Club Diving - North East Scenic Dives

All dives performed within the club must be recorded on a log sheet and handed to the Diving Officer, select from the log sheets below. Log Sheet Example - Detailed example of how to complete a log sheet. Dive Log Sheet - Used for normal diving, caters form small groups - 2 dives per sheet.
Place	Depth	Description
Dunstanburgh Reef	8m	A dive on the main reef & wall which runs from the base of the castle several hundred metres eastward .
Embleton Bay	6m	A shallow and interesting dive around the kelp forests of the submerged reefs.
Beadnell Point	10m	Although this is mainly a scenic dive it also the position of two wrecks. The Mistley is on the South side and rarely dived, the wreckage is very well broken and quite indistinguishable. The more well known wreck is the Yewglen. It can be found on the north side of the point and although it is also well broken up over a large area, there are still interesting sights such as the boiler, anchor and a section of the foreward hull.
Lady Hole	6m	Lady Hole is the bay between Beadnell Point and Knacker Hole. It is mainly a 'white' sandy bottom with a reef at either side which is resident to lobsters and octopus which can be found within the kelp surrounds.
Knacker Hole	6m	Accessible from the main road, it is easily identifiable by the number of parked cars and divers kitting up. As for the dives above it is best dived at high water. Follow th e reef wall outwards and finish by navigating to Lady hole. A very scenic dive with plenty to see, especially during night dives.
Seahouse Golf course	8m	Parking may be difficult and the walk along the public footpath is lengthy. However the reward is a site which is rarely dived and is teaming with life.
Crumstone	10m	Best dived with the tide flooding, most of the wall reef around Crumstone is covered with dead mens fingers and is very colourfull to 10m. Encounters with seals are not uncommon. The south of Crumstone falls away to 25m but there is little to see.
Staple Island	20m	Either side of Staple Island will provide shelter from wind or tide. the best side is on the South, starting from the Western edge of the wall you will dive into 'sea caves' penetrating upto 10-15m. Moving along you are forced between the Island and the Pinnacles at a depth of 6m wher it then deeps to 15m, The general sea bed is covered in rocks and wrasse at this point and ther is not a great deal else to see. The wreck of the St Andre also lies here with boilers and strewn wreckage to be found at 20m. If you are brave enough to drift South of the Island by several hundred metres you will be surprised to find at 30 a bed of scallops!
Harcar reef	20m	A dive at any point on Harcar will present the diver with plenty to see in about 15m. On the South side there is a sea cave at its mid point which requires a torch to fully enjoy. Towards the Eastern end prior to Piper gut the wall falls down to 20m and is very colourful with dead mens fingers. Be careful not to venture to far into Piper gut where the tidal flow can be very strong.
Joe's Reef	10m	A beautiful reef bathed in 'white sand' which was showed to us by Joe Fletcher. The reef runs from the North side of Little Harcar for about 500m.
Piper gut	10-30m	Drift diving either way on flood or ebb is very exhilarating, be very careful as the gut runs to 30m quite soon on the South side and towards 20m little further to the North.
Knivestone	10-20m	The most interesting site is on the South side and although is best dived at slack water (90 mins after HW & LW Beadnell) it can also be dived when the tide is flooding. Home to many seals and the site of main wrecks makes this an excellent dive in colourful reefs covered in anenomes and dead mens fingers.
Whirl Rocks	10-20m	Another fantastic site and should be dived only at slack water (as above) with light winds. Stick to the slack water window as the current is strong before before and after this point. Very similar to Knivestone with a mixture of wreckage, reefs and seals.
North - Longstone	25m	On the North end of longstone a reef system rums for 100m. Home to many seals it is best dived when the tide is on the ebb.
South - Longstone	6m-30m	The south bay of Lonstone is a kelp covered reef in 6m and has a resident population of seals. At the end of the reef a wall drops off towards 15m then 30m. Be wary of the state of the tide as once you move out of the gut the current can pickup. The wreck of the SS Christianson is at the SW point of the reef wall and can be navigated to by adventurous divers! if you do make sure it as slack water (as above).
Megstone	10m	Home to a seal population the dive is mainly conducted along the surrounding walls of the island.
SS Coryton	6m	The broken wreck of the SS Coryton is a fantastic dive in the bay between Bamaburgh Castle and Holy Island. (I will post GPS coordinates soon). The boilers, prop shaft and tern can all be found in 6m. The bow is 30m foreward of the boilers over the sandy bottom.