EDITOR - Northumberland & Northeast

The EDITOR is one of those shallow North Sea wrecks that just delivers time after time. We love diving it on a calm day, especially if you can time your entry with slack water to avoid any surge. You’re looking at around 6 metres of depth, so it’s a brilliant long dive for getting your eye in, or for newer divers keen to explore a proper wreck without the pressure of depth. She went down in 1897, a steamship carrying cargo from Pernambuco, and what’s left of her is spread across a sandy seabed. You’ll find the two boilers standing proud, often with a cloud of bib swirling around them, and the triple-expansion engine is also quite distinct. We always spend time working our way through the scattered plates and ribs, pushing our faces close to spot the small scorpionfish nestled in the nooks, or an inquisitive conger eel peering out from beneath a piece of decking. Visibility can be a bit variable, but on a good day, with the sunlight filtering down, the greens and browns of the encrusting life really pop. It’s a proper archaeological dive, letting you piece together the ship’s story as you go.

Location

Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom, Mediterranean & Europe

Coordinates

53.279980, -4.680027

Type

wreck

Maximum Depth

6m

Marine Protected Area: Holyhead Mountain