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Dive #339 · Saturday, 14 October 2017
SS Thistlegorm
South Sinai The Strait of Gubal
- Day 2 of 6 · Egypt Oct 2017 →
- 4th dive of the day(also #336 SS Rosalie Moller, #337 Shag Island, #338 SS Thistlegorm)
- deeper than 81 % of all dives
- Max depth
- 24.3 m
- Avg depth
- 15.8 m
- Bottom time
- 52 min
- SAC
- 9.1 l/min11.1 L · 210→100 bar
- Surface
- 25 °C
- Air
- 25 °C
Kit
- Gas
- Nitrox 32 · measured 31 %
- Cylinder
- D80
- Pressure
- 210 → 100 bar
- Mode
- Open circuit
- Suit
- Egypte 17: Alu80, drysuit, 2 kg lood, steel HP, thermo-ondergoed
- Course / purpose
- Nightdive
- Conditions
- Slight current
Where
SS Thistlegorm
A British armed merchantman bombed at anchor in October 1941, still loaded with the trucks, motorcycles and locomotives she was carrying to the Eighth Army.
Dive 5 of 6 here · first 2009 · last Oct 2017
With
On the map
SS Thistlegorm
No route marked
- Entry / exit
- Wreck
- Anchor
- Machinery
- Truck
- Other object
- Dive path
- Wreck footprint
- Depth
Map © divelog-sites contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf
Night dive. Chilled dive on this gorgeous wreck. Everywhere you look there is something to see and it all seems to have a story. In terms of life it is not much different from daytime. At the end we saw a big crocodilefish and a scorpionfish.