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Pier House Dive Centre

Dive Centre Center (English)

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  • Air
  • Equipment Gear Rentals
  • Gear Equipment Servicing
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  • Wreck Diving
Company description Pier House Dive Centre is ideally located, looking out to sea. Within the Kilmore Quay area the diver can explore ship wrecks from 6 to 60 meters. With gin clear visibility this area has some of the most spectacular and varied diving in Ireland.
Kilmore Quay is also an ideal base for a day trip to the world famous bird sanctuary on the Saltee Islands, which according to history provided the perfect hideout for pirates, smugglers and wreckers during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, who no doubt contributed to the large amount of ships wrecked in this area. You can also study marine life , watch seals, dolphins and diving birds around the Saltees Island.
Our diving facilities:
*Air bank facility. Ability to fill multiple tanks simultaneously.
*Diving equipment for hire to experienced divers.(Air tanks, wet suits, snorkles, filppers, boots, etc)
*It is advisable to book equipment in advance to avoid disappointment.
Our accomodation facilities:
*Budget accommodation with all rooms ensuite
*Single beds and bunk bed available
*Full kitchen facilities for guests use only
*Very close to Rosslare Harbour. (Approx 30 mins in car)
*Advisable to book early during summer months
*Bed & Breakfast available in ``Pier House``. (Phone for details)
*Outdoor barbacue facilities available on request to guests during summer months
*Hot food take away located beside ``Pier House``

Some words about chairman, Matt Givens:
Matt Givens started recreational scuba diving over 20 years ago with Dalkey Scuba Divers Club (Co. Dublin based divers club).Since then he has been a keen diver in Irish and foreign waters and has worked as a freelance commercial diver. Matt has been involved in salvaging wrecks for the municipal museum in Cork, Ireland. Matt`s dream to open a dive centre was to be fulfilled in Co. Wexford, in the picturesque south east corner of Ireland. Matt Givens has been the proprietor of the `Pier House` since 1998.
Location description: The County Wexford coastline holds an abundance of ship wrecks waiting to be explored. The shore diving around Hook Head (a favourite among Irish divers) boasts many ship wrecks and deep open gullies full of marine life. This area is known as a graveyard of a thousand ships. Some of the relics from the wrecks are housed and can be seen at the Maritime Museum, the converted lightship ``Guillemot`` which now permanently resides on Kilmore Quay Pier. There are over one thousand wrecks and groundings off the Wexford coast, from Hook Head to Arklow. Below are the details of a few of the wrecks in this area.
-``S.S. Idaho`` struck Conning Beg Rock on 1-6-1878, she left New York bound for Liverpool. The wreck was located in 1976 by the Guiding Star trawler of Kilmore. The anchor was raised in 1988 and now adorns the bow of the Guillemot Museum Ship at Kilmore Quay
-``S.S. Isolde`` sank in 1940 near the Barrels, with the loss of 6 people, and 17 survivors.
-``S.S. Ardmore`` sank in 1940 off the South Wexford Coast, she was carrying cattle/pigs on her way from Cork to Fishguard
-The ``Mexico`` a Norwegian steamer sunk around the Keeagh Islands on 20-2-1914. She was carrying hard wood from America to Liverpool. Nine members of the local Fethard lifeboat were drowned going to her assistance. A memorial in Fethard commemorates this disaster.
-On 12-1-1926 the steam ship ``S.S. Valdura`` ran aground on the Forlorn, she had a cargo of 4500 tons of maize, which was washed ashore and apparently gathered by local farmers.
-The sailing ship ``Inversauld

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Located in County Wexford, south east Ireland. Facilities include equipment hire,air and accommodation. Wreck diving locally.

Contact information:

Phone: 00 353 (0)53 29703
Street Address:
Pier House
Kilmore Quay
Country Wexford
Ireland
Spoken language(s): English
Open: from 09-00 till 17-00
Local time:  Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) London, Edinbourg, Lisboa
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