Diving

Floristan Dives

I've dived the "Floristan" 3 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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7 Aug 1980 Floristan Kilchiaran Bay Islay Scotland Wreck site 10 25 25 Iain Hosking, Dougie McEwan Four stars Night dive with Dougie. Torch failed but his was bright enough for two. Spectacular wreck with locomotives, flatcars, trucks, boilers, bricks (Thistle Co.) and lots of pipes etc. Water clear, and not cold. ABLJ 5, steel 60, own dv, 26lbs weight
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8 Aug 1980 Floristan Kilchiaran Bay Islay Scotland Wreck site 12 35 35 Iain Hosking, Dougie McEwan Three stars Examined details of wreck. Locomotive is on its left side - boiler has rolled off. Flatcars on top of one another. Millwheels. Fish individually (large territorial fish) and in shoals (pollack). Rust kicked up off wreck reduced visibility. Practised boat-handling. ABLJ 5, steel 60, own dv, 26lbs weight
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22 Sep 1981 Floristan Kilchiaran Bay Islay Scotland Wreck site 11 10 10 Iain Hosking, Eric Franz Two stars Very rough. Down buoy line to steel plates and chain, and some copper pipe. Then we lost it, and covered vast areas of seabed before giving up. Vis 3m. own