Post by Sam on Oct 6, 2006 12:12:44 GMT
taken from SSAC website
For those of you that dive around Dunbar Harbour (Castle Rock, Johnson’s Hole, Yetts, off the old battery etc), you should note that the old lifting bridge to the north side of the harbour will be removed on Monday 9th October 2006 The existing bridge needs to be removed during the fabrication process of the replacement bridge to ensure that accurate measurements are taken. It is estimated that the operation will take approximately 12 weeks to fabricate the new bridge and so there will be no bridge access to the north side of the harbour until the middle of January 2007.
In the meantime, why not try the old Victorian baths further west around the bay? There are quite a few steps, but the walk is still considerably shorter and easier than the hill at Petticowick. Furthermore, the old baths fill at high tide (best at springs), they are located on a sheltered beach which makes an excellent rescue training venue, and the shallow (approximately 10m) reefs around the immediate shore have lots of critters and interesting gullies.
For those of you that dive around Dunbar Harbour (Castle Rock, Johnson’s Hole, Yetts, off the old battery etc), you should note that the old lifting bridge to the north side of the harbour will be removed on Monday 9th October 2006 The existing bridge needs to be removed during the fabrication process of the replacement bridge to ensure that accurate measurements are taken. It is estimated that the operation will take approximately 12 weeks to fabricate the new bridge and so there will be no bridge access to the north side of the harbour until the middle of January 2007.
In the meantime, why not try the old Victorian baths further west around the bay? There are quite a few steps, but the walk is still considerably shorter and easier than the hill at Petticowick. Furthermore, the old baths fill at high tide (best at springs), they are located on a sheltered beach which makes an excellent rescue training venue, and the shallow (approximately 10m) reefs around the immediate shore have lots of critters and interesting gullies.