FAWN (POSSIBLY)

Protected Area

Henborth

Why dive here

With 118+ marine species recorded in the area - including dolphins, dwarf minke whales, humpback whales, ocean sunfish (mola mola) and orcas - FAWN (POSSIBLY) 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 15m

StandoutRich in charismatic marine life

We’ve dived the Fawn (or what we strongly suspect is her, given the debris field) a few times, and it’s a proper piece of history down there, sitting at 15m. Forget your perfectly intact wrecks; this is a scatter of iron plates, ribs, and machinery, but that’s precisely its charm. You’re swimming through history, tracing the outline of a steamship that went down in 1886. Our favourite part is poking around the engine room area. You can still make out the large boiler, a hulking cylinder now encrusted with dead man's fingers and anemones. The currents here can be a bit frisky, so we always plan our dive for slack water to really enjoy the exploration. Look closely among the plates, and you’ll spot plump lobsters tucked into crevices, their antennae twitching, and often a grumpy-looking conger eel peering out from a dark corner. It’s a site for divers who appreciate the story and the marine life that repurposes these old bones.