Pericles Wreck (Al Ed Al Gharbi) on SCUBA-Q

Third and fourth dive on the Pericles with SCUBA-Q and Captain Spike.  This time diving with Nitrox 32.

Very nice two dives, visibility better than expected.  A turtle was spotted and filmed (I missed it though!!).  Second dive ended very abruptly with diver finishing his tank at 25 metres while everyone else still had half of their tanks! 

Dive 1

Dive time: 38 minutes

Depth: 25.3 metres

Temp: 34 degrees C

Visibility: 10-12 metres

Dive 2

Dive time: 41 minutes

Depth: 25.0 metres

Temp: 34 degrees C

Visibility: 10-12 metres

Massive propeller of the Pericles

 

 

Pericles Wreck (Al Ed Al Gharbi) - Qatar

This was undoubtedly the earliest dive I've ever done - we met up at 2:30am (!).  The trip was well worth it though and shall definitely be repeated...

The Pericles is located in the Persian Gulf, 30 km east-northeast of Doha.  It was a Greek made Japanese owned cargo ship built in 1967 and sunk in 1983.  A fire broke out in the ship's engine room around 200 miles off Doha.  The ship was then abandoned and later sank after various explosions.

Pericles was a general, orator, patron of the arts and a politician during the golden age of Greece from 449 to 431 B.C.

 History.com

Dive site: Pericles (Al Ed Al Gharbi)

Entry time: 5:32 am
Dive time: 47 min
Max depth: 24.1 m
Temp: 24 degree C
Visability: 5-10 metres

Divers on the enormous rudder of the Pericles

The Pericles' propeller

Dive site: Pericles (Al Ed Al Gharbi)

Entry time: 7:38am
Dive time: 54 min
Max depth: 19.5 m
Temp: 28 degree C
Visability: 5-10 metres