Last summer I visited Rusper brick works, a quarry where my father worked as a very young man. It is now a lake, so I took a swim. I was floating above where my father had worked. Now He is floating above me.
Best inland UK quarry by far. I've done about 400 dive in this quarry from the nineties to a couple of year back, and the best viz was at the end of January one year when me and my buddy were at 48mtrs near the Pinnicles and we could see the surface buoys and the sun highlighting them and the rope. Used to pop down Henry's ridge and then over the the 48 hut, on the way to the submerged trees in the far corner; this was just one of my favourites and all free. Many happy days, but some sad one too.
"1994-2004, 21 divers lost their lives in the quarry." RIP. Great video, this location is obviously for higher experienced divers. Would love to learn to dive.
There’s so many platforms at different levels, so Dorothea is for all levels of qualifications. I started diving there during my Ocean Diver training - if you do the 20m tunnel dive route, there’s a floor below you, so there’s no risk of suddenly dropping to 100m or anything. I’d recommend going with someone who knows the quarry so they can show you all the best bits. I agree that many of the accidents there have been because of people diving beyond their training or not having the right equipment. For example, I know people who have bolted to the surface from 40m just because they had a freeflow. Totally avoidable.
I live very close to here, and it was only recently I managed to walk on the footpaths and get close to the lake itself. Absolutely amazed at the footage you got, very interesting indeed. Must be a surreal experience. Great Work.
Thank You so much for sharing! 😱 I must commend you on your Bravery! It’s literally a another world 🌎 deep beneath the quarry! A shame to see so much clutter and cars. Have they ever considered cleaning up the bottom of the quarries? Great 👍 Video.
This quarry had the last Cornish beam engine ever produced here in Cornwall. Guessing not much left of it now? Great video, really enjoyed that. Sending warm wishes from Cornwall.
One of the best diver vids I have watched. In my younger day, I bounced 75mtr on compressed air. I just wish I was still diving when mixed gas entered the main diving stream. I would have loved to view more technical information about the dive
Awesome video, it feels like this place flooded over night with some of these findings. But on the other hand a couple of those cars were very old models. I saw graffiti from 2005 but at the same time there was a house that looked from the Stone Age haha great video!
I'm guessing by the adits and winch that this was also a mine as well as an open pit slate quarry. That was a cool little shack! I think the oddest thing was the BBQ and chairs that have apparently been there since sometime between the time the quarry shut down in 1970, the pumps were shut off, and since it is lower than the natural water table it filled with water. Glad you guys came out safe; between 1994 - 2004 21 divers lost their lives in that quarry.
Clyde Ceniza: Apparently they over estimated their abilities. British Sub-Aqua Club sets the safe diving limit at 50 meter. Parts of Dorothea Quarry are over 100 meter deep. 104 meter actually, thus the title of this video.
Duck Landes Damn! There was this video too in RUclips that some Chinese tourists was already at the depth 56 meters (maybe im wrong) luckily a concerned diver was with them and warned them and they barely made it to the surface
Thanks for the link. That video proves that just because you can afford to buy the equipment doesn't mean you're smart enough to use it :> Deepest I've been was 30 feet (9 meter) when dredging for gold, which is only about 2 atmospheres. But I would stay down there about 8 hours, and I wasn't scuba diving, I was using a hookah diving system so had no worries with how much air I was using.
a very good friend of mine and previous diving buddy from the mid 1990s lost his life there 20 years ago ..made me think hard about adrenaline sports and I gave up my climbing and deep diving shortly after ..I miss the ability to drift in space and the tinned buzz of pressure on ears and brain..but I don't want to do it again Now I would be forcing myself to do it to prove something to myself and I like life too much..it's weird seeing Dorothea again it's just the same as it was 25 years ago..only I never got down to 104metres..so these guys have had a proper grumage ..the water looks pretty good tbh and visibility seems somewhat better than how I remember it.. Anyway nice vid and be careful
Thanks for uploading this! I am running an RPG and I'm about to send my players diving in a quarry (with a scary monster at the bottom, of course...). This gives me so much inspiration to describe the scenes for them!
i worked in quarries like this for many years and ive fished alkot of them also. ive never seen a mature flooded quarry with this much structure so devoid of fish. quarries are fish heaven
There is loads of fish in here, along with sponges, newts, snails etc. Harder to spot in winter when water is colder and they are normally in the shallows in summer
You should take a sample of the milky stuff on the bottom. It has to have a specific gravity of greater than 1.0 witch makes it heavier than water so it stays at the bottom and do the same with the black stuff on the cabin floor. You might not want to dive there after that.
