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RIAN

The MV Rian, sitting upright at just 12 metres, is a cracking little dive for an hour or so, especially if you’re newer to wreck diving or just want a relaxed potter. She was a small Dutch motor vessel, gone down after a collision in 1946, and what's left is now pretty well broken up around the main frames. You can still make out the bow and stern sections, and the engine room area offers a good swim-through. We’ve spotted plenty of blennies tucked into crevices, some decent-sized crabs scuttling over the plates, and often see shoals of juvenile coalfish darting through the superstructure. It's an easy dive, often with good visibility on a slack tide, making it a solid pick for a second dive of the day.