Diving
Dives
I've dived with Derry Paul 4 times:
| Dive number | Date | Site | Location | Area | Country | Wreck | Freshwater | Depth (m) | Bottom time (min) | Total time (min) | Divers | Quality | Summary | Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
130
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10 Apr 1983 | Pettico Wick | South side of the Forth, west of St Abbs | Forth | Scotland | 14 | 20 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Derek Borthwick, Derry Paul |  |
Dived with Derry to test dry suits. Found 2 leaks in left leg. Water greeny-yellow and full of bird shit. Vis 2m. Cold, and conditions marginal. | own | ||
| 135
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2 Jul 1983 | F2 & barge | Scapa Flow | Orkney | Scotland |  |
15 | 24 | 25 | Iain Hosking, Derry Paul |  |
Sea very lumpy, wind W 5-6 so Karlsruhe ruled out. Problems at start of dive resulted in mask and snorkel being cast into the deep. Wrecks very pretty, lots of fish, vis 30-40 ft. Inside barge and found twin AA guns that we didn't see last year. | own, Snipe's 87, AP Valves lifejacket | |
| 142
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7 Jul 1983 | Markgraf | Scapa Flow | Orkney | Scotland | |
44 | 18 | 60 | Iain Hosking, Derry Paul | |
Down shotline to intrinsic port side of wreck, then round bows to starboard side where we found the porthole last year. Different from the way I remembered it. Hard fin back to the line brought on narcosis and we missed it. Re-entry decompression after a 30 minute surface interval: 5 @ 15m, 10 @ 10m, 15 @ 5m. | Twin 60s, +6lbs | |
| 157
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29 Oct 1983 | Loch Sunart | Scottish West Coast | Scotland | 16 | 35 | 35 | Iain Hosking, Derry Paul | |
Overcast and drizzle but water not too cold. Gin and tonic effect in surface layer, below which the vis was better (30 ft) but very dark. Found plenty of queenies, also hermit crabs, razor shells and whelks. | own |