County Cork

Ireland

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Coolkelure

S.S. Nestorian Wreck

The Illyrian was a 2967 ton steamer built in 1867. She sank in may 1884. It's an old and broken wreck.

1km East of South Harbour, on the E side of Clear Island.

Illyrian wreck is also known as Lighthouse Wreck.

Illyrian wreck

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S.S. Hourtien Wreck

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S.V. Stephen Whitney Wreck

Fastnet Rock is a small clay-slate island with quartz  veins and the most southerly point of Ireland, 6.5 km southwest of Cape Clear Island in County Cork, which is itself 13 km (8 miles) from the mainland. It lies in the Atlantic Ocean 11.3 km south of mainland County Cork, at latitude 51.37°N.[1]  It rises to about 30 m above low water mark.

Divided into Fastnet Rock proper and the much smaller Little Fastnet to the south by a 10 m (30 ft) wide channel, it also had the nickname 'Ireland's Teardrop' as it was the last part of the country seen by Irish emigrants to the United States in the 19th century as they sailed past it.

The Fastnet Rock is used as the midpoint of one of the world's classic offshore yachting races, the Fastnet Race, a 979 km (608 mile) round trip from Cowes, UK round the rock and back to Plymouth. It is also used occasionally as a mark for yacht races from local sailing centres such as Schull and Baltimore. Source:Wikipedia.org



Fastnet Rock is also known as Fastnet Rock Lighthouse.

Fastnet Rock

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M.F.V. Mystique wreck

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S.S. Malmanger Wreck

Alondra was a 2244 ton steamer that sank 29 december 1916 near Kedge Island. It's a very nice wreck with an abundance of marine life

Kedge Island

Alondra wreck

The Kowloon Bridge was a 169,000 ton bulk carrier that sunk in november 1986. One of the biggest wreck of Europe (300 meters long) !


Stag Rocks. Approx 7 nautical miles from Baltimore.

Kowloon Bridge Wreck

The U-260 is a 1070 ton VIIc-Class German Submarine.
It sunk about four miles from Glandore village, 12 March 1945.

Four miles from Glandore village, near Castletownshend.

U-260

The dive itself is shallow  and the route we took being an average of 6 meters with two hours to go before high tide when we made our exit, there is a large amount of interest to be had for photographers using the natural light available especially in sunny conditions, the bay is inhabited by several types of tubeworm, decorator crab, sea squirts, hermit crabs are everywhere and we saw several dogfish and a thornback ray, plus if luck is on your side seals do make a frequent appearance. The site is good for photographers and all levels of divers with no hazards as far as we could see.

Seal Harbour is a beautifully idyllic secluded bay which although does not have much depth has a lot going for it. It's not difficult to find being signposted off the main road about 4k from Glengarrif on the road to Castletownbere, having left the main road take the next turning right and a short distance down there you will see a small parking area shaded by an oak tree overlooking the stony beach, access to the shore is relatively easy by means of a short track onto the top of the rocks which are not difficult to traverse, the bay would be well sheltered in anything but a South/East through to South/West wind.

S.S. Nestorian Wreck

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at S.S. Nestorian Wreck