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I've dived with Phil Gibbs 2 times:

Dive number	Date	Site	Location	Area	Country	Wreck	Freshwater	Depth (m)	Bottom time (min)	Total time (min)	Divers	Quality	Summary	Equipment
243	4 Aug 1985	Bass Rock		Forth	Scotland			40	11	14	Iain Hosking, Phil Gibbs		Spoke to coastguards who gave us a forecast of SW 3-4 veering SE. In fact the wind was no more than 2-3. Dived NE side again with rock dropping steeply to 34m. Boulder slope continued past 40m. We came up via a stepped cliff. Dark. Butterfish and dead mens' fingers. Explored the cave afterwards - very smelly.	own (Luxfer 72 - same weight used)
331	11 Apr 1987	Hispania	Sound of Mull	Mull	Scotland			24	27	30	Iain Hosking, Phil Gibbs		Down line to stern and forward to the passageway on the second level of the hold. Swam along this for a while, but very murky so turned round and came back. Into engine room, forward to bridge, then out and swam along beside the rail to the bows. The anchor chain lies out along the seabed. Back to the stern - saw rudder (no prop). Seabed falls away on this side. Outboard engine knackered on the way back [due to motorcycle 2-stroke oil] so our boat was towed. Mark and I got bored and jumped off, swam to Calve Island, waded to the mainland and walked back, swimming a lake on the way.

Dive number

Date

Site

Location

Area

Country

Wreck

Freshwater

Depth (m)

Bottom time (min)

Total time (min)

Divers

Quality

Summary

Equipment

243

4 Aug 1985

Bass Rock

Forth

Scotland

Iain Hosking, Phil Gibbs

Spoke to coastguards who gave us a forecast of SW 3-4 veering SE. In fact the wind was no more than 2-3. Dived NE side again with rock dropping steeply to 34m. Boulder slope continued past 40m. We came up via a stepped cliff. Dark. Butterfish and dead mens' fingers. Explored the cave afterwards - very smelly.

own (Luxfer 72 - same weight used)

331

11 Apr 1987

Hispania

Sound of Mull

Mull

Scotland

Iain Hosking, Phil Gibbs

Down line to stern and forward to the passageway on the second level of the hold. Swam along this for a while, but very murky so turned round and came back. Into engine room, forward to bridge, then out and swam along beside the rail to the bows. The anchor chain lies out along the seabed. Back to the stern - saw rudder (no prop). Seabed falls away on this side. Outboard engine knackered on the way back [due to motorcycle 2-stroke oil] so our boat was towed. Mark and I got bored and jumped off, swam to Calve Island, waded to the mainland and walked back, swimming a lake on the way.