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ELI (POSSIBLY)

The *Eli* offers a proper deep wreck adventure on the Scottish West Coast. We love how intact she is for a ship bombed in 1940; you can still make out her lines, the stern rising proudly from the seabed at 58 metres. Descending, you feel the water cool, a palpable shift in the light as you approach this behemoth resting on its port side. The visibility here can be tricky, often a silty green, but when it clears, the scale of her 116-metre length is striking. We’ve found wolfish sheltering in the deeper holds and wrasse picking around the machinery spaces. Our favourite moment is always finning past the enormous propeller, still fixed on its shaft, a silent testament to her final voyage. This dive demands good trim and a cool head, perfect for experienced technical divers seeking a meaningful wreck dive rather than a colourful reef.