Diving
Catalina Dives
I've dived the "Catalina" 6 times:
| Dive number | Date | Site | Location | Area | Country | Wreck | Freshwater | Depth (m) | Bottom time (min) | Total time (min) | Divers | Quality | Summary | Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29
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16 Nov 1980 | Catalina | Great Cumbrae | Clyde | Scotland |  |
26 | 25 | 25 | Iain Hosking, Rosanne Padua |  |
Shore dive. Snorkelled out with Rosanne and went down buoy rope to the plane. Dive interrupted when I found I had no weight belt. Catalina is lying parallel to the shore, starboard wing in the sand, port wing pointing towards the surface. No cockpit, engines, tailplane, rudder etc, but recognisable as a Catalina. Covered in plumose anemones. Visibility 6-10ft. Wind force 2. | ABLJ 1, steel 69. | |
| 83
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6 Apr 1982 | Catalina | Great Cumbrae | Clyde | Scotland | |
25 | 27 | 27 | Iain Hosking, Ceri Reid, Eric Franz |  |
Vis better than last time. Good sea life. | own | |
| 174
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22 Apr 1984 | Catalina | Great Cumbrae | Clyde | Scotland | |
23 | 30 | 35 | Iain Hosking, Stuart Vance | |
Vis fairly good - maybe 30 feet or more. Found starboard engine and tailplane. Fish life - pollack, mackerel, cod, butterfish, flatfish. No conger. Masses of plumose anemones. Several crabs, squat lobsters and hermit crabs. | own | |
| 252
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13 Sep 1985 | Catalina | Great Cumbrae | Clyde | Scotland | |
24 | 12 | 15 | Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide | |
Calmer (but wetter) than this morning's dive. Anchored on telegraph cable transit at 18m and contoured at 23m. Missed it so came back at 20m and hit starboard wing. Tied SMB on and released it. Dark, but good vis. Masses of life - sea scorpions, a pipefish, sea pens and other exotica. Engine has disappeared. | own | |
| 253
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14 Sep 1985 | Catalina | Great Cumbrae | Clyde | Scotland | |
25 | 27 | 30 | Iain Hosking, Geoff Hide | |
Dived after a visit to the aquarium. Dropped shot straight onto wreck using new transits. Tied one SMB line onto starboard wingtip and carried out circular search for cockpit. We can now state that it isn't in a semicircular area with a 26, radius from the wing. Found a motor and marked it for John and Ruth. Plenty of life on the bottom, including a gurnard, 6 inches long. First I've seen. Sea pens not phosphorescent. Wreck murky but swarming with fish. | own | |
| 299
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13 Sep 1986 | Catalina | Great Cumbrae | Clyde | Scotland | |
22 | 35 | 37 | Iain Hosking, Graeme Jeffries | |
Perfect conditions for the Catalina. Flat calm, sunny and down there we got peace from all the tourists. Pretty clear. Plenty of pollack, gobies, blennies, squat lobsters, plumose anemones. Transits pretty good [in white log book]. | Kevin's Rowi suit, 24lbs. |