Amble Boat Charter

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%.