Thanks for the memory regularly dived here mid 80s Is the sign with skull and cross bones saying warning divers have died here still on the entrance to a cave
Awesome video. Really made me feel like I was there and. I'm a diver. I wonder what that black/dark stuff is on the floor of the stone shack. Looks like a heavy liquid of some kind.
ThumperDelta Resistance I agree. I was commenting on the whiners replies. I love the sounds you hear underwater. Once heard whales when diving the southern coast of Mexico. Too cool!!
Great footage! I'd love to do this one day. I was wondering if you knew the history of it because it looks like it was flooded? And there seems to be a few cars there. Im not sure
Carlie Andrews it was a slate quarry in the late Victorian ages to the mid 1900s (i think) and then it was abandoned and it got flooded because no one was draining it anymore
Hi, If you are ever in the area to dive again, we've just opened up a new hostel down the road from Dorothea called Basecamp Wales, about 2 miles down the road in Llanllyfni
I saw a video discussing all of the diving-related deaths at the quarry but it didn't have any dive footage of the quarry. Seeing this, I kinda understand why lots of divers go to the quarry.
Last summer I visited Rusper brick works, a quarry where my father worked as a very young man. It is now a lake, so I took a swim. I was floating above where my father had worked. Now He is floating above me.
What, is he an air host now?
yo he mad high were can i get them drugs?
Swimming in a quarry is disgusting
I think they meant their dad is dead
Please don't swim in a quarry. It's very dangerous.
The thing that blows my mind is that water can easily cover up a whole nother world u would never expect the stuff you see down there
*other
U would be that nigga smh.......
Atlantis brotha
Shocking ;)
Best inland UK quarry by far. I've done about 400 dive in this quarry from the nineties to a couple of year back, and the best viz was at the end of January one year when me and my buddy were at 48mtrs near the Pinnicles and we could see the surface buoys and the sun highlighting them and the rope. Used to pop down Henry's ridge and then over the the 48 hut, on the way to the submerged trees in the far corner; this was just one of my favourites and all free. Many happy days, but some sad one too.
Thank you, totally agree, many great diving routes there.
@@50mplusdivers67 I've seen other videos of the cars there. Does anyone know the history of them and whether missing people could be in there?
@@rainbowmom7582 there’s no bodies in Dorothea
@@LG-Musique that's good to know TY
@9:15 i"m thinking, "What strange looking feet!" Then, the camera surfaces and it's a dog. lol
:)
I noticed the 'No Smoking' sign in that tunnel.
Obviously smoking is dangerous even under water.
JOHNNIE: LORD OF THE MungoidHen PEOPLE looooool
Juul in the regulator
it yused to b a funktoning kwary thats wy that sine was there lol..... (the spelling errors are intentional)
Drayek Broad ever heard of a joke
I've ordered my laugh and it says it will take 5-6 working days
"1994-2004, 21 divers lost their lives in the quarry." RIP. Great video, this location is obviously for higher experienced divers. Would love to learn to dive.
Highly recommend to try :)
Gets very cold in there. People were diving it without the correct gear and also diving past their limits all very sad loss of life
There’s so many platforms at different levels, so Dorothea is for all levels of qualifications. I started diving there during my Ocean Diver training - if you do the 20m tunnel dive route, there’s a floor below you, so there’s no risk of suddenly dropping to 100m or anything. I’d recommend going with someone who knows the quarry so they can show you all the best bits.
I agree that many of the accidents there have been because of people diving beyond their training or not having the right equipment. For example, I know people who have bolted to the surface from 40m just because they had a freeflow. Totally avoidable.
1:55 - There's my keyboard! I've been looking for that damn thing everywhere...
You're welcome ;)
Just what I'd expect to see in an old quarry, excellent video.
Thank you the tour! This was awesome.
Thank you :)
incredible footage guys, fascinating stuff!
