Diving

Loch Sunart Dives

I've dived at Loch Sunart 5 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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1 May 1982 Loch Sunart Scottish West Coast Scotland 15 30 30 Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Susan Playfair Three stars 100th dive! Weather conditions - hail and snow. Bottom is silt, shelving downwards and with many sea pens, crabs, scallops etc. Collected queenies for tea. Water warm. Leaks in dry suit and sinus trouble again. own
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14 Aug 1982 Loch Sunart Scottish West Coast Scotland 18 52 52 Iain Hosking Three stars Dived same place as last time. Masses of queenies, some camouflaged by sponge. Two common scallops, other assorted bivalves. Large whelk, squat lobsters (narrow claws), Dublin Bay prawn, crabs, sea squirts, dead mens' fingers, starfish, gurnards and worms like feathers sticking up from the bottom [sea pens]. Good vis. own
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29 Oct 1983 Loch Sunart Scottish West Coast Scotland 16 35 35 Iain Hosking, Derry Paul Three stars Overcast and drizzle but water not too cold. Gin and tonic effect in surface layer, below which the vis was better (30 ft) but very dark. Found plenty of queenies, also hermit crabs, razor shells and whelks. own
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29 Oct 1983 Loch Sunart Scottish West Coast Scotland 12 20 20 Iain Hosking, Mike Malone Three stars Getting dark - some phosphorescence. Dedicated scallop hunt. own
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31 Dec 1983 Loch Sunart Scottish West Coast Scotland 17 25 25 Iain Hosking, Eric Franz Three stars Hogmanay Dive. Wind gale force 7 and pissing rain. Hispania off so dived Loch Sunart and got scallops. own