Scapa Flow 2011
01st January 2012
In: Location Reviews
Well, after a REALLY long time, I've finally had a chance to sit down and process some of the photos from last summer's dive trip to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Isles. Scapa Flow is a site of enormous historic value, and is the resting site for dozens of ships which were sunk during both World Wars (mostly deliberately), as well as a number of merchant vessels lost during the last century.
Scapa is one of my favourite places to dive in Scotland as the age of the ships means that they are not only really cool to look at (lot of big guns!), they are also covered in marine life and have become massive artificial reefs and are brilliant to photograph in and around.
So without further ado, here are some of my favourites:
A diver on the wreck of the SS Coln, which is almost always surrounded by massive shoals of juvenile fish
A diver on the SS Coln
At the bows of the SS Coln
Divers on the MV James Barrie, a fishing trawler that now lies in 42m of (very tidal!) water.
Two divers silhouetted against the sun after our last dive of the week
To see more of these, check out the Shipwrecks & Divers gallery.
Scapa is one of my favourite places to dive in Scotland as the age of the ships means that they are not only really cool to look at (lot of big guns!), they are also covered in marine life and have become massive artificial reefs and are brilliant to photograph in and around.
So without further ado, here are some of my favourites:
A diver on the wreck of the SS Coln, which is almost always surrounded by massive shoals of juvenile fish
A diver on the SS Coln
At the bows of the SS Coln
Divers on the MV James Barrie, a fishing trawler that now lies in 42m of (very tidal!) water.
Two divers silhouetted against the sun after our last dive of the week
To see more of these, check out the Shipwrecks & Divers gallery.