Thank you
It's amazing how the clarity gets better the deeper you go
I love it too, it's almost guaranteed when deep...
Thanks for a trip into a world I'd never get to see. Awesome!
You're welcome :)
This is awesome I regularly swim in Dorothea and it's nice to know what's below you 😂😂
Never swam there without the diving gear on, perhaps one day ;)
I love it. Very fun to watch while we’re stuck at home ❤️
Glad you like it :)
Very fun ? Speak English
The simplicity of elevator music is that it masks (pun?) the many video/audio cuts required for a smooth story. Thank you 50mPlus.
Thanks
I live very close to here, and it was only recently I managed to walk on the footpaths and get close to the lake itself. Absolutely amazed at the footage you got, very interesting indeed. Must be a surreal experience. Great Work.
Thank you, there are many amazing walks around there too :)
Thank You so much for sharing! 😱 I must commend you on your Bravery! It’s literally a another world 🌎 deep beneath the quarry! A shame to see so much clutter and cars. Have they ever considered cleaning up the bottom of the quarries? Great 👍 Video.
The 'clutter' is great for diving! We divers like stuff to look at and explore 😁
Man that's deep. This was a top shelf video. Thanks for posting it
Thank you :)
This quarry had the last Cornish beam engine ever produced here in Cornwall. Guessing not much left of it now? Great video, really enjoyed that. Sending warm wishes from Cornwall.
One of the best diver vids I have watched. In my younger day, I bounced 75mtr on compressed air. I just wish I was still diving when mixed gas entered the main diving stream. I would have loved to view more technical information about the dive
Thank you,
I'll try to dig it (dive details)out one day
Wow this is really awesome!! Cool as hell seeing that little shack with fireplace 🤜
I love the music choice so much
Awesome video, really well done. I enjoyed it from beginning to end.
Thank you :)
7:25 says 2005 on the right side Carved into the rock
:)
Amazing video! After the cave rescue in Thailand I have a new respect for cave divers and the risks they take
Thank you.
Idk, but watching this I'm terrified. My breath suddenly fast paced.
Im glad you like it ;)
Awesome video, it feels like this place flooded over night with some of these findings. But on the other hand a couple of those cars were very old models. I saw graffiti from 2005 but at the same time there was a house that looked from the Stone Age haha great video!
I'm guessing by the adits and winch that this was also a mine as well as an open pit slate quarry. That was a cool little shack! I think the oddest thing was the BBQ and chairs that have apparently been there since sometime between the time the quarry shut down in 1970, the pumps were shut off, and since it is lower than the natural water table it filled with water. Glad you guys came out safe; between 1994 - 2004 21 divers lost their lives in that quarry.
Duck Landes why? What happened to them? There was almost zero current.
Clyde Ceniza: Apparently they over estimated their abilities. British Sub-Aqua Club sets the safe diving limit at 50 meter. Parts of Dorothea Quarry are over 100 meter deep. 104 meter actually, thus the title of this video.
Duck Landes Damn! There was this video too in RUclips that some Chinese tourists was already at the depth 56 meters (maybe im wrong) luckily a concerned diver was with them and warned them and they barely made it to the surface
Duck Landes ruclips.net/video/W30cufYc_ZI/видео.html
Thanks for the link. That video proves that just because you can afford to buy the equipment doesn't mean you're smart enough to use it :> Deepest I've been was 30 feet (9 meter) when dredging for gold, which is only about 2 atmospheres. But I would stay down there about 8 hours, and I wasn't scuba diving, I was using a hookah diving system so had no worries with how much air I was using.
Great video and dive. Would love to see footage of Ft. Dickerson Quarry in Knoxville, TN.
Great visibility there too.
Thank you :)
That Escort Mk1 could be worth saving.
a very good friend of mine and previous diving buddy from the mid 1990s lost his life there 20 years ago ..made me think hard about adrenaline sports and I gave up my climbing and deep diving shortly after ..I miss the ability to drift in space and the tinned buzz of pressure on ears and brain..but I don't want to do it again
Now I would be forcing myself to do it to prove something to myself and I like life too much..it's weird seeing Dorothea again it's just the same as it was 25 years ago..only I never got down to 104metres..so these guys have had a proper grumage ..the water looks pretty good tbh and visibility seems somewhat better than how I remember it..
