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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100 |
1 May 1982 | Loch Sunart | Scottish West Coast | Scotland | 15 | 30 | 30 | Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Susan Playfair | 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 | ||||
123 |
14 Aug 1982 | Loch Sunart | Scottish West Coast | Scotland | 18 | 52 | 52 | Iain Hosking | 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 | ||||
157 |
29 Oct 1983 | Loch Sunart | Scottish West Coast | Scotland | 16 | 35 | 35 | Iain Hosking, Derry Paul | 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 | ||||
158 |
29 Oct 1983 | Loch Sunart | Scottish West Coast | Scotland | 12 | 20 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Mike Malone | Getting dark - some phosphorescence. Dedicated scallop hunt. | own | ||||
160 |
31 Dec 1983 | Loch Sunart | Scottish West Coast | Scotland | 17 | 25 | 25 | Iain Hosking, Eric Franz | Hogmanay Dive. Wind gale force 7 and pissing rain. Hispania off so dived Loch Sunart and got scallops. | own |