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Sunrise Charters

Diving Charter Boat (English)

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Company description The ``Sunrise`` is a 70ft live-aboard dive boat that has been providing high quality diving holidays in Scapa Flow for many years. Converted in 1986 specifically to meet the needs of divers, she provides a stable diving platform with all facilities on board.
The accommodation is warm, spacious, comfortable. Based in Stromness, she is available for dive charter in Scapa Flow or the Northern Isles of Orkney.
Both Nitrox and Trimix are available on board, we can provide any mix you require.
At 70ft in length, the Sunrise is a large, stable diving platform, self contained, with all facilities close at hand; the most comfortable live-aboard in the Islands. Sunrise veterans will know that this heavy boat feels only the slightest effects of bad weather. The boat is laid out on two levels: under the Shelter deck is the day accommodation whilst below are the cabins and engine room.
On the upper deck there are two changing areas up forward with ample room for twelve divers to kit up in comfort with space available for storing kit and hanging up suits. The full shelter deck on the Sunrise has the unique added advantage here, providing extra covered space, so divers are spared the uncomfortable experience of having to kit up on an open decked boat in the wind or rain. Twelve 12 litre, O2 cleaned, steel cylinders are provided with an 25 cu ft/min Bauer compressor for recharging, coupled to a large air bank. Lead weights are provided to save travelling up with weight belts.
The accommodation below deck consists of six twin berth cabins and one single cabin ensuring total privacy. Each cabin has hot and cold fresh water ensuite, are heated by hot water radiators and all are fully carpeted throughout.
The Sunrise is powered by an eight cylinder Gardner diesel engine of 232bhp. The wheelhouse is well equipped with a host of modern electronics, i.e. navigator, radar, echo sounders, radios etc. which are necessary for safe navigation and accurate wreck finding.
We carry a 15ft inflatable with outboard engine for use on some of the shallower wrecks or as boat cover.
Our Skipper
Dougie is skipper and owner of the Sunrise. He is a commercial HSE Part 1 diver with over 18 years underwater experience. Along with the Sunrise, he runs a Commercial Diving outfit, Leask Marine, which was involved in the removal of oil from the Royal Oak. His boat qualifications also include RYA Yachtmasters Offshore Certificate and MCA Class 3 Boatmasters Certificate.
Location description: The North Isle of Orkney offer a complete new flavour of diving that contrasts well with Scapa Flow. Being more tidal, the visibility and water clarity is always better whilst the range of wrecks spans the length of history. There are also many scenic drops, cliffs and drifts whilst staying in the different islands each night makes for a relaxing week.
Tomalina
The Tomalina was a Well Boat used for transporting live salmon smoult that ran into noup Head in the late eighties.
The visibility and the location make this one of the best dives in Orkney. However conditions must be extremely favourable to be able to dive this spot.
Bellavista
A shallow dive on a well broken 3,527 ton Panamanian steamship lost on the 29/07/1948 after running ashore on Papa Westray with a cargo of Iron Ore.

Llama
The 3,189 ton American Tanker Llama, on route to Copenhagen, was lost on the Skea Skerries on the 31/10/1915 while attempting to enter Kirkwall to undergo contraband control. The Tanker slipped of the reef and now sits in 14 meters of water.
The three boilers remain clustered together, normally at the divers drop off point, whilst the rest of the hull remains broken on the seabed. It is easy enough to identify the remains and picture what she used to look like.
A slack water dive, the visibility is always good this far north.

Tosto
The Norwegian steamship Tosto (Ex Heimdal) sank on the 17/06/1917 after striking a mine, laid by UC 49 in the Westray Firth.
The ship laden with coal sank in 3 minutes but all the crew were saved. The ship lays in 55 meters of water, the most prominent features being the bow and boilers.
being in the tidal waters of the Westray Firth, the visibility is often excellent.
The Tosto
There is some confusion as to the true identity of this wreck. It is said this wreck is the Admiralty Tug lost in 1915 after being rammed by a trawler.
Although small, she makes for a good rummage, with each of the three sections intact enough to make for a good swim through.
The visibility in Eday Sound is generally good and the wreck lies on good scallop ground.

St Rognvald
The St Rognvald stuck Burgh Head, Stronsay in thick fog at 6am on the 24th April 1900 while on route to Kirkwall from Shetland with passengers, general cargo and ponies. All the passengers, many still in their night clothes, and crew were saved but the ponies could not be got off the ship and were all lost.
The wreck now lays very broken in gullies in about 10-15 meters of water. Largely unidentifiable, she has been well broken by storms.
On the 10/09/1901 her replacement went ashore on Fair Isle but suffered only slight damage.
and many others!

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Dive Scapa Flow on this liveaboard boat based in Stromness, Orkney. Check out information on the wrecks of the German High Seas Fleet.

Contact information:
Phone: (01856) 874425
Fax: (01856) 874725
Street Address:
Weyland Bay, Kirkwall
Orkney
Scotland
United Kingdom
KW15 1TD
Spoken language(s): English
Open: from 09-00 till 17-00
Local time:  Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) London, Edinbourg, Lisboa
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