Diving

Bass Rock Dives

I've dived at Bass Rock 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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First dive Last dive 		24 Aug 1980 Bass Rock Forth Scotland 20 25 25 Iain Hosking, Robin Gray Three stars Down cliff face and followed the bottom of the cliff clockwise. Vis poor but great variety of sea anemones & brittle stars. Few crustaceans. Also did a spot of leaping and traversed a cave under the Rock. Lost a fin in the process. Steel 69, ABLJ 7, own dv, 22lbs weight
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First dive Last dive 		12 Jun 1983 Bass Rock Forth Scotland 20 10 12 Iain Hosking, Eric Franz One stars Fairly strong westerly, maybe force 4. Also strong current in same direction. Dived off north side of the Bass. Had to crawl into the current by hanging on to the rocks. Not much fun so came up. Saw a seal. Doc's dry suit, demand valve and boots, Jenny's woolly bear [!], Grace's gloves. I remembered everything else.
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First dive Last dive 		26 May 1985 Bass Rock Forth Scotland 28 22 24 Iain Hosking, Sarah McCracken Three stars Sarah's first dive in her new drysuit. My first dive since last July in a wetsuit. Dived the NE corner of the Bass on an ebb tide and followed the current anticlockwise. Depth 20m at first onto level bedrock, with brittle stars, plumose and dahlia anemones. At end of dive drifted over a massive drop-off going down to at least 40m. Jenny saw seals underwater. Wetsuit, club 60, Graham's weightbelt (about 28lbs). Rest as usual.
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First dive Last dive 		4 Aug 1985 Bass Rock Forth Scotland 40 11 14 Iain Hosking, Phil Gibbs Three stars 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)
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First dive Last dive 		31 Aug 1985 Bass Rock Forth Scotland 40 11 14 Iain Hosking, Mark Inall Three stars The Not the Royal Fusilier because of overrun idiot factor. Probably just as well - wind NE 6-7 and sea like a food processor. Dived with Mark Inall, straight down to 40m. Literally thousands of shrimps, plus several lobsters, crabs, butterfish, anemones. At end of dive saw a line of starfish demolishing a mussel bed. own
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First dive Last dive 		4 Oct 1986 Bass Rock Forth Scotland 21 28 30 Iain Hosking, Ian Harrington Three stars Beautiful, sunny, cloudless day. Quite good sea conditions, but old boat very soft on the way out (we pumped it up for the journey back). Undulating rock bottom covered in brittle stars. Highlight of the dive was a convoy of huge jellyfish, two of them lion's manes with 3m stinging tentacles (ask Ian!). A good day out. Mark's suit, fins, weightbelt, tank, knife. Malc's woolly bear and mask. Own tank.