Diving
Belnahua Dives
I've dived at Belnahua 3 times:
| Dive number | Date | Site | Location | Area | Country | Wreck | Freshwater | Depth (m) | Bottom time (min) | Total time (min) | Divers | Quality | Summary | Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7 Aug 1983 | Belnahua | Oban | Scotland | 50 | 7 | 10 | Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide |  |
Launched from Cuan Ferry in a thick fog and island-hopped out to Belnahua. Flat calm but formidable tide race. Echo-sounded to find interesting site, then adjourned to shore to work out slack. Back at 4,30 pm in blazing sunshine. Down shotline onto hull-shaped rock formation and drifted slowly with current. Vis 60-80 feet at least. Afterwards looked for 'Benghazi' and did a lightning tour of the Garvellachs and Easdale. The 5 star rating is really for the whole day rather than just the dive. | own | |||
| 279
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19 Apr 1986 | Belnahua | Oban | Scotland | 58 | 4 | 7 | Iain Hosking, Mark Inall |  |
Not the HF. Both echosounders packed in, weather bad, and worsening, cold, set. Crossed fingers, dropped the shot, went down the line, narked, shook hands, came up, drank, ate, drank, drank. | own, Rollo's twin 55s | |||
| 292
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10 Jul 1986 | Belnahua | Oban | Scotland | 7 | 15 | 15 | Iain Hosking, Mark Inall |  |
Malcolm's pedestal having been recovered to shallow water lashed to the boat, we had to shorten the lifting bag line and tie on a line to shore. Easily done with much jungle warfare amongst the kelp. Little did we know the task had only just begun. | Snash's twin 50s, 28lbs |