There are plenty of bits and bobs to see round Mullion Island such as bits of wreckage and cannon, but usually the game is ‘diving roulette’, where the boat handler will find around 15m on the most sheltered side of the island, drop a shot and send in the troops! Read more…
When the wind changes towards a more easterly direction (and it inevitably does during a week at PK!) we head over to Mullion Cove. Although referred to as Mullion, the tiny village at Mullion Cove is actually called Porthmellin, Mullion being a slightly larger village about 1 mile inland. With Read more…
The Volnay was a 4609 tonne steamship laden with 18-pounder shrapnel shells which sank at Christmas 1917 after hitting a German mine. She can be reached using the club boats. You’ll find her lying in about 20m and using the following transits, you can drop a shot right on her Read more…
Coordinates: 50°0.327’N 5°16.127’W Depth range: 10-15mSlack time: Dive anytime The Denise was a 1596 tonne French steamer that ran aground during fog in early summer 1918. Lying in 12-16m, the wreckage is well broken up, with only the boilers still intact. It is found by lining up the fourth rocky Read more…
Not dived as often as the Volnay, the Victorian Steam Liner Mohegan can really only be dived at slack water. She is situated on the Manacles. She sank in autumn 1898 due to either a dodgy helmsman or a dodgy compass! Again lying between 22 and 26m, the Mohegan is Read more…
The main bulk of the diving that happens on the Porthkerris trip is on Porthkerris Reef (shown above, at low tide from South Beach). It is enclosed in Porthkerris Bay, which has it’s own dive centre and café (a weighty boon for when the weather turns nasty). The reef runs Read more…
Coordinates: 50.257903 -3.86112 Depth range: 10m Slack time: Dive anytime, though there is only water at high tide This is a nice little bimble dive with not much in the way of currents or hazards. To dive it, swim out on the surface first as it is tricky to nav out Read more…
Coordinates: N50.74341 W-4.5813 Depth range: 10m Slack time: Dive anytime Head straight out 100m as you are not allowed to dive in the harbor. This is a nice little dive that can be done by anyone. This is a good back up if you cannot dive the Louis Shied due Read more…
Coordinates: about 30m from the MV Robert Depth range: 22-28m Slack time: LW-2 -> LW+2 This is one of the most exciting wrecks on the island to dive and is a fantastic piece of history. “Peta Knott, Coastal Marine Archaeologist for Wessex Archaeology, said: “This is the only protected paddle steamer lying Read more…
Coordinates: 51 09.77’N 04 39.03’W Depth range: 8-18m Slack time: LW-2 -> LW+2 The SS Carmine Filomena was an Italian steam powered cargo vessel heading from South Wales with a cargo of coal bound for Genoa when she ran aground on the island. Her wreck is quite broken up, but there Read more…