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Dive #86 · Monday, 30 November 2009 · 14:11
SS Kingston, Shag Rock
Shag Rock, Strait of Gubal The Strait of Gubal
- Day 2 of 6 · Egypt Nov–Dec 2009 →
- 3rd dive of the day(also #84 SS Thistlegorm 07:01, #85 SS Thistlegorm 10:09, #87 Bluff Point, Gubal Seghir 18:08)
- Max depth
- 15.9 m
- Avg depth
- 9.8 m
- Bottom time
- 56 min
- Surface
- 25 °C
- Air
- 24 °C
- Visibility
- veel
Kit
- Gas
- Nitrox 32 · measured 30 %
- Cylinder
- Alu80
- Pressure
- 198 → 31 bar
- Mode
- Open circuit
- Weights
- 8 kg
- Suit
- 7 mm
- Surface interval
- 3:19
- Difficulty
- 2
- Conditions
- Weather: clear
Where
SS Kingston, Shag Rock
An 1871 Sunderland steamer that ran onto Shag Rock with a cargo of Welsh coal, lost her own name for a century, and now lies in water shallow enough to dive almost indefinitely.
The only dive here
With
- Bobfirst dive together
On the map
SS Kingston
No route marked
- Hazard
- Point of interest
- Boat
- Wreck
- Lighthouse / tower
- Machinery
- Other object
- Dive path
- Wall / drop-off
- Wreck footprint
- Depth
Map © divelog-sites contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 53edcaf
The wreck itself was heavily overgrown with coral. Then visited the garden where two big morays, three napoleon wrasse and some pipefish were waiting for us.