We had planned to dive Saturday and Sunday but the northerly wind made the sea unsuitable to launch on Saturday. It did calm down during the day and we decided to give it a go early Sunday morning, meeting at the Sea Palling car park at 6am.

The wind was 6kts from the West but the sea state was still choppy from the previous weather, the wave height was 0.8metres. Low water at Great Yarmouth was at 6:12 so I had worked out that slack water would be around 7:45. We didn’t go very far out, only about 2 miles, to the wreck we call “The anchor wreck” because of the unusual amount of anchors that can found on it. We found the wreck quite quickly and grappled into it first time. It was then time to kit up and get in.

Dive 1

• Divers: Simon, Mark
• Max Depth: 18.9 metres
• Dive Time: 36 minutes
• Water temperature: 18 degrees C
• Viz: 4-5 metres
• Dive details: The grapple was in the centre of the wreck, I tied my distance line to it and went to the left. It was bright enough for me to not need my torch. There were plenty of fish on the wreck. We got to the stern where we turned around and went back.

Dive 2

• Divers: Nigel, Carol
• Max Depth: 19.4 metres
• Dive Time: 39 minutes
• Water temperature: 17 degrees C
• Viz: 4 metres
• Dive details: The sun was shining as we headed out on Lowestoft diver to the wreck site. The sea had a bit of swell but was OK for a dive. The grapple was dropped off the side and hooked in well on the first attempt. I led the dive and distance lined off the grapple heading towards the bow of the wreck. We saw several common sunstars, common starfish, daliah and plumose anenomes, dead mens fingers. Also ballan wrasse, and a large shoal of bib. We returned to the grapple after exploring and seeing 3 anchors. We headed towards the propellor had a look around then went back to the grapple. We made our ascent to 6 meters for a safety stop before getting back on the rib.