Diving

Dives

I've dived with John Parkinson 2 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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21 Sep 1985 Little Cumbrae West side Clyde Scotland 30 7 9 Iain Hosking, John Parkinson Two stars Pete Bicheno's exercise - sampling of a water column 30m deep. John Parkinson and I made temperature measurements every 2m (12.4 - 12.9 degrees centigrade) and put the lids on the sampling jars. Pete and Chris made visibility measurements every 5m. Depth of water: 110m. Vis OK. own. Boat: 5m Chinook with Yamaha 30.
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22 Sep 1985 Beagle North of Great Cumbrae Clyde Scotland Wreck site 34 16 18 Iain Hosking, John Parkinson Three stars John Llambias' exercise. Conditions marginal. Wind easterly 5-6. Sea state 4. Despite this hooked into the wreck on the first pass. John and Eileen Kelly (National Coach for Northern Ireland) laid a distance line. We measured the depth of the ship's side and the distance from the foredeck and recovered all lines. Vis good - had some time to swim up and look at the bows. Conditions very rough on the journey back - boat swamped. own. Boat: 4m Avon Searider. Out of its depth in the conditions.