Diving
Dives
I've dived with Mike Weitzner 10 times:
| Dive number | Date | Site | Location | Area | Country | Wreck | Freshwater | Depth (m) | Bottom time (min) | Total time (min) | Divers | Quality | Summary | Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
162
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4 Mar 1984 | Loch Long | Clyde | Scotland | 12 | 20 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Mike Weitzner |  |
Dived with Mike Weitzner after he'd taken Eileen down for her first dive. Calm, not cold, and vis OK, about 4 metres. Lots of plumose anemones, crabs and some fish. | own | |||
| 166
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1 Apr 1984 | Kintyre | Wemyss Bay | Clyde | Scotland |  |
40 | 11 | 15 | Iain Hosking, Mike Weitzner |  |
Far better as a boat dive! Warm, calm and sunny. Found by echosounding and grappling. Down line to bridge at 38m. Swam round bridge and forward hold, found lead pipe, brass pipe and various valves and stuff (left in situ). Bows at 30m, plates missing and covered with plumose anemones. Beautiful! A lovely day. | own, except Rollo's twin 55s and 4lbs less weight. | |
| 167
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7 Apr 1984 | Rondo | Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull | Mull | Scotland | |
30 | 20 | 23 | Iain Hosking, Mike Weitzner | |
Excellent dive - made up for disasters during the day. Swam straight down inside hull to archway section which we examined closely. Through tunnel; examined feather duster worms and plumose anemones. Strong current, good vis, about 30 feet. | own | |
| 172
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13 Apr 1984 | Pelican | Calve Island, Tobermory Bay | Mull | Scotland | |
20 | 9 | 15 | Iain Hosking, Crawford Foster, Mike Weitzner | |
Short second dive. Snorkelled out from shore and down cliff to wreck. Up to bows, down to stern and surfaced. Vis good for this wreck. | own | |
| 173
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14 Apr 1984 | Rondo | Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull | Mull | Scotland | |
48 | 12 | 23 | Iain Hosking, Mike Weitzner | |
'Bows of the Rondo'. Weather conditions marginal (force 6 + drizzle) but Pete's plan worked smoothly. Straight down to bows with no trouble, stayed for a while, swam back up slowly. | own | |
| 186
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21 May 1984 | Rhodesia | Duntulm Bay | Skye | Scotland | |
10 | 20 | 25 | Iain Hosking, Eileen Hill, Mike Weitzner |  |
Dived with Mike and Eileen in an ill-fated threesome. Round wreck twice, saw engine, boiler, prop (ferrous) and rudder. Left wreck to explore seabed - interesting tubeworm things. | own | |
| 189
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18 Jun 1984 | Dunbar | South side of the Firth of Forth | Forth | Scotland | 15 | 40 | 40 | Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide, Jenny Clough, Keith Chidwick, Mike Weitzner | |
2nd class tests with Mike Weitzner, Geoff, Jenny and Keith Chidwick. Took boat outside harbour and did tests around rocks. Did assisted ascents, underwater navigation, low visibility search (for a fisherman's creel!) and tow (easy). Attempted rope search but current, floating line and light shot made it impossible to complete. | own | ||
| 190
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1 Jul 1984 | Fidra | North Berwick | Forth | Scotland | 17 | 35 | 35 | Iain Hosking, Mike Weitzner | |
Dived at 4pm after an unsuccessful search for the 'Chester II'. Dived west of Fidra. Vis poor: 12-15 feet but we found one lobster (90mm) and 4 crabs. Warm, sunny day, calm - ideal. | own | ||
| 198
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12 Aug 1984 | St Abbs | South side of the Firth of Forth | Forth | Scotland | 13 | 60 | 60 | Iain Hosking, Mike Weitzner | |
Second dive at St Abbs this year, and the first decent one. Fed the wrasse (4 now), and saw a plaice, sea-scorpion, sea-squirts and pollack. | own | ||
| 200
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2 Sep 1984 | Royal Fusilier | off Dunbar | Forth | Scotland | |
42 | 8 | 8 | Iain Hosking, Mike Weitzner | |
200th dive! Hired fishing boat 'Shangri-La' from Dunbar. Found wreck from Decca co-ordinates and dropped shot into it. Wreck is lying on its port side (I think), buried past its centreline in silt. We swam to the bows past bridge etc. Covered in plumose anemones and nets. Vis OK, no current. Sunny eventually. | own |