A Brief Selection of Some of the Wrecks and Reefs we Dive
Wreck - Herzogin Cecille 7 mts
This wreck is broken up but is still a popular dive due to the visibility and sea life.
Thatcher Reef/Tucker Rock 6 - 25 mts
Thatcher Reef can be dived at slack water at a depth of 10 metres and Tucker Rock ideal for shallow dives at high tide with plenty of fish, sponges, corals and rocks. Some 6 - 25 metre dive.
London Bridge - 10m Reef
Arched shaped 'bridge' of rock which is situated just outside Torquay Harbour. Finds include pipework debris from wrecks and lobsters. Excellent rock diving with good visibility Depth approx 10 metres.
The Tug Boat 12 - 15 mts
Broken wreck ideal for confidence building dives.
Eastern Blackstone 12 – 25 mts
Exceptional reef dive with drop offs.
Galicia 15 - 20mts
5922 ton wreck with lots of sea life on her.
Bretagne 18-26m ts
This wreck is of a schooner - rigged single - screw steel steamer. She is 1439 tons. She is laying upright on the sea bed. She is 232 feet long and has a beam of 35 feet. The wreck of the Bretagne is covered in silt but visibility is very good. Depth to deck level is approx. 18 metres and 25 metres to the sea bed. Much of the Bretagne is still intact and is a superb dive, one of which is most popular. It can be dived at any state of tide but is preferable during slack water.
Persier 19 – 28 mts
5382 ton Belgian steamer.
Lord Stewart - 32m
This is the wreck of an Armed merchantman approximately 1445 tons. The Lord Stewart is again sitting upright on the sea bed and you can clearly see the damage to it's starboard side caused by a torpedo in 1918.
Newholme 28 - 44 meters
The back of the wreck is broken but she is reasonably intact and lying on a sandy slope.
Picton Castle 33 – 37 mts
Admiralty trawler with lots of fish life
The Maine - 30 - 37 meters at sea bed
This wreck is a torpedoed cargo ship which is still reasonably intact and a popular dive.
Oregon – 26 – 30 mts
Steel hulled sailing ship.
Chateau Yquem - 44m
The wreck of a 1913 ton French Steamer, with hull intact although bridge was destroyed by torpedo. Sitting upright on the seabed at a depth of 44 metres. Bow and stern are in good condition with much of the wooden deck still there.
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