‘Meet the Members’ blog #1 – Paul Downes
Welcome to the first ‘Meet the Members’ blog. This is intended to be a regular feature where we introduce our club members to you. Paul Downes has volunteered to be the subject...
Category: Dive Sites
The Wreck of the MV Margaret Smith: A Dramatic Rescue off Yarmouth
On a summer afternoon in 1978, a small cargo vessel met her end in the western Solent, just off the Isle of Wight. The MV Margaret Smith, a Southampton-registered dredger and sand...
First dive of the year
It’s the 3rd May and after waiting patiently throughout April, the weather has finally broken into a couple of calm, sunny and windless days. Hooray, it’s time to get wet. Bembridge is...
ELITE DIVING SHARM March 2026
Gary and Jan Fletcher have just returned from a week’s diving in Sharm El Sheikh with ELITE DIVING SHARM which we highly recommend if anyone is considering a shore-based diving holiday in...
Isle of Wight diving from 2025
The 2025 diving season around the Island turned out to be one to forget. Although there was plenty of hot and dry weather, it was often accompanied by too much wind at...
Lundy Trip August 2024
Wight Dolphins travelled to Ilfracombe to spend two days diving around Lundy Island; a location we have visited on numerous occasions before. We return to Lundy Island because of the clearwaters and...
The SS Braedale wreck
Date: 17th August 2024 Location: 9 miles SW of The Needles The SS Braedale” was a British steam coaster (406 tons) that sank on October 16, 1932, after a collision with a...
The Thorness wreck
The archaeological evidence previously gathered by divers indicates that the site is the remains of a wooden merchant sailing vessel. Judging from the extent of the visible remains, the vessel was c....
The Fenna wreck
General nationality: dutch purpose: transport type: schooner propulsion: sailing ship date built: 1862 details tonnage: 172 material: wood about the loss cause lost: water leakage (flooding) other reasons: foundered date lost: 11/03/1881...