Written By Kai Okay guys, strap in, get ready for a trip report. 13 brave new UBUC members convoyed down to the Louis Shied for their first UK open water dive, along with 9 instructors and 2 helpers. It was beautiful morning, sun shining on the Devonshire coast. Sophie Frendo Read more
Trip to Louis Sheid Written by Chenjun Liu On the 21st of April 2024, four divers from UBUC completed a fantastic dive trip and trained as sport divers with three instructors. We explored the wreck of the Louis Shied. In the early morning of 7 December 1939, the Louis Shied, Read more
A group of 8 divers headed down to Thurlestone on a Sunday to dive the Louis Shied – a Belgian steamer that ran aground off the shore after a rescue mission during WW2. Neil was first in the water, snorkelling out to locate and shot the wreck, which he managed Read more
On Saturday six of us went down to the south coast of Devon for some diving and SD training at the wreck of the Louis Sheid. Sam and I went first, using a compass bearing and some geographic features (lining up a house with the arch off the beach) to Read more
9 Members of UBUC welcomed winter by diving the Louis Shield, a steam cargo ship laying on Thurlestone reef. Caroline braved the 11 degree water in a semi-dry proving that drysuit ownership isn’t a necessity as long as you have a pink hearts onesie waiting for you on the shore Read more
A nice late start of 9am saw 17 sleepy UBUC’ers congregating at stores (well, 16.. Meg was late so we had to pick her up). An uneventful drive down to Thurlestone, with the exception that all the cars bar ours went to the other beach (West side). Unfortunately we didn’t Read more
Divers: Alex Bourla & Neil Love, Freedivers: Anya Keatley & Michael Waterworth Ordinarily I’m not sure whether a single evening shore dive would justify its own trip report but with this one ending up being hands down the best UK shore dive I’ve ever done I felt it deserved one! Read more
Coordinates: N50.74341 W-4.5813 Depth range: 10m Slack time: Dive anytime The Louis Shied is one of the clubs favourite dives as it is a lovely wreck that can be done as a shore dive. A little swim off the beach, the wreck lies in around 12m of water – though Read more