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craigdiver
25-11-06, 23:36
Hi All,
A few weeks ago, myself and my buddy mrgreen travelled to loch fyne, got a bit lost and ended up doing a couple of boring(ish) dives near St Catherines slip. Unknown to us was that just along the road was a couple of decent dive sites.
On Sunday (3rd Dec) we intend to find (weather permitting) a decent site for us to get a couple of dives in, please can we have any suggestions based on the following.....
good chance of decent viz
good chance of a bit of marine life
max depth 25-30m
Oh, and GPS coordinates to get me close to the site without getting lost!
Many thanks in advance
CraigDiver
why not try gortein or gorton point.
just up the road from where you were.
you will find the details here http://www.congeralley.com/sites/gortein.htm
Furnace Pier
... for the viz
... for the easy parking
... for the life
... for the options (you can also dive the cafe or the dogfish soup dive ...
... for the company (i want to be there too)
see you there?
:)
Craig,
You were only about a mile away from the St Catherine's Reefs which fulfill the criteria you mentioned. Alternatively, there are Anchor Bay, Gorton etc but they involve quite a bit longer drive. On the west side of L Fyne, Kenmore Point offers a nice wall (but long drive on a rough road) or as Gord suggested, there's nice diving at Furnace. Just watch out for the fishing line. :eek:
Hopefully might see you out and about soon (I still need to get your autograph in my log book for that dive in Powmill ;)).
Take care. :)
alexmaclennan
26-11-06, 05:58
Craig,
I agree with Gord and Charlie that Furnace or Kenmore would be good as they are unambiguous sites. Kenmore gives two good different wall dives - Round the point and South bay wall - see my trip report posted in the Kenmore links. I hope my St Catherines 2 and 3 descriptions are similarly unambiguous -but they are boulder slopes a bit like a more easily sloped Conger Alley. Anchor Point on lower east Loch Fyne is easily found and a good wall (according to Gord and my buddy Alan) but you need to be there for 9am to ensure you get parked. We could not get parked at 10am a fortnight ago. I looked for but didn't definitely identify Gortein point at that time.
I'm planning to dive Stallion rock from a RIB. You could get in touch with Allan Woods of Academy of Diving at www.scubauk.org. For some reason the website never properly loads on my PC at home but does at work. He is running the trip at cost £20 to 30pp. Stallion rock is a rock outcrop/wall on the Kenmore to Pennymore wall and reckoned to be one of the best dives in Loch Fyne. Max depth about 30m. It can be dived fom the shore but more easily from a RIB.
Alex
The link has a close bracket in it. Click on the link and take away the 'closed bracket' in the address bar, that worked for me.
HTH
alexmaclennan
26-11-06, 14:55
Thanks Bill, I've edited the website address in my post - I forgot about the brackets. The website has never displayed properly on my home PC but does at work :confused:
alex
craigdiver
27-11-06, 17:57
Anybody dived Loch Earn or Loch Lomond (or any other local inland lochs)?
CraigDiver
Anybody dived Loch Earn or Loch Lomond (or any other local inland lochs)?
CraigDiver
people generally dive salt water due to the fact it sustains more life.
if you venture into fresh water lochs you will find they are very dark (tea coloured), cold & barren.
i have dived in fresh water lochs (loch awe), but only for search & recovery of outboard motors.
some may offer 'treasures' if you are game enough to search around islands etc.