Diving
Breda Dives
I've dived the "Breda" 10 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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2 |
15 Mar 1980 | Breda | Benderloch | Oban | Scotland | 23 | 30 | 30 | Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld | Dived with Malcolm Gauld. Mouthpiece split on demand valve so used Derek's. Boat dive. Weather - warm & sunny. Didn't find actual wreck, but lots of bits lying about. Saw dead men's fingers, spider crabs etc. Silty bottom. Vis 20 feet. Filled Fenzy by mouth. Dropped weight belt but had it recovered [by Derek]. | Steel 60, Derek's Poseidon, ABLJ 6, 24 lbs weight | |||
75 |
20 Mar 1982 | Breda | Benderloch | Oban | Scotland | 18 | 25 | 25 | Iain Hosking, Susan Playfair | First dive with Susan. Through holds, bridge etc. Sandals, cans, tyres, truck etc. Much silliness - somersaults, new underwater signals etc. Very relaxed dive - due to not having any gauges etc. | own | |||
76 |
20 Mar 1982 | Breda | Benderloch | Oban | Scotland | 14 | 15 | 15 | Iain Hosking, Eric Franz, Susan Playfair | Now low tide. Dived with Eric and Susan (Susan had the torch - we were invisible). Getting a little dark, but good fun. Dive-bombed Doc and Rob. | own | |||
148 |
6 Aug 1983 | Breda | Benderloch | Oban | Scotland | 25 | 35 | 40 | Iain Hosking, Eric Franz | Early start - in water at 11am. [eh?] Flat calm and sunny. Vis undisturbed by other divers: 25-30 feet. Down buoy line to bows and swam aft through the holds to the stern. Found boxes of rivets, tin cans, tyres, the truck, solidified sacks of cement and a pile of gas masks. Stern framework beautiful with dead men's fingers and anemones. 25m at rudder. No prop. Very quick blast back to the bows since low on air. | own | |||
163 |
17 Mar 1984 | Breda | Benderloch | Oban | Scotland | 15 | 15 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Andrew Gow | Abortive night dive last night but sinuses OK for this one. Two boatloads of EUSAC members plus another two of other Edinburgh SSAC divers made for quite a crowd. Vis consequently reduced to zero. Flat calm, sunny and warm - lovely conditions. Swam the whole length of the wreck to the stern. Very pretty anemones. | own | |||
164 |
17 Mar 1984 | Breda | Benderloch | Oban | Scotland | 20 | 15 | 20 | Iain Hosking, John Gordon | Like this morning's dive but better vis. Dragged John Gordon from bow to stern. Surfaced in time to hear Scotland beat France 21-12 to win the Grand Slam. | own | |||
212 |
16 Mar 1985 | Breda | Benderloch | Oban | Scotland | 18 | 17 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Pete Wilkinson | Took Pete Wilkinson around wreck inside and out. Reasonable vis and some sea life - fanworms (feather duster worms), fish, crabs and sea squirts (blobs). Surface roughish | own | |||
274 |
9 Mar 1986 | Breda | Benderloch | Oban | Scotland | 28 | 23 | 25 | Iain Hosking, Ian Harrington | Almost a year since my last dive on the Breda. It hasn't changed a bit - as silty as ever, especially after 8 other divers have been all over it. To make this a worthwhile dive it is essential to hit it first thing in the morning. Relaxed dive. | own, twin 55s | |||
316 |
2 Jan 1987 | Breda | Benderloch | Oban | Scotland | 26 | 27 | 30 | Iain Hosking, Christine Spreiter | Very, very sore head at 8am, so very glad to be diving last wave. Clouds and rain cleared to give us a beautiful day. Flat calm, snowy mountains, flawless execution of the dive plan (about 16 people in the water). OK, so it would have been nice to have had a torch. We had a very atmospheric dive, bows to stern, via holds and engine room. Surfaced as the sun was setting. Definitely started 87 the way I hope it continues! | ||||
345 |
9 May 1987 | Breda | Benderloch | Oban | Scotland | 22 | 20 | 22 | Iain Hosking, Cathy Humphries | Private trip to Oban, for the select few - Cathy, Sarah, Jackie and me, One car, old boat and tents (economy drive). Massive disorganisation meant launching at 3pm. Launched from North Connel. Exhilarating boat trip out to the Breda, planing over white horses. Dived from bow to stern - plenty of feather duster worms, dead men's fingers and plumose anemones. |