Diving the Zenobia wreck in Cyrprus 2008

Dan Gaches and Ian 'Knocka' Dore on the illustrious and compelling Zebobia wreck. Located approximately 1 mile directly offshore from Larnaca bay and at 42 metres, its a belter of wreck and definately in the top 10 must do dives.

A swedish Ro-Ro ferry she sank in July 1980. Luckily no one died and for that reason, feel free to put your paws all over it! Its a nice drop down the shot line ( from the boat ) to around 16 meters depth onto the starboard side of the ship. Therefore ideal for newly qualified divers. You can merrily potter up and down the side should you wish to.

We ventured around the prop and then across the car deck spying some trucks and motors as we went. Penetrating into the restaurant is very worthwhile and make sure you shine your torch directly onto the carpet. Its hardly been used and is unbelievably well preserved. A bit wet though.

Although all hands were safely taken off the ship before she sank, the lives of a few scuba divers, who didn't treat the wreck with the proper level of caution, have been lost in the intervening years. Don't be a full on pillock and go penetrating where it isn't safe too. Death awaits deep inside and it isn't worth it.

The footage was shot on a ropey and battered Canon A80 in its underwater housing. Obviously. Unfortunately the camera only shoots in bursts of 30 seconds at 15 frames per second. Even with a nice bit of tinkering in Sony Vegas, I can't get it any better. White balance a bit hit and miss but it shows it off reasnobly. However we only had one dive on her so wanted to take it all in and didn't dedicate my time to the filming. Dan is the one in front of the camera loads.

Get and easyjet flight, go and dive it and then dive it again and again. We want to go back as its superb.

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• cyprus
• larnaca
• zenobia
• wreck
• ian
• knocka
• dore
• dan
• gaches
• sub
• aqua
• padi
• diving