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PRESIDENT

The President isn't about deep diving, or even particularly challenging diving. No, what we love about this site, sitting in a mere six metres of water near Eyemouth, is its raw, exposed character. It ran aground in thick fog back in 1928, and you can really feel that history as the North Sea swells around the remains. What you'll find here is a scattered wreck site, spread over a rocky reef at Whapness. The ship was 85 metres long, so there’s a good amount of wreckage to explore, even if it’s broken up. We’ve spent hours tracing the lines of plating, trying to piece together where the stern might have been, or imagining the bridge. The currents here can be a bit lively, especially on a pushing tide, but that movement also seems to bring in the fish. You'll often spot wrasse darting between the kelp-covered metal, and we’ve had some great encounters with blennies peeking out of crevices in the encrusted steel. Visibility, as with much of the East Coast, is entirely down to the day, but when it’s good, the light plays beautifully through the shallow water and kelp canopy. This is a site for the wreck enthusiast who appreciates history and a bit of a scramble, rather than pristine coral.