The Moray

Today we headed east for some shallower wrecks after the two deeper ones yesterday. It was another glorious day, scorching hot and flat calm.

The first wreck we did was the Moray, a steamship, thought to have gone down in the 1890's off Cullen. She sits in about 30 metres, on a sand and shell seabed. The main feature is the condensing boiler and engine, with the prop shaft going off to the remains of the propeller. I love this wreck, it's teeming with marine life, the vis is usually good and it's very photogenic!

Today we had good vis, very little current and more wolffish than you could shake a stick at. Here is the engine (centre) and condensing boiler (left). The condensing tubes are home to lots of Yarrell's Blennies and the plates around the boiler are home to ling, cod, wolffish, lobster and crabs. In the foreground is my buddy looking at the wolffish. The picture was taken with ambient light at 30m, it was a bright day!

It was a fantastic weekend, thanks to Kev for organising it and to Pentland Sub Aqua Club for the excellent company - it was a pleasure to meet you all!