View Full Version : Ammunition/Refuelling Barges off the Wee Cumbrae Lighthouse
alexmaclennan
22-02-07, 23:31
Can anyone tell me what these are like to dive?
Are they due west of the jetty in 12 to 15m as G Ridley in Dive W Scotland Vol 1 says and the diagram in Clyde Shipwrecks by Moir & Crawford suggests?
Would they be worth a visit if you were diving around Little Cumbrae or are they uninteresting?
alex
interesting i,ve never heard of this site nobody in the club has either kilmarnock ssac i,m always looking for new sites around this area the club rib practicaly steers it,s self to the same sites.
never dived it myself Alex, but i think i know the one you mean.
i thought it was in deeper water myself but i could be wrong.
the banking in front of the lighthouse is a sheer slope down to around 30m+
if you think you can hit them in 12-15 then it must be worth a go no matter how interesting they may or may not be.
alexmaclennan
09-04-07, 10:15
So worth looking then?
Some club or group with a RIB/ private boat could look - maybe Daytona 12 could persuade his buddies to look one one of the club trips.
The only info I could find is in a tentative divesite description in the Directory. Feel free to update if you dive this site - especially to say if you find nothing and exactly where and how deep you dived.
Ridley says two 40m barges - but, as we all know, some of what he says is rubbish. Moir & Crawford putting a mark on one of their handdrawn charts makes me think that the barge(s) do exist.
alex