Rhosneigr Sub-Aqua Club
Dive Sites
SS Missouri
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This four-masted steamship ran aground in Porth Dafarch in 1880. She lies on flat sand at a depth of approximately 13 metres and is sufficiently sheltered that the wreckage is not affected by currents, making her a cracking first wreck dive. The vessel is about 130 metres long and is in two parts. There is a remarkable amount left – the bow structure and winch, the foremasts on the seabed and the steam boilers – and the sand shifts to expose decking. The forward section is in the middle of Porth Dafarch Bay with the stern lying against the rocky cliffs to the west on a rocky seabed. There is a good deal of fish life; the wreck is inhabited by lobsters, pollock and wrasse.
Rhoscolyn Beacon, Anglesey
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The reef either side drops away quickly to about 18m. The beauty of it is that although it’s hugely tidal you can always get shelter, while for more experienced divers this has some of the best drift diving in the UK; up to three knots. When the current brings in nutrients the anemones open, lobsters come out, fish face into the current. There’s a spectacular amount of life.
Norman Court
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Norman Court was a composite built clipper ship, measuring 197.4 ft x 33 ft x 20 ft, of 833.87 tons net. The ship was built in 1869. On the night of 29 March 1883 in a strong gale it was driven ashore and wrecked in Cymyran Bay, between Rhoscolyn and Rhosneigr, Anglesey
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The wreck bow lies in shallow water with a max depth of 7m.