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FAIR DAWN

Fair Dawn is one of our favourite Scapa Flow wrecks that isn't German. Forget the battleships for a moment. This little wooden fishing vessel, lost in '74, offers a completely different vibe, and we love it for that. She sits at a comfortable 30 metres, mostly intact, though time and tide have taken their toll on the superstructure. What you get here is a real sense of a working boat, not a war machine. We particularly enjoy poking around the wheelhouse area, imagining the skipper at the helm. Inside the hull, the single shaft and engine are still clearly visible, cloaked in anemones and dead man’s fingers. Ling and conger eels often peek out from darker corners, and the schools of saithe that hang around the wreck can be incredible, sometimes so thick they blot out the ambient light. It’s a gentler dive than some of Scapa’s giants, perfect for those days when you want to take your time and appreciate the smaller details and the sheer resilience of marine life. Just watch for the currents around Start Point, they can be a bit lively on a big tide.