Diving

Dives

I've dived with Malcolm Gauld 22 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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15 Mar 1980 Breda Benderloch Oban Scotland Wreck site 23 30 30 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld Three stars Dived with Malcolm Gauld. Mouthpiece split on demand valve so used Derek's. Boat dive. Weather - warm & sunny. Didn't find actual wreck, but lots of bits lying about. Saw dead men's fingers, spider crabs etc. Silty bottom. Vis 20 feet. Filled Fenzy by mouth. Dropped weight belt but had it recovered [by Derek]. Steel 60, Derek's Poseidon, ABLJ 6, 24 lbs weight
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30 Mar 1980 Gitana Loch Rannoch Scottish Highlands Scotland Wreck site Freshwater site 10 20 20 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld Four stars Shore dive, with Malcolm Gauld. Water fairly cold (2-3°C). Very dark, but vis with torch OK, about 3m. Circumnavigated the ship, and took a look inside. No life: too acidic. P.S. Also took soundings from wreck to the shore, from small inflatable. Steel 60, own dv, ABLJ 6
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20 Apr 1980 Gitana Loch Rannoch Scottish Highlands Scotland Wreck site Freshwater site 10 15 15 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld, Murray Grant Three stars Dived with Malcom & Murray & took a quick look at stern cabin, gents loo etc. Steel 60, own dv, ABLJ 6
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6 Aug 1980 Islay Port Ellen Islay Scotland Wreck site 12 45 45 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld Five stars Fantastic dive. Swam around ship, which consists of ribs & boilers & assorted bits. Also giant sunstars, fish of all shapes & sizes, and two crabs making out. Giant lobster. White sandy bottom. Very good vis (40 ft). Warm (no gloves). Also went for a snorkel. Ship is a MacBrayne's paddlesteamer, 187 tons net, which sank in 1902 en route from Glasgow to Port Ellen. Steel 69 cu ft, ABLJ 5, own dv, ~22lbs weight
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6 Aug 1980 Harald Mull of Oa Islay Scotland Wreck site 10 12 12 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld Three stars Wreck very kelp-covered. Bows impressive, with anchor & chain. Hull on its side on bottom. Conserved air for next two dives. (1909 collier.) ABLJ 5, steel 69, own dv, 22lbs weight
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6 Aug 1980 Mull of Oa Islay Scotland 6 10 10 Iain Hosking, Dougie McEwan, Lizzie Daw, Malcolm Gauld, Robert Sproul-Cran Four stars Photographic sortie. Visibility excellent (50 feet+). White sand, lots of fish. Robert took group photograph. ABLJ 5, steel 69, own dv, 22lbs weight.
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10 Aug 1980 Furnace Loch Fyne Kintyre Scotland 31 25 25 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld Three stars Shore dive. Down cliff to 31m (100 feet). Silty, sloping bottom. Then back up to 16m and along cliff. Sea squirts, hermit crabs, sponges, giant jellyfish, tubeworms (very pretty). Vis good but we kicked up some silt. PS Saw mobile clam. Steel 69, ABLJ 7, own dv, 22lbs weight
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1 Feb 1981 Eyemouth Forth Scotland 14 25 25 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld, Mike Malone Three stars Entry off rocks east of harbour. Down gully onto sandy bottom. Brittle stars, dead men's fingers, urchins, starfish and a lobster. Wind force 2. Vis 20ft, current 1 knot. ABLJ 5, steel 69
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29 Mar 1981 St Abbs South side of the Firth of Forth Forth Scotland 10 25 25 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld Three stars Cold & choppy. Down immediately and out to left of harbour. Found a tunnel. Strong wave action and I repeat, very cold. OK, I enjoyed myself. ABLJ 3, steel 69
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13 Apr 1981 Hispania Sound of Mull Mull Scotland Wreck site 25 20 20 Iain Hosking, Eric Franz, Malcolm Gauld Four stars Dived with Malcolm & Eric in 2nd wave. Strong current, ~1 knot. Toured hold on two levels, then proceeded to bridge. Saw mast & derricks. Ran low on air so came up. Very pretty anemones, many of which we accidentally squashed. Steel 69, ABLJ 2
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15 Apr 1981 Ostend Mull Scotland Wreck site 7 10 10 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld One stars Malcolm's rope search - unsuccessful. Vis low, about 3m. Bottom - shells! Cold. Steel 69, ABLJ 2
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14 Jun 1981 St Abbs South side of the Firth of Forth Forth Scotland 13 25 25 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld Four stars Took dry suit for its first outing, inaugurating a new period of comfort and warmth. Swam around Cathedral and studied squidgy things. Dry suit, twin Draegers, SLJ, extra 8lbs weight.
