June 19th - Portland

**Alastair** · November 17th, 2005, 08:51 PM

A few of us got together to get a couple of dives in at Portland. The team was Fraser, Clare and myself.

Dive one was on the Aeolian Sky pictured above before she sank. Massive wreck and we were lucky enough to get 10-15m vis which was absolutely stunning. As we descended the shot the wreck loomed into view and I could clearly see it extending out in all directions. It's lying on it's side and we headed down to the seabed at 29m to look at the deck and the cargo which had spilled out. We travelled along towards the stern noting the funnel and came round the accomodation block. We tied into the wreck and started inside with Fraser laying line and leading the way. We reached a stairwell and decided not to navigate down it mainly because Fraser saw an enormous conger eel guarding it! We turned and exited the wreck. We then moved along the wreck at a shallower depth back towards the bow. With such stunning vis it was easy to make out huge sections of the wreck and on a 10,000 ton wreck that really does add to the sense of scale. We could also see other people diving on the wreck almost like diving abroad. This instantly became my best UK dive to date and I'd thoroughly recommend it! For more info check out Divernet's wreck tour.

Dive two was the Bombardon unit inside the harbour. Vis was rubbish compared to the last dive at only 2-3m! However it was good enough to finish off our remaining gas.

November 17th, 2005, 08:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
Alastair(Offline) DIRX Supporter Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK Posts: 693	June 19th - Portland A few of us got together to get a couple of dives in at Portland. The team was Fraser, Clare and myself. Dive one was on the Aeolian Sky pictured above before she sank. Massive wreck and we were lucky enough to get 10-15m vis which was absolutely stunning. As we descended the shot the wreck loomed into view and I could clearly see it extending out in all directions. It's lying on it's side and we headed down to the seabed at 29m to look at the deck and the cargo which had spilled out. We travelled along towards the stern noting the funnel and came round the accomodation block. We tied into the wreck and started inside with Fraser laying line and leading the way. We reached a stairwell and decided not to navigate down it mainly because Fraser saw an enormous conger eel guarding it! We turned and exited the wreck. We then moved along the wreck at a shallower depth back towards the bow. With such stunning vis it was easy to make out huge sections of the wreck and on a 10,000 ton wreck that really does add to the sense of scale. We could also see other people diving on the wreck almost like diving abroad. This instantly became my best UK dive to date and I'd thoroughly recommend it! For more info check out Divernet's wreck tour. Dive two was the Bombardon unit inside the harbour. Vis was rubbish compared to the last dive at only 2-3m! However it was good enough to finish off our remaining gas.