1 |
The Peronne, the Bretagne etc. |
With
2 votes(s). |
2 |
Babbacombe Bay |
With
1 votes(s). |
3 |
Swanage Pier |
With
1 votes(s). |
4 |
Thatcher Rock |
With
1 votes(s). |
5 |
Lulworth Cove |
With
1 votes(s). |
6 |
SS Kyarra |
With
1 votes(s). |
|
|
Reef Fish Sightings: |
Pelagic Fish Sightings: |
Quality of Coral: |
|
|
|
|
|
May 2002 |
Grim dive in 2m visibility. Lost buddy, lost ship, saw very little. I'm told it's a lovely dive on a good day, this wasn't one of them!
Date posted: 08-Jan-2008 17:07 by: Stonefish2 |
May 2007 |
With the warm start to the year the plankton has arrived early and therefore the vis was terrible. However, the dives showed enough potential for a definite return. The life and the wrecks are certainly worth it.
Date posted: 09-May-2007 12:51 by: neatdiver |
September 2006 |
Babbacombe Bay is a nice sheltered bay where you can still dive when the weather blows you out from a boat dive! Apparently there are lots of cuttlefish to be seen in early summer, although we were there a bit late for that.
Date posted: 01-Oct-2006 18:39 by: simonspear |
May 2005 |
Suffers viz-wise if there are strong Easterlies. Lots of good wrecks, serviced by dive boats from Paignton, Teignmouth and Exmouth. Sea life can be amazing, with corkwing and cuckoo wrasse, bib, conger, pollack, cod, lobsters, scallops, crabs (edible and spider) and nudibrachs. Diveable all year round but vis suffers from plankton blooms at various times of the year. A great place to dive!
Date posted: 07-Jul-2005 12:41 by: Mdemon |
|
|
On 10 August 1918 the Bretagne had been sailing in thick fog heading for Rouen moving slowly through the mine-free channel. The French steamer, the Renee Marthe appeared out of the fog at 10:30 hours and struck the Bretagne on her starboard side towards the stern. The Bretagnes steering was jammed in the collision and she began to take on water rapidly. The Bretagne is a small ship but is a premier dive site when the visibility is good. The wreck has several feet of silt inside her so caution should be taken not to stir this up. In places she is rusted through and there are many rusted / collapsed entry/exit points if any penetration of the wreck is attempted. |
20m / 66ft |
25m / 82ft |
|
Accidental sinking: 13-Aug-1918 |
Wreck penetration is possible. |
Technical or decompression diving. |
More
info...
|
|
|
|
|
|