Diving
Pettico Wick Dives
I've dived at Pettico Wick 4 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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130 |
10 Apr 1983 | Pettico Wick | South side of the Forth, west of St Abbs | Forth | Scotland | 14 | 20 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Derek Borthwick, Derry Paul | Dived with Derry to test dry suits. Found 2 leaks in left leg. Water greeny-yellow and full of bird shit. Vis 2m. Cold, and conditions marginal. | own | |||
328 |
25 Mar 1987 | Pettico Wick | South side of the Forth, west of St Abbs | Forth | Scotland | 14 | 20 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Dougie McEwan | Bloody rough. Stiff swim out to rock at 310 degrees from shore. Turned west and found rock faces with dead men's fingers, then a rock chimney. | ||||
329 |
25 Mar 1987 | Pettico Wick | South side of the Forth, west of St Abbs | Forth | Scotland | 12 | 20 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Leslie Macdonald | Even rougher. Swam at 270 degrees straight to the rock walls. Sea scorpion, sea urchins, sea oak, lots of sea things. Pretty stiff snorkel back. | ||||
330 |
25 Mar 1987 | Pettico Wick | South side of the Forth, west of St Abbs | Forth | Scotland | 9 | 15 | 15 | Iain Hosking, Craig McQueenie | Completely ridiculous. Jumped into huge swell with zero vis. Fought against waves all the way. One nudibranch. | Used Dougie's stab jacket. Not bad. |