Badnaban

The SAMPHIRE team conducted a snorkel survey of a boat-shaped ballast site reported by experienced local diver Jimmy Crooks at a depth of around 8 metres.

Conditions did not allow us to conduct a dive at the site although we managed to capture video from the surface using a remote camera. Our imagery clearly shows a large feature at the location described to us by Jimmy.

You can see our post from the day of the survey here:

Badnaban, nr Lochinver – 28th July 2013

Today the SAMPHIRE team surveyed a ballast dump/site reported by local diver Jimmy Crooks in Badnaban near Lochinver. The site has never been recorded before and lies just off a small island near the beach. Jimmy, a Lochinver resident with years of experience, has just celebrated his 71st birthday and was kind enough to accompany us to the site to guide us directly to it!

Taking a look at Badnaban with Jimmy Crooks