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ALICE DAVIES

The Alice Davies, resting just off the Northumberland coast, is one of our favourite shallow wrecks in the UK. She’s a wooden hulled sailing vessel, sunk after a collision in 1878, and while dispersed, still offers a fantastic dive. You won’t find towering superstructures here. Instead, it’s a debris field of timbers, ribs, and planks, scattered across the seabed at a consistent 13 metres. We love how the wooden wreckage has become an artificial reef, attracting a surprising amount of life. Dropping down, the first thing you notice is the sheer scale of the scattered remains. It feels like an archaeological dig, tracing the outline of what was once a grand ship. We’ve spent hours here, meticulously sifting through the timbers (with our eyes, of course!), spotting everything from wrasse darting between the beams to squat lobsters tucked into crevices. Keep an eye out for the larger crabs too, scuttling across the exposed timbers. It’s a dive that rewards slow exploration, peering into every shadowy gap. The Alice Davies suits divers who appreciate history and enjoy the hunt for smaller marine life over dramatic, intact wrecks. Dive it on a slack tide for the best visibility, which can be surprisingly good on a calm day.