Diving

Dives

I've dived with Ross Butler 6 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 Jun 1981 Anlaby May Island Forth Scotland Wreck site 12 25 25 Iain Hosking, Ross Butler Four stars Excellent conditions. Jumped from side of 'Hamnavoe' and rearranged anchor, then joined Ross for dive. Up and down keel mainly. Saw seal, following us around. Also a variety of fish. Wreck is very broken up, but the outline is visible, and anchors, winches, prop, brass valves, bits of boiler etc. Steel 69, SLJ 2, extra 8lbs standardised for dry bag.
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12 Apr 1982 Hispania Sound of Mull Mull Scotland Wreck site 25 25 25 Iain Hosking, Ross Butler Four stars Caught slack by good planning. Right round wreck - down buoy line to starboard side, in through holds to bows, back up port side, up and down mast, in through bridge, then engine room and aft cabin (where I lost Eric's torch). No gloves, but not too cold. Vis poor. own
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13 Apr 1982 Rondo Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull Mull Scotland Wreck site 30 20 20 Iain Hosking, Ross Butler Four stars Up at 6am - in water at quarter to eight. Under wreck, through usual tubes, nooks and crannies. Strong current at start. Life - sea-scorpions. usual crustaceans and squidgy things. Vis improving. Dead calm. own
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29 Oct 1982 Golden Gift Oban Bay Oban Scotland Wreck site 15 10 10 Iain Hosking, Jenny Clough, Ross Butler Two stars Usual crabs, fish and stuff, and good phosphorescence. Short dive because Jenny was too heavy. own
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22 Nov 1984 Seacliffs North Berwick Forth Scotland 3 20 20 Iain Hosking, Ross Butler One stars Conditions worse than expected. Zero vis, current and waves. Gave up after 3rd attempt and retired to harbour. Nearly as bad as Largs beach! own
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1 Sep 1986 Kintyre Wemyss Bay Clyde Scotland Wreck site 38 11 13 Iain Hosking, Ross Butler Four stars Found wreck on second pass with grapple despite u/s echosounder. Surface layer very murky so pitch black at depth. Saw winch in front of aft hold, superstructure, boiler, bows, anchor. Ace dive. Rough.