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Dive number	Date	Site	Location	Area	Country	Wreck	Freshwater	Depth (m)	Bottom time (min)	Total time (min)	Divers	Quality	Summary	Equipment
421	20 Jul 1990	Sgarbhstac Submarine Arch	Boreray	St Kilda	Scotland			51	28	28	Iain Hosking, Iain Fairbrother		This is the site that gets the longest write-up in Ridley's book, and you can see why. Conditions were perfect as we dropped off the boat and descended to depth. As we dropped over the lip of the arch the whole scene came into view. The bottom was clean. grey stone and the visibility was excellent - we easily saw all the other divers silhouetted against the far opening, with the bubbles going up to the roof 20m above. We spent a few minutes on the bottom drinking in the view, then ascended slowly up the walls (covered in jewel anemones) to the apex at 30m. Then further up there was an air pocket, which allowed Iain to apologise for kicking out my DV at 50m. Stops were spent hanging onto kelp and watching the sealife.

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421

20 Jul 1990

Sgarbhstac Submarine Arch

Boreray

St Kilda

Scotland

Iain Hosking, Iain Fairbrother

This is the site that gets the longest write-up in Ridley's book, and you can see why. Conditions were perfect as we dropped off the boat and descended to depth. As we dropped over the lip of the arch the whole scene came into view. The bottom was clean. grey stone and the visibility was excellent - we easily saw all the other divers silhouetted against the far opening, with the bubbles going up to the roof 20m above. We spent a few minutes on the bottom drinking in the view, then ascended slowly up the walls (covered in jewel anemones) to the apex at 30m. Then further up there was an air pocket, which allowed Iain to apologise for kicking out my DV at 50m. Stops were spent hanging onto kelp and watching the sealife.