Advanced Wreck Diver
In the belly of the beast
Tash Scott and Steven Baker report from Cyprus , where they have been covering BSAC ’ s Advanced Wreck Diver course on the famous Zenobia
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Run an Advanced Wreck Diver Course ’, they said . ‘ It will be fun ,’ they said . Well , actually it was ! In fact , it had been planned for some while . However , with the uncertainties of these times , our trip to Cyprus has been pushed back three times . In fact , Cyprus was meant to be plan B when our trip to Chuuk Lagoon was cancelled ... is nothing sacred ? After a fair bit of UK diving , including the annual team Scapa trip and with plenty of wrecks to penetrate , some of our team felt ready to take on the course .
Armed with lines , reels , line direction markers and cookies [ line markers , not biscuits ], we were ready to go . We were spending most of our week diving the Zenobia in Cyprus . A huge roll-on , rolloff ferry that went down in 1980 , she offers some of the most intricate wreck penetrations in the Mediterranean . At 175m
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