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Storm Plymouth

Diving Charter Boat (English)

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  • Accommodation for Divers
  • Spearfishing
  • Vacation Holiday Scuba Diving
  • Wreck Diving
Company description Storm is a Mitchell Sea Angler which has been used exclusively as a dive boat for many years, and is well equipped with the usual navigational aids ie:- ( radar/ GPS/ sounder/ VHF ). She has toilet and galley facilities with plenty of hot and cold drinks available throughout the day. Storm complies with the Code of Practice for small commercial vessels and with a range of 20 miles from Plymouth covers all the popular dive sites in the area. All the necessary safety equipment is carried and while Storm is licensed for 10 divers with equipment, 8 is the optimum.
Storm is skippered by Rod Davies (a Cornishman) who has a RYA/ Offshore (commercially endorsed) qualification and over the years has built up an extensive local knowledge. He is very ably partnered on the boat by Ann Young who is also a qualified skipper (RYA/ Coastal) and is a fully trained First Aid Instructor. Both hold the City of Plymouth Boatman`s Licence.
On shore accommodation is available and a packed lunch service is also offered. The pick up venues are arranged depending on where the accommodation is situated and dive shop facilities are also close at hand.
COASTAL & RIVER CRUISES
Storm can be chartered for either river or coastal cruises. Explore the Tamar with views of the Dockyard, Saltash bridges and beyond past Cargreen to see the country side and bird life, or try the picturesque River Yealm (known locally as the fiord of the south west). Coastal trips can also be arranged to visit the Cornish fishing port of Looe (weather and tides permitting). All trips can be of a full day, half day or evening duration.
We offer weekend charters & midweek diving breaks in scenic south-west waters
SURVEYS
Both photographic and various survey work can be undertaken as Storm is a good working platform.
WILDLIFE SPOTTING
Plymouth has an abundance of wildlife which can be seen around the coast and up the rivers throughout the year.
We offer afternoon and evening trips at sea in the Spring and Summer to view Guillemots, Cormorants, Shags, Razorbills, Gannets, Fulmars, Terns and various species of gulls. Sometimes Basking Sharks and Dolphins make their presence known plus Deer may be seen between Penlee Point and Rame Head.
River trips to see the wading birds which can include Avocets, Heron, Egrets, Swans, Shell Duck, Mallard, Snipe, Curlew, Turnstones, Redshanks, Knot and Oystercatchers can be taken at any time during the year depending on tidal conditions.
Storm and her crew is an `Accredited Wildlife Safe Operator` under the WiSe training scheme.
DIVE CHARTERS
Many popular wreck and reef dive sites are situated close to Plymouth and offer some excellent underwater visibility with abundant marine life. They include :-
*HMS Scylla . A Leander class frigate(113 metres) launched in 1968 and was the last ship to be built at Devonport Dockyard. The planned placement of HMS Scylla in the Spring of 2004 will be Europe`s first large scale artificial reef and will be close to the well known James Eagan Layne in Whitsand Bay.
*James Eagan Layne (440 feet long/ 7500 tons) This famous and most dived wreck in the UK was an American liberty ship and torpedoed by a U-Boat while in convoy on 21.3.1945 . The wreck lies upright on a sandy bottom pointing north in Whitsand Bay and was carrying various spare parts, Jeeps and lorries, most of which have been recovered. An excellent dive for both the less experienced and seasoned diver.
*Rosehill A British owned steamer of 2788 tons which was torpedoed on 23.9.1917 by UB 40 and now lies in about 30 metres, three and a half miles west of Rame Head. She was carrying a cargo of coal. A good dive with large conger eels living in the wreck and a gun still situated on the stern. Try not to kick up the bottom or you will loose your visibility.
Location description: *Oregon
A steel hulled sailing barque built in 1875 and similar in size to the Cutty Sark (800 tons). Sank in Bigbury Bay on 18.12 1890 after striking The Books. Lies in 30 to 35 metres but although well broken up she is an interesting dive.
*Persier
Steamer of 5000 tons which was torpedoed on 11.2.1945 near to the Eddystone Rocks but now lies in Bigbury Bay in 30 metres. She is a steel hulled 400 foot long vessel built in 1919 and named The War Buffalo. Before being sunk she had a very chequered history. Two very large boilers are a good starting point for any dive. Fish are teeming everywhere on this site and visibility is usually excellent.
*Le Poulmic A French transport ship of 122 feet long and 350 tons was hit by a mine south of Plymouth Sound on 6.10.1940. Used by the Royal Navy as a minesweeper and patrol vessel. Very broken on shallow rock gullies 15 to 18 metres. Beware--- live ammunition on this site with pouting, sea urchins and good cover for dog fish.
*Glen Strathallan Once a trawler then a gentleman`s yacht, it was built in 1928 (330 tons/ 150 feet long). It was sunk south west of the Shagstone on 27.4.1970 for diver training purposes. It lies in about 15 metres and is a good second dive.
*HMS Elk A former Grimsby trawler of 180 tons and built in 1902. Hired by the Navy in both wars and used as a minesweeper and danlayer. Struck a mine and sank on 27.11.1940 in about 30 metres, 2 miles south of the Breakwater. At 108 feet long she can easily be covered in one dive.
*HMS Foyle A destroyer mined in the Dover Straits on 15.3.1917 and the bow was blown off. The stern section remained afloat and was taken in tow to Plymouth but sank in 50 metres of water before she was able to make port.
*Totnes Castle A paddle steamer which operated as a pleasure boat on the River Dart in Devon. Built in 1923 and driven by a twin cylinder compound diagonal steam engine, she was phased out after 1945 when diesel power was introduced to marine craft. Bought by a scrap yard and plans were made for a tow to Plymouth but sank in 44 metres in Bigbury Bay. An interesting dive on a link with the County`s history.
REEFS
Eddystone Rocks & Hand Deeps
Both sites are approximately 8 to 9 miles from Rame Head and offer some of the most spectacular diving off Plymouth with depths from 10 to 55 metres and exceptional underwater visibility. These are large reefs with deep gullies and sandy bottoms. A wide variety of fish life can be found together with colourful jewel anemones, Devonshire cup coral and sponges. The wreck of the steamer Hiogo (500 tons) lost in September 1867 is close to the Eddystone Light.
East Rutts - Five miles offshore in Bigbury Bay with depths ranging from 12 to 33 metres. A scenic and spectacular dive site where basking sharks, dolphins, cuttle fish and congers may be seen.
Other interesting sites include :- Medoc (halfway wreck), Maine, Hilsea Point Rocks, Fairylands, The Mewstone, Penlee Cannons, Shagstone (Nepaul/Constance), Abelard plus the Knapp and Tinker Shoals.

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Storm Plymouth - Chartered Boats and Diving trips, river and coastal cruises.

Contact information:
Phone: 01752 492232
Mobile: 07812 431982
Street Address:
1 Raleigh Stile,
Hexton Hill Road,
Hooe
Plymouth
Devon
United Kingdom
PL9 9WA
Spoken language(s): English
Open: from 09-00 till 17-00
Local time:  Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) London, Edinbourg, Lisboa
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