c Phil CH Beautiful day and sped out to site on a flat calm sea. But viz awful after 236 Mel storms in past week. Night dive conditions on bottom, but lots of fish life. 237 Chris Current picked up for second pair because one of biggest tides of year 238 Mike A real roller coaster ride with only the back up torch working! Great fun! 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 NSSAC DIVING OFFICER'S LOG OF DIVES 2014 MAX D/M NO. DATE SITE DEPTH TEMP DIVERS Cox NOTES 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 NSSAC DIVING OFFICER'S LOG OF DIVES 2014 MAX D/M NO. DATE SITE DEPTH TEMP DIVERS Cox NOTES 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 NSSAC DIVING OFFICER'S LOG OF DIVES 2014 MAX D/M NO. DATE SITE DEPTH TEMP DIVERS Cox NOTES 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 NSSAC DIVING OFFICER'S LOG OF DIVES 2014 MAX D/M NO. DATE SITE DEPTH TEMP DIVERS Cox NOTES 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 NSSAC DIVING OFFICER'S LOG OF DIVES 2014 MAX D/M NO. DATE SITE DEPTH TEMP DIVERS Cox NOTES 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 NSSAC DIVING OFFICER'S LOG OF DIVES 2014 MAX D/M NO. DATE SITE DEPTH TEMP DIVERS Cox NOTES 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601