UK
1st July 2020 – Weybourne
- Divers: Jack, Nigel
- Max Depth: 8.3
- Dive Time: 36
- Water temperature: C
- Viz: 2 metres to 300 mm
- Dive Details: My buddy Jack Grint and myself kitted up at our cars, then walked up the shingle to the wreck location. Carried out a buddy check then I entered the water and put my fins on. It was high water and as Jack entered the water he was caught out by the sudden drop in the shingle as a big wave hit him and knocked him over. Swept back and forth a few times till shore cover came to the rescue. Jack got in the water and got his fins on and we finned out to where I thought the wreck was as it was submerged. I signalled to descend. Poor Jack had weight issues and took several attempts to sink. When we eventually got to the seabed no Rosalie just sand. I headed east to search with Jack. Something large appeared through the poor vis. The wreck, No! A steel pipeline about 3 foot in diameter totally covered in orange and white plum rose anenomes. There were lots of big crabs in the crevices of the pipe support. The pipe ended and we continued across sand and came to small chalk reef areas with large stones. The were loads of small crabs. The vis deteriated to about 400 mm barely able to see Jack I headed south to shore where we struggled to exit with the shingle bank and strong breakers.
- Divers: Nic, James, Aarron
- Max Depth: 9.1
- Dive Time: 21
- Water temperature: 16 C
- Viz: 0.5 to 2 meters
- Dive Details: James arrived slightly late and so kitted up in a hurry to join Nic and Aaron who had walked ahead. We swam out inline with where we thought the Rosalie lie, but it’s very hard to know on a high tide. Like Jack and Nigel we too descended onto barron sand. We swam to the Northwest hoping to bump into the wreck but after 15 mins decided to surface to see how far we had made it. We hadn’t drifted far and so descended again to swim back into shore allowing the tide to take us a little in the hope we might see something. We saw nothing but sand and a few crabs running around. As we got closer to shore the swell had increased and visibility was down to half a meter. We exited in a large dumping swell, and as all of us were nearly out Aaron yelled “Big wave” which picked all 3 of us up and dumped us into the shingle sending us up the beach like washed-up starfish!
