Diving out of Newquay today with the plan to dive the SS Armenian a P&O Liner that was sunk in WW1 carrying a cargo of Mules for the frontline. She is 50 miles out of Newquay in a depth of 95m. When we arrived at Newquay harbour the conditions did not look promising and when the skipper turned up he confirmed my fears. The back up plan was to dive a wreck in 40m. For those of you that are not trimix divers that is a bit of a problem even on a rebreather as my breathing gas was totally unsuitable as my main bailout (emergency cylinders) were mixed to get me from 95m to 22m then the rest of the gas would have been lowered down from the boat on a predetermined signal. Oh well we were there so we made the best of what we had. The trip out was lumpy to say the least but we were on site within 40mins and in the water after another 30mins. The visibility was about 25m and very light. The wreck was a small steam powered vessel that was very broken and had been picked clean of any brass a long time ago. I spent 40min on the bottom and for that I had 35mins of deco to do. I could see the sun reflecting off the surface from 30m. Tomorrow we try again but looking at the forecast I am not optimistic but we will see.
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