Anyway nice vid and be careful
Thank you, best wishes :)
I’m sure you know you thing perfectly but just be carefull guys! You’re content is bloody amazing!
Thank you :)
Brilliant video.
Thanks
Thanks for uploading this! I am running an RPG and I'm about to send my players diving in a quarry (with a scary monster at the bottom, of course...). This gives me so much inspiration to describe the scenes for them!
Thanks :)
Awesome video! Once my goals is to do a similar dive. VERY COOL!
It's definitely worth the effort ;)
Beautifully shot : )
Thank you :)
Great videos, my son dives in this quarry 👍
Thank you.
great vid. Hope Dotty stays open...
Thanks
When you dive, neutral buoyancy makes you feel as though you're flying, particularly when the ground gives way below you and you're there...drifting.
how did that stone building end up below the water?
visibility is amazing...
Love it too
Thanks guys, very interesting
Thanks
i worked in quarries like this for many years and ive fished alkot of them also. ive never seen a mature flooded quarry with this much structure so devoid of fish. quarries are fish heaven
There is loads of fish in here, along with sponges, newts, snails etc. Harder to spot in winter when water is colder and they are normally in the shallows in summer
Hardly any life in there, unfortunately ;)
I love diving dotty. Never been that deep though!!!!
I agree, great dive site.
great video, loved it
Thank you :)
Wow you guys have a real sense of adventure. I'd be too afraid to enter that cave under water.
I'm with you, too scared.
Thanks :)
Very entertaining dive, well done, a great team there, good entertainment thank you for the great upload. regards from Paladon.
Thank you :)
Curious as to your dive tables and mix. Nicely done!
Can't remember now . OC not very efficient with gases, reb recommended.
Wow thank you for sharing 👍
There is a quarry in Ohio called Gilboa that offers scuba diving. Really neat stuff
Cool
Great footage.
Cool, thanks for sharing.
Thanks :)
Great Footage! Nice Dive! 👍 👍!
Thanks :)
This is a Smoke Free Building...
I know , right ?
muy buena edicion !! se ve muy nitido !!!
Great video, although I’d never dive a cave. What was your dive table and mix?
Thank you. It's been a while I can't remember.
You should take a sample of the milky stuff on the bottom. It has to have a specific gravity of greater than 1.0 witch makes it heavier than water so it stays at the bottom and do the same with the black stuff on the cabin floor. You might not want to dive there after that.
Finian Blackett 5:47 I believe is what they are referring too.
Someone explained it in the other comment here.
How'd it get so full of water?
Great dive guys ! Which Trimix mix did you used on the bottom gas of the O.C. ?
My max dive was 62 meters. One day I´ll get there... Congrats !
Thanks.
Can't remember the bottom mix now it's been a while,
Amazing video 👍👍 .
Thanks :)
Really good filming !
+blackcatunderwater thank you ;)
Amazing video. What was buried deep in the mining?
Thanks
Some Beautiful Dive, is the Quarry still in operation??
2:42 bottom left looks like the hand of a corpse ....creepy
That’s blue rope coiled up
🤣🤣
This is the coolest fucking vid I’ve seen in a long time thanks for posting
Thank you
What was your bottom time and deco stops in total at what depths? Thanks
Sorry , can't remember now it's been a while.
If I dig it out I'll post in description.
Greatest dive video I've seen on here yet.. Where exactly is that located?
Thank you, Its Dorothea quarry, North Wales, UK.
That is so awesome!! I would not mind the extra training and proper use of equipment, but does it have to be freezing?!
5*C at the bottom.
@@50mplusdivers67 ustedes son una bola de locos!! This is where my love for diving, and hatred to low temperatures cross paths.
All the best to y'all!
Best wishes too :)
I used to dive here. Ended up buying a heated vest 😂
Thanks for the memory regularly dived here mid 80s
Is the sign with skull and cross bones saying warning divers have died here still on the entrance to a cave
Thanks , not sure about the skull ;)
What was the gas mix?
Mordalo Tx 11/62
Good question ;)
Awesome video. Really made me feel like I was there and. I'm a diver. I wonder what that black/dark stuff is on the floor of the stone shack. