EDITOR

Protected Area

Holyhead Mountain

Why dive here

With 118+ marine species recorded in the area - including dolphins, dwarf minke whales, humpback whales, ocean sunfish (mola mola) and orcas - EDITOR offers some of Northumberland & Northeast's richest wreck diving.

Marine lifeDolphins, Dwarf Minke Whales, Humpback Whales, Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola) and Orcas · 118+ species recorded

CharacterWreck dive · max 6m

StandoutRich in charismatic marine life

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.