Diving
Falls of Lora Dives
I've dived at Falls of Lora 7 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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267
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23 Nov 1985 | Falls of Lora | Loch Etive | Oban | Scotland | 28 | 20 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Graham Russell, Sarah McCracken |  |
Sarah's idea. Another Mythological Site. HW 'slack' 3.30pm. We dived then and hit a current immediately. We were just beginning to feel smug about keeping together when we were split up and whirled along by an estimated 5 knot gale. Ended with a gentle plowter in a large diameter whirlpool. Brilliant. | own. USD Deepstar DV | ||
| 269
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15 Feb 1986 | Falls of Lora | Loch Etive | Oban | Scotland | 15 | 6 | 6 | Iain Hosking, Mark Inall |  |
Prelude to next, amazing dive. Extremely fast. What do you do when bearing down on a cliff at 9 knots in a cloud of bubbles? Came up after getting into a backwater. | own, except aluminium 72 and a made-up weight belt. | ||
| 270
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15 Feb 1986 | Falls of Lora | Loch Etive | Oban | Scotland | 26 | 15 | 15 | Iain Hosking, Mark Inall | |
The definitive gnash. Barrelled under bridge doing Superman impersonations, through gullies into a quiet section with masses of sponges. Then picked up by Mk II current and taken down to a sandy bottom at 26m. Dark but good vis. | own (as 269) 27lbs. | ||
| 271
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16 Feb 1986 | Falls of Lora | Loch Etive | Oban | Scotland | 22 | 10 | 10 | Iain Hosking, Crawford Foster | |
Sunnier and winder day (easterly 3). Full of anticipation after Mark surfaced to report he'd been in a Kenwood mixer. Very fast at the start, then slower through gullies. Reached pebble slope at south edge where a very insistent upwelling dumped us on the surface. | own (as 269), 29lbs. | ||
| 272
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16 Feb 1986 | Falls of Lora | Loch Etive | Oban | Scotland | 22 | 10 | 10 | Iain Hosking, Crawford Foster |  |
See 271. | see 271 | ||
| 281
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11 May 1986 | Falls of Lora | Loch Etive | Oban | Scotland | 18 | 22 | 22 | Iain Hosking, Ian Kyle | |
Good dive with plenty of variety. Strong current at start but it soon petered out. Good vis. Masses of sunstars and sponges. Whelks laying eggs. | own | ||
| 313
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14 Dec 1986 | Falls of Lora | Loch Etive | Oban | Scotland | 25 | 15 | 30 | Iain Hosking, Mark Inall | |
Hell of a long gap since the last dive. Weather ideal - calm, sunny, clear. Mark and I had three attempts - on the first two we were spat out very quickly. On the third we went through the gully system just as fast as we could cope with. Hit a slack patch, then found the current again and hit the cliff! Suddenly everything went dark - I was pummelled from all sides and felt a strong pressure on my ears as I was dragged down. With one hand on my suit inflator and the other on my mask I eventually hit the surface. Mindblowing. A seriously difficult dive. (Times: a: 5 mins, b: 3 mins, c: 7 mins). Tide: near neaps, incoming tide. | Club 78 |