SS Iona
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If my memory serves me correctly, the Iona is a great wreck (probably top three in KSA) but also a potentially dangerous wreck.
The bow resting on the coral reef is well within recreational depths making it easily approachable for even junior divers.
The large access to the cargo hold is deeper but also within reach allowing for seemingly simple penetration. At that point a recreational diver is on a slippery slope. The excellent visibility makes it seem a dawdle but the depth accelerates consumption, further penetration towards the bow is definitely overhead and penetration aft quickly increases depth past recreational limits.
External exploration to the rudder is most definitely a technical dive with a pretty short bottom time depending on where the dive boat anchored.
I remember diving it and thinking to myself that what the local dives shops were allowing recreational divers to do (without any cautionary guidance) was high risk.
Didn’t mean to be a buzzkill but my most distinct memory of the Iona was that it’s a deceptive wreck. The superb visibility, access and bow-to-stern angle she lay made for a dangerous cocktail requiring DMs to up their game.
The bow resting on the coral reef is well within recreational depths making it easily approachable for even junior divers.
The large access to the cargo hold is deeper but also within reach allowing for seemingly simple penetration. At that point a recreational diver is on a slippery slope. The excellent visibility makes it seem a dawdle but the depth accelerates consumption, further penetration towards the bow is definitely overhead and penetration aft quickly increases depth past recreational limits.
External exploration to the rudder is most definitely a technical dive with a pretty short bottom time depending on where the dive boat anchored.
I remember diving it and thinking to myself that what the local dives shops were allowing recreational divers to do (without any cautionary guidance) was high risk.
Didn’t mean to be a buzzkill but my most distinct memory of the Iona was that it’s a deceptive wreck. The superb visibility, access and bow-to-stern angle she lay made for a dangerous cocktail requiring DMs to up their game.
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