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Diving
Diving to
the South and East of Amble
There are some very interesting dive sites close to Amble. Within
one hour there are dive sites to cater for the most experience wreck
diver to the inshore scenic dives.
The nearest
being the Coquet mouth dredger which lies in less than 10mtrs of
water just 100mtrs from the pier ends.For those who prefer scenic
dives there are reefs and gullies around Coquet.island which supports
a large colony of seals ,last year there were over three hundred
reported.
To the south
of Coquet Island there are Hadston Carrs and Bondicarr bush which
has in the last two years been surveyed revealing several unidentified
wrecks, one of which could be the
Queen Wihelmina.
Just south off this wreck site lies the Northern hill or known locally
as theBerlin wall which is a wall of rock which rises upto seven
mtrs from the sea bed and runs east to west for nearly 1/4 a mile.
Further
south in Druridge Bay lies the wreck of the Bullger which lies in
less than 10mtrs depth a steam tug which struck a German mine and
sunk..Like most wrecks under 30 mtrs the Bullger has been savaged
and broken up by the pounding of the north sea but still could be
of interest to the novice diver as training dive.Another unidentified
wreck lies close to Cresswell Skeres in less than 25mtrs of water
and reported to be intact. The Cresswell Skeres are several out
crops of rock rising 10 mtrs from the sea bed to within 5 mtrs of
the surface giving shelter to shoals of fish such as pouting,wrasse,pollack
and cod.
Within a radius
of ten miles to the east of Amble and ten miles to south of Amble
there over 25 wrecks ranging in depths from 50 mtrs for the very
expereanced to the Coquet Mouth wreck more suitable for the novice.
Here are some
names and depths of some of the wrecks (depths minimum chart datum)
- THE ALBANO
42 MTRS
- THE BANGARTH
44 MTRS
- THE GUDBRAND
41 MTRS
- THE ''U-BOAT''
UB115 44 MTRS
Diving to
the North of Amble
To the north of Amble lies Alnmouth and Seaton point which is an
out crop of rocks which over the years claimed many a sailing vessel
as victim.
Although there are none of these wrecks intact there have been items
such as cannon balls found scatted at the rock ends possible relics
from the great storm of April 1799 when there were 19 vessels shipwrecked
on the same day along the north Northumberland coast. As the water
clarity improves the further north you go, scenic diving off of
the Howdemen, Longhougton steel, and the doctors cottage is very
impressive with kelp covered reefs and the remains of the Submarine
G-11 which lies just to the north of the doctors cottage. There
are several other wrecks close inshore between Howick Craster and
Dunstunburgh Castle all suitable for the novice or trainee diver.
Offshore there
are 5 wrecks within a 1 mile radius of one and other lying in a
maximum of 35 mtrs of water. The wrecks of the ACCLIVITY, BUKA,
GAELIC, and the NIDEVELIN, which was found four years ago and become
very a popular dive as the vessel is reported to be intact.
To the east
of these wrecks are the Craster skeres raising from the seabed some
20 mtrs to within 25 mtrs of the surface. The skeres are noted for
the shoals of fish which congregate on top of the skeres feeding
on the up surge from the tide.To the east of the skeres there are
several more wrecks for the more experienced divers in 50 to 55
mars depth. All these dive sites are within 10miles (approx one
hour steaming) of Amble.
Here are some
of the wrecks lying to the north & northeast of Amble.
- The Aspire
trawler 35mtrs
- The Hornchurch
steamship 33mtrs
- The Dutchman
dredger 40 mtrs
- The Hazard
tug 35mtrs
- The Tetrarch
steam trawler 52 mtrs
The Upholder
is equipped with the latest Coloured plotter ,Differential GPS ,
Forward looking Sonar and coloured sounder so location of the dive
sites is guaranteed to be within 5mtrs 95%.
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