Wreck Diving and hunting Bass in Sennen Cove. Spearfishing UK 

Cheers mate! Yeah I've had a fair few comments about the lack of a flag! Trying to make one ATM with some random fabric I have laying about, we'll see how that goes! Just watched your latest btw. Some sweet catches and footage!

@@OceanicMatt sounds like a good idea! Cheers Matt. It was a fun trip, I had loads of footage I didn’t use and some good catches off camera! Hopefully go back again next year

Cheers John!

No way! Bet that crab was the wtf?!! Lucky guy! I do it away from home to keep the kitchen clean and not just chuck it in the bin. Never thought to use it for that, must be high in nutrients! Surely it smells horrendous though?

@OceanicMatt yea it stinks like mad I just have it in a sealed bucket down the bottom of the garden. Not opened it for ages cos got no fish. A bucket of this stuff thrown indoors would leave a place uninhabitable for centuries. I do know a place I'd like to do that maybe someday. ..lol

@OceanicMatt also that crab was alive and yea was mad to see him gather himself and go wtf just happened but that bass was not huge and he took a 45g lure he was a hungry bass. Had another crab and sand eel too. Good Times but seems their gone not had one no matter how I try bad year for East cost of eire. Wales seemed better from what RU-vid showed this past 2 months.

😂😂😂 I can think of a few places also...That's a shame, I've not been out this year as much as I'd have liked due to the crap weather we've had. Hopefully next year is a better one! I've heard Ireland is a great place to dive, especially down south?

Thanks very much! 🤙

Cheers Bob! 🤙

Cornwall's great isn't it... I try to go there at least once every year in the summer!! Ahh nice, the water should be around 14 degrees by then shouldn't it, practically tropical! 😂 What part of Cornwall are you headed to??

@@OceanicMatt usually we go to Perranporth. But thats where we stay. As far as snorkeling is concerned i have tried Around the headland around fistral bay. Also found that Godrevy was really good. Tried Lulworth Cove in Dorset. I used to lake swim around the year in Luzern lake with temperatures at around 5c. But it was more of an energetic swim in 3mm wets suits with head gear and gloves just to keep to pain of the cold away air temperature was sometimes -10c. Thought what we were doing was far out until a couple of old Swiss ladies turned up and went in without any gear on, they put us in our place!!

Fair play to them!! I do admire all these people that get in without a suit when its that cold😂 We had that when we went diving at Vobster Quay a couple of weeks ago, 7.8 degree water in thick wetsuits and every now and then we'd see people swimming in just in a swim suit!! Not for me 😂 I've not been to Perranporth, although Polly jokes near there though which I've been to a few times, nice area isn't when the water's flat. I lost a GoPro at that headland by Fistral too😂 Where abouts in Lulworth did you go?

Thanks! That bottom structure is pretty common around the UK. Would love to dive and visit San Diego, looks awesome!

Bit weird by the RNLI, you’d think they would give you plenty of room🤷🏻‍♂️

@@yamyamfishing maybe I annoyed them by being in their way?? 🤔

@@OceanicMatt not for you to get out of their way… they are powered craft, easy for them to alter course Only thing I’d say is, maybe get a flag on your float, which makes them much more visible

@@yamyamfishing Fair comments, I'll stand my ground next time 😂. Funny you'd say that as I'm in the process of making a flag now!

Thanks man, definitely not donkeys 😂 I wasn't finding anything big on those dives, maybe I wasn't going out far enough? Hopefully be back in August to explore the area further. It was all east of the centre Cowloe rocks according to Navionics! Is the Cowans the proper name for them?

Thanks for watching!

Hi Aaron! It's a wooden line winder that I made up myself! There's a video on my channel of the build if you're interested 🤙

Thanks!

Awesome beach isn't it.. Been going to it for years but have only just started diving it! I haven't seen any sharks yet.. I've seen all the reports of Blue sharks coming into shallow water around St. Ives etc but unfortunately never seen one yet! Maybe one day!

@@OceanicMatt yeah I’ve never considered diving in the uk to be honest but after watching your video I’m really considering it! Just abit cold for my taste haha. And even though great whites aren’t officially in our waters I struggle to put that thought out of my mind!

@@willheath407That's awesome, you should definitely give it a try in the summer when it's flat and the Vis is good, you'll be surprised how good it is when the conditions are right! A decent fitting open cell wetsuit will sort the cold out for you too. I dive in a 5.5mm and it's fine all year round for me! Understandable about shark worries but the chances of you running into anything dangerous are pretty small, especially in shallow waters!

@@OceanicMatt oh awesome thanks man I’ll definitely have a look into that! Cheers

When the conditions are right the UK is really good! The south coast can have great visibility. I get by with a 5.5mm suit - a good thickness, I don't know much about dry suits but I'm sure that would be alright! Bluefin Tuna show up around Cornwall and Devon, I've never seen one yet though. Dolphins, Whales and sharks are in UK waters too!

That wreck could have been the Torri canyon which went aground in the early 70s devastating the whole of Sennen cove . I was there when the RAF blew it up to get rid of the oil, the beaces were shut for years and you can still find little blobs of oil under some of the rocks nearly 60 years on

@@mikeystreets9333 I've just been reading up about it, pretty horrendous environmental disaster! Must have been awful actually seeing that all unfold and the impact it had on the coastline. The wreck that I found isn't on navionics and I can't seem to find anything online about it either. So maybe it could be?

@@OceanicMatt depends how far out you were diving it was behind the large rocky reef, there are thousands of wrecks along that coast

@@mikeystreets9333 I'd say I was about 500m from the beach, around the reef but not past it.

😂 Spearos in general or me personally 😂😂

@@OceanicMatt Ha! I won't be mean. Generally.

@@johnratcliffe6438 Haha well that's very kind of you 😂 Your friend must not have met many spearos / freedivers because we're a pretty nice bunch of people who love the ocean and harvest sustainably! 🤙🤙

Hopefully I don't have to worry about those for a little while!

Is that by boat? I've yet to dive around that area! Sennen's awesome isn't it.

@@OceanicMatt shore

42cm

There are still quite a few areas around the country where all bass have to be returned

@@jayinwood647 True, from what I understand those 6 areas in Cornwall are all tidal estuaries/ rivers.. So Sennen cove should be fine, unless I've missed something of course.

@@OceanicMatt I think you might have but I didn’t want to accuse

@@jayinwood647 OK, could you tell me where this information is so I can make sure I'm better prepared next time? Cheers

There must have been A LOT of smelly fields and gardens! Don't think my neighbours would appreciate me adopting this 😂

It's commonly used worldwide for that purpose