Campbeltown Sub-Aqua Club

[chrisduffy]

Are there any members of the sub-aqua club on the forum? I went for a meal in the Ardshiel a couple of years ago and noticed that was the place they meet. I usually come up for a couple of weeks diving in August, mainly Sanda, but I have dived on the Breda in the Loch when we were blow out. I,m hoping to come up Easter or Spring Bank and do some then.

Cheers
Chris

[Bobbie En Tejas]

I,m hoping to come up Easter or Spring Bank and do some then.

Is that freudian or do you call spring break Spring Bank there

Chris, how is the diving there? What is the visibility usually? Are there interesting wrecks or other things that you have come upon? I used to dive in lakes in texas where visibility was usually pretty poor, going down about 60 feet, but I kind of lost interest when I was told about the 100 pound catfish.

[chrisduffy]

Hi Bobbie,
The bank holiday we have late May is called the spring bank holiday, but maybe any holiday drinking Springbank whisky could be called that!
The diving in the area is excellent, tho as i said i mainly stay in Southend and dive around Sanda Island, especially now, as friends of mine have moved into the area.
As its a rocky coastline there are lots of wrecks, but they are mostly flattened due to the winter storms, also the rocky reefs themselves are interesting dives with lots of life on them.
There is quite a large wreck in Campbeltown Loch called HMS Breda which was originally built as a steam yacht for the Duke of Bedford and called Sapphire. It was 'called up' for service in the 2nd WW as a submarine tender but was damaged in a collision and brought into the loch where she sank.
The vis in the loch isnt great as it is quite silty due to lack of water movement, but in the sea it can be quite good (for UK waters) depending on the recent weather, i'd say 8 to 10 metres. Not quite the Carribean but fun
There are some of my underwater photos on
http://photobucket.com/albums/v389/ChrisDuffy/

use the guest password kintyre

Cheers
Chris

[Bobbie En Tejas]

Cool pics, Chris. Thanks for the link

[GarySutherland]

Nice pictures, Chris.

Cheers
Gary