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17 Jul 1983 Dunbar South side of the Firth of Forth Forth Scotland 15 60 60 Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide, Malcolm Gauld Three stars Opposite end of the diving spectrum from Orkney. Three times round Johnson's Hole. Vis quite good, maybe 30 feet. Pretty sea squirt colonies and lots of crustaceans. Good fun actually. own
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6 Jul 1985 Sgeir an Oir Ealean North-east side of Tongue Bay North-west Scotland Scotland 25 14 15 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld Three stars FTF on the 'Nitedal'. Grapple snagged but when we went down there was no wreck in sight so we drifted along above the sand with the rock to our left. Plenty of anemones so would have been a good dive if we'd had time to enjoy it. own
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6 Jul 1985 Dubh-sgeir Mhor Tongue Bay North-west Scotland Scotland 20 13 15 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld Three stars Gave up search for the 'Nitedal' and moved on to the 'Ashbury'. We found a couple of bits, and also a huge lobster which we put back because it was soft [so had just changed its shell]. Now camping in idyllic spot outside Tongue and waiting for the sun to appear. [STOP PRESS. The 'Nitedal' and the 'Ashbury' are one and the same. GR cocks it up.] own
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8 Jul 1985 Meall Thailm North-east of Tongue Bay North-west Scotland Scotland 20 40 42 Iain Hosking, Adrian Roddam, Malcolm Gauld, Sarah McCracken Five stars Too good a site not to have a full dive on, so we hit it again, in a loose foursome with Malcolm and Adrian. Found three lobsters - one was huge, with one claw guarding a dead dogfish. Saw crabs sitting in holes in the rock wall, also shoals of small fish, the usual anemones and sponges etc. own
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11 Jul 1985 Little Loch Broom North-west Scotland Scotland 20 35 35 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld Three stars Not the Ardross Rock: Searched twice for Ardross Rock but no decent transits. Dived anyway, onto mixed sand/bedrock, boulder with some scallops and an unusual anemone thing [sea cucumber]. own
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28 Sep 1986 Beagle North of Great Cumbrae Clyde Scotland Wreck site 34 16 20 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld Five stars What a fantastic dive! Down line expecting it to get dark, and it didn't. Could see the whole wreck laid out below us from well above it. No torch necessary. Apart from the good vis and interesting artefacts we were also the subject of examination by a shoal of fish. Didn't want to come up. Twin 55s, 24lbs
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17 Jan 1987 Paddy Hinkley's Quarry Forth Scotland Freshwater site 8 10 10 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld Four stars Another long-awaited dive, this time under ice. 15 divers, 3 hours. The ice was very thick (thick enough to jump up and down on). Dived singly, roped. Very muddy, but weird to see the ice overhead and the silvery air bubbles. Not at all cold. [Malcolm held the other end of the rope.]
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14 Jun 1987 Hispania Sound of Mull Mull Scotland Wreck site 24 32 34 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld Five stars Our first boat dive on a wreck at night. Surface visibility exceptional, underwater ditto. The phosphorescence was incredible - we descended and ascended without torches, and the mast left a wake of phosphorescence behind it in the current. In between we saw most parts of the wreck, including the tunnel past the bridge (epic), the engine room and chain locker. An absolutely magic dive.
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21 Dec 1990 Seal Rocks Forster Australia 24 24 24 Iain Hosking, Iain Fairbrother, Malcolm Gauld Two stars Began the dive attached to Ian Fairbrother and Malcom, but lost them. Persisted in my vain search for sharks. None. Swam back above an atmospheric gully. Heaps of blue groper. Surfaced to a long snorkel in worryingly rough seas. Drysuit, twin set etc as in this morning's abortive dive on the 'Satara'.
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29 Jan 1995 Akka The Gantocks Clyde Scotland Wreck site 25 25 28 Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld Four stars A cold, dark, wet morning in Edinburgh turned to a beautiful day on the Clyde, calm, clear and cold. Even Dunoon looked lovely. Bacon rolls and potato scones at Port Glasgow. Found the wreck with no trouble. Freezing cold going down the line. Water green but clear. The wreck is big, with plenty of swimthroughs. Covered in plumose anemones and plenty of crabs. Some fish. Baked potatoes afterwards - lovely. Geoff's dry suit and woolly bear + stab jacket + valve. 100 cu ft steel tank + various other borrowed bits and pieces. Dived from Graham and Mary's boat. Graham found a ship's log. (This looks like an artillery shell with canted fins It spins around when towed behind the ship, and the number of revolutions in a given time interval yields the speed.).