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Tel: 020 8301 0201 Mob: 07778 394446 Email: [email protected] Diving Unlimited are going to DIVE FEST 2010 Get ready for 2010…. Dive Fest is the UK’s biggest diving festival and takes place at the Pentewan Sands Holiday Park in Cornwall. The idea is that Divers from all over the UK get together for a huge party, complete with live music, food, events & equipment stalls. Dive Fest 2010 takes place over the May Bank holiday weekend from 6pm on Friday 30th April to 5pm Monday 3rd May 2010. Anybody that’s interested in joining Diving Unlimited on this great weekend please see Phill ASAP or complete and return the attached booking form. Here’s a selection of some of the possible dive sites available: All sites listed will be buoyed to ensure safe diving practices & easy location by visiting vessels. Udder Rock ( Reef /Wall 8-26m) & SS White Rose (wreck 10-30m) Udder Rock has a series of ledges running around it full of marine life – dogfish are particularly common in the spring. The rock makes a ideal multilevel dive & training site. To the seaward site is the anchor & chain of the SS White Rose which hit Udder Rock on 5th Feb 1901. Contary to many reports the rest lies very well broken-up much further inshore near Nealand point. Kanteong Dredger (wreck 17m) The 3500-ton Kanteong was the world’s largest tin dredger in her day. She was on tow from the builder’s yard in Holland bound for the Far East when she capsized in a storm off the Eddystone. She was abandoned & drifted down the coast to Fowey where she sank on 8 March 1937. The wreck settled on the sea bed in 2 distinct parts. At low water a huge iron gear-wheel can be seen above the surface close inshore. The shallow part of the wreck can be found seaward of this. There are usually large shoals of fish hiding in the many nooks & crannies provided by the broken-up wreckage. This makes quite a good training site. Cannis Rock (reef 5-15m) This reef system is full of gullies – many of which are filled with bright sand which reflects the sunlight greatly increasing the visibility. Fish life is usually very good with many species of wrasse, Pollack, whiting & occasionally. SS Eastfield (wreck 45-51m) The SS Eastfield was an armed steamship of 2150 gross tons. She was torpedoed by the German submarine UB-57 during the 1st World War on 27 Nov 1917 just off Dodman point. The wreck basically lies upright with its low some 8m proud of the sea bed. Other parts of it are also relatively intact – especially the boilers & engine-room, although the midships has collapsed. It carried a cargo of coal which remains strewn over the sea bed. Cont: Gwineas ( reef/deep gullies 20-30m) This well-know site just around the bay from Mevagissey is worth visiting. It is a good inshore site for the 1st dive of the season & usually has a profusion of fish & invertebrate life. To the north-east at the bottom of a drop-off, lie the broken-up remains of the SS Caroni River. It has plenty of fish life including many different species of wrassie. There are many gullies & swim-thoughs providing hiding places for crabs & cuttlefish, while flounders & lemon sole are often seen towards the sea bed. There is a reef system that continues all the way to Pen-a-maen which is ideal fro underwater photographers. Lath Rock (pinnale/reef 9-27m) This offshore submerged rock consists of a series of gullies & spectacular walls. There is a great deal of marine life around with many species of anemone, coral 7 sponge. In late summer the fish life can be quite prolific with shoaling mullet not uncommon. The best visibility tends to be on the flood tide & a little current will bring out all the anemones. The Whelps (wall/reef 5-30m) The Whelps is a series of peaks & gullies that just break the surface south of Gull Rock. The dept quickly drops to around 27m with many superb steep-sided walls. The walls are full of sponges & soft coral while towards the bottom gorgonian Fan-coral & Ross coral are quite common. Fish are generally abundant with wrasse & shoals of Pollack & whiting ever-present. Cuttlefish can often be seen hiding in sandy crevices during the summer. Visibility is usually excellent even after a storm as the sea bed consists of coarse sand & shingle. SS Hera (wreck 19m) The Hera was a 280ft, 1994 ton four-mastered steel barque built in Tecklenburg Germany, originally named the Richard Wagner. She struck the Whelps reef during a southwesterly gale on 1 Feb 1913, she managed to stay afloat & sail just quarter of a mile before she sank on the west side of Gull Rock. The hull is in 2 virtually separate halves, with the remains of the mast to lead you from one to the other. In places the wreckage stands 5m up from the sea bed. There are plenty of plumrose anemones & dead man’s fingers which attract a wide variety of fish life. The central section of the hull is largely collapsed although the ribs & decking are easily distinguished. In places the hull forms large iron caves big enough to swim into & where huge Pollack hide In good visibility light filters in from the holes in the plating, lighting up shoals of small fish & making the whole experience quite surreal. The Hera is a surprisingly compact but picturesque wreck & it is often buoyed in the summer months. SS Rosehill (wreck 26m) This British-owned armed merchant ship, 314ft-long & weighing 2788 tons, was torpedoed by the German Submarine UB-40 on 23 Sept 1917. She eventually sank in Whitsand Bay with her 3980-ton cargo of coal. The wreck lies in about 30m of water among a series of rocky outcrops making it difficult to find. It is now quite broken-up but its boilers are still intact. The wreck is lying virtually upside down & generally the visibility is poor at an average of 5m. The engine-room has opened up & around the 2 boilers is a huge jumble of metal. As the bow is an anchor & chain & part of a mast complete with the pulleys. There are usually quite a few lobster, large conger & shoals of bib to be found all though the summer months. Tel: 020 8301 0201 Mob: 07778 394446 Email: [email protected] Friday Night: Get organized in your Caravan have a few drinks, dinner & chill Saturday: Diving Saturday Night: Beach BBQ included in ticket Sunday: More Diving Sunday Night: Enjoying each others company, cooking all together or finding a restaurant in the nearest town. Monday: Diving in the morning, afternoon packing up & making plans for next years Dive Fest…… Diving Unlimited would like to give thanks to Vanessa Shrosbree for all of her help & hard work in the research for and production of this flyer. Also to Dave Searle for his time and effort assisting with the organisation & planning of this event. The Packages: 3 nights Luxury Caravan & Weekend Pass inc. Saturday night Party on the Beech 2 Days Boat Diving..............................................................£225.00 With Tanks & Weights ......................................................£245.00 3 nights Luxury Caravan & Weekend Pass inc. Saturday night Party on the Beech 1 Day Boat Diving, 1 Day Shore Diving............................£165.00 With Tanks & Weights .......................................................£185.00 3 nights Luxury Caravan & Weekend Pass inc. Saturday night Party on the Beech 2 Days Shore Diving............................................................. £85.00 With Tanks & Weights .......................................................£105.00 3 nights Luxury Caravan & Weekend Pass inc. Saturday night Party on the Beech Non-Divers ............................................................................. £85.00 Equipment Hire: Full Kit inc. Semi-Dry Wet Suit ..............................From £45.00 Full Kit inc. Dry Suit & U/Suit.................................From £70.00 Dive Lamps....................................................................From £20.00 Dive Computers ...........................................................From £25.00 SMB & Reel.............................................................................. £10.00 Guided Dives ............................................Please See Phill for details & Prices. Booking Form Name(s):............................................................................................... Please reserve me ....... Places for the ‘Dive Fest 2010’ trip. I would like to book the …………………………..……Option @ £………. Per/Person And the …………………………………………………Option @ £………. 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