EXMOUTH - Scottish East Coast & Borders

The Exmouth, a big old steamship, is one of those wrecks that just pulls you in. She’s huge, nearly 120 metres long, and lies on her port side at 50 metres, which means this isn't a dive for the inexperienced. We love dropping down and seeing her emerge from the gloom, often with huge shoals of juvenile pollack swirling around the superstructure. Visibility here can be a bit of a lottery, sometimes it’s 20 metres and you can see the whole bow, other days it's more like five, making the dive feel even more adventurous. What really gets us about the Exmouth is her scale and the way she’s been colonised. You’ll find ling and conger eels tucked into every dark crevice, and the plates are thick with dead man's fingers and anemones. Exploring the cargo holds is incredible, but remember your penetration training and stick to the light zones. Our favourite part is navigating around the immense triple-expansion engine, a real marvel of engineering now home to crabs and lobsters. It's a challenging dive, certainly, with the depth and potential for currents, but for experienced wreck divers, it’s a proper expedition, a genuine deep dive into history.

Location

Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom, Mediterranean & Europe

Coordinates

56.475900, -1.641100

Type

wreck

Maximum Depth

50m

Marine Protected Area: Firth of Forth Banks Complex