#DublinBay - All planned diving expeditions in Dublin Bay have been cancelled due to silt from dredging operations clouding the water, it has been claimed.
The Irish Times reports that Irish Underwater Council members have abandoned all scheduled dives, as a result of poor visibility from particles in the water that have also left lobsters and crabs with “an overcoat of silt on their backs”, according to one diver.
Dredging works to allow larger cargo ships and cruise liners to enter Dublin Port began in October last year, as previously reported on Afloat.ie.
But this dredging has left the waters of Dublin Bay “filthy brown, somewhere between dark chocolate and milk chocolate,” says diving instructor Peadar Farrell. “None of the local scuba diving clubs have been able to start diving as yet in 2018.”
The Irish Times has more on the story HERE.
