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Scapa Scuba

Dive Centre Center (English)

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Company description Whether you are a complete beginner, an experienced diver, used to warm or cold water, dive Scapa Flow with Scapa Scuba, Orkney`s only PADI Dive Centre.
Based at the former Lifeboat Station, Stromness – Scapa Scuba is ideally situated at the heart of Scapa Flow, where the world famous German fleet lies scuttled on the seabed since the 21st of June 1919.
Scapa Scuba makes one of the best dive sites in the world (Scapa Flow) accessible to all divers. So whether you are on you’re own, or part of a group - we will be delighted to take you diving!
As well as a PADI dive centre, a well-stocked dive shop, a TDI/IANTD facility and a dive charter boat (MV Radiant Queen) Scapa Scuba houses the facilities to create a full range of neoprene merchandise. From dry suits to torch covers and even novelty hoods!
Scapa Scuba offers the fullest range of services for the visiting diver including:
•A full range of PADI courses. From Open Water to Divemaster and a range of speciality courses including wreck, deep and dry suit diving.
•For those who have never dived, why not
Location description: Scapa Flow is surrounded and almost fully enclosed by the Orkney Islands. The 200 square mile expanse of water was used by the Royal Navy`s Atlantic Fleet as a safe anchorage with the main Atlantic Operations Head Quarters at Lyness on Hoy. The German Fleet was detained in Scapa Flow during the armistice negotiations at the end of the First World War. Seven months later, on June 21st 1919, the entire German Imperial Navy`s High Seas Fleet was scuttled to elude Allied hands. The seventy-four warships sank, littering the seabed of Scapa Flow.
Large salvage operations to raise the Fleet were undertaken after the war. Today only eight of the High Seas Fleet remain as a token of the Naval history of Scapa Flow. These include three Battleships - the Markgraf, Kronprinz Wilhelm and Kцnig, each of which measure 177m long and displace as much as 25,390 tons. Four Light Cruisers also lie on the seabed - the Dresden, Brummer, Kцln and Karlsruhe. The wrecks in Scapa Flow lie in water ranging from 24 - 45m deep with the visibility extending to as much as 20m on occasion. Further to these, the destroyer V-83 lies in 12m of water next to the Island Rysa Little.
After the Second World War a number of the Blockships were heavily salvaged or removed, yet the majority remain on the seabed in some form or another. Unwittingly, Churchill had given us a series of ideal wreck diving sites within easy swimming distance from the shore! Further to this the Barriers have prevented fast tidal currents that previously raced between the islands and give the dive sites excellent protection from the weather.
On the second barrier, nine wrecks remain. Of these, the Lycia, Ilsenstein and Cape Ortegal are the most enjoyable dives. All 3 are Single Screw Steel Steamers sunk in 1940 to a maximum depth of 12m. They were sunk in order to replace or reinforce the original Blockships sunk in WWI. The seabed here is sandy and visibility superb with Pollack, Cod, Anemones and Crabs frequently sighted.
At the third barrier, the three wrecks, the Empire Seaman, Martis and Gartshore are all Single Screw Steel Steamers lying in water a maximum depth of 12m. The Empire Seaman is possibly the most enjoyable to dive of all the barrier Blockships. She remains relatively intact and as such provides numerous swim throughs and points of interest. The Martis is in similar condition to the Empire Seaman supporting a vast range of sea life. The Gartshore is a Blockship from WWI, she is very broken up yet the propeller, rudder and prop shaft can still be distinguished.
All the wrecks provide homes and shelter for copious numbers of animals and plants. Fish such as Saith, Pollack, Wrasse, Cod and Ling are in abundance as are numerous other species including anemones, starfish and sea urchins. Birds are frequently seen diving for prey items, `flying` past you underwater, and seals occasionally `play` amongst the wreckage.

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Come and dive in Scapa Flow. Scapa Suba offer diving services that are second to none.

Contact information:
Phone: +44 (0) 1856 851218
Fax: +44 (0) 1856 851218
Street Address:
Lifeboat House,
Stromness,
Orkney
Scotland
United Kingdom
KW16 3DA
Spoken language(s): English
Open: from 09-00 till 17-00
Local time:  Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) London, Edinbourg, Lisboa
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