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In November 2007 In2scuba went out to the Red Sea for a fantastic weeks diving on the liveaboard Juliet. As usual we had a great week of unbeatable diving, excellent food and complete relaxation! The outstanding moments from this trip was diving with over twenty dolphins on the wreck of the Ghiannis D and enjoying some spectacular night dives on the Thislegorm. We would like to thank all our guests and the crew of the Juliet for making this a fantastic holiday! Click here to join us for our planned November 2008 trip to The Red Sea!
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We would like to say another thank you this year to Toby and all at Sovereign Diving for giving us a great Weekend of amazing Seal diving. The seal pups were in a playful mood all Weekend, nibbling at our fins and pulling our gloves off! During each dive the seals were everywhere, we all had a fabulous time.
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In2scuba would like to thank everyone involved in the Farne Island trip. Left to Right, Tracey, Graham, Paul, Stuart, Steve, Lauge, Shawn, Keith and Liam |
Dive Cornwall Weekend
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In june 2007 we ran a trip to Cornwall to dive the Scylla and the James Egan Layne, both were excellent wreck dives.
We had two dives on the Scylla and two dives on the James Egan Layne, during the Weekend. Some of the group had dived the Scylla when it was first sunk as an artificial reef, so were surprised at how much marine life it had attracted in just over a year.
The Scylla is now home to various types of marine life, from soft corals like dead mans fingers to pollock and bass roaming around the wreck. There are also several attractive sea anemones and sponges that can be found on the Scylla.
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The Scylla is a great dive for the novice and the experienced diver because the main deck is only at a depth of 8-10 metres, with the sea bed being reached at 25 metres.
HMS Scylla was an Exocet Leander class frigate, the last frigate to be built in Devonport Royal Dockyard in 1968. Scylla is 113m long with a displacement of 2500 tonnes.
Scylla made the local news headlines in 1973 when she collided with the Torpoint ferry. She undertook 'Cod War' patrols in 1975 and in August 1980 was dispatched to deliver emergency relief teams to the hurricane stricken island Cayman Brac.
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In December 1987 she was deployed to the Persian Gulf. In 1993 she was decommissioned and in 2003 was bought by the National Marine Aquarium to be placed on the seabed as a reef.
After diving the Scylla, we then dived the James Eagan Layne an American liberty ship located in Whitsand Bay at 21 metres. At 10000 Tons this considerable wreck is home to a multitude of marine life, including an array of crabs, jellyfish, anemones and the familiar Pollock, bass and cod.
Inside you can swim through the engine room past the engines and boilers, through the cargo holds and into various other areas of the ship. Sunk in 1945 by a Torpedo from U1195 on 21st March 1945, the torpedo piercing the 4th & 5th holds on the starboard vessel's side.
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Her cargo consisted of tank parts, jeeps, lorries, wagon wheels and various other smaller items.
Like the Scylla this is a great dive for all levels of ability, mainly because the depth at the bow section starts at only 5 metres leading down to 21 metres at the sea bed.
We had a great weekends diving on these excellent wrecks, we will be back to Cornwall in 2008!
We dived with Looe Divers on their hard boat “Morning Glory” over the Weekend and stayed in Bed & Breakfast accommodation.
Farne Island trip - October
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In2scuba would like to thank everyone involved in the Farne Island trip, for making it a great success. We did some fantastic diving during the weekend. The diving was varied from wall dives to diving with the seals. The wall dives were great as each rock face was covered with various types of Sponges, each with their own spectacular colouring. We dived around the Islands in the kelp beds looking for the seals, on the second day they found us! The seal pups swam around us for the whole dive as we all watched with total fascination. I have to say, diving with the seals is something very special. A final thanks to Sovereign Diving and Toby the skipper of Sovereign 2 for looking after us all so well. In2scuba went back to the Farnes in November - read our recent trip article above!
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In2scuba would like to thank everyone involved in the Farne Island trip. Here are just a few of our "motley divers' on board Sovereign 2! Back row left to right: Sean, Tom, Neil and Lauge. Front row left to right: Tracey, Neil and Eric. |
Equipment Seminar
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Many thanks to Simon Ross Deveau our PADI Course Director/ Trimix instructor Trainer and Rebreather Instructor for giving an excellent seminar on Monday 6th June. Simon spoke about equipment issues including single setups, single setup with a pony bailout, twinsets, semi- closed Rebreathers and Rebreathers (Closed), and spoke about the immense benefits of a a pony bailout setup.
This seminar was completely FREE, and the attendance was excellent. Simon and In2suba would like to pass on their thanks to everyone who attended and hope all of you found the the seminar informative.
Keep a close eye on the "What's New" section of the website for up and coming free seminar's.
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