Diving
Furnace Dives
I've dived at Furnace 3 times:
| Dive number | Date | Site | Location | Area | Country | Wreck | Freshwater | Depth (m) | Bottom time (min) | Total time (min) | Divers | Quality | Summary | Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
24
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10 Aug 1980 | Furnace | Loch Fyne | Kintyre | Scotland | 31 | 25 | 25 | Iain Hosking, Malcolm Gauld |  |
Shore dive. Down cliff to 31m (100 feet). Silty, sloping bottom. Then back up to 16m and along cliff. Sea squirts, hermit crabs, sponges, giant jellyfish, tubeworms (very pretty). Vis good but we kicked up some silt. PS Saw mobile clam. | Steel 69, ABLJ 7, own dv, 22lbs weight | ||
| 154
|
6 Sep 1983 | Furnace | Loch Fyne | Kintyre | Scotland | 20 | 25 | 25 | Iain Hosking, Alasdair Hosking |  |
Dived same place as last time, down cliff face to 20m and then south. Vis good - 30ft at least. Squat lobsters, crabs, sunstars, sea squirts, scallops, wrasse, blennies and a huge shoal of small fish. Feather duster worms all retracted (lack of current). Bright and sunny. Good site. | own | ||
| 155
|
11 Sep 1983 | Furnace | Loch Fyne | Kintyre | Scotland | 20 | 20 | 20 | Iain Hosking, Susan Goodbody | |
Vis good, lots of pollack, wrasse, feather duster worms (feeding), beer bottles, crabs, scallops etc. Good weather but windy. 10 divers altogether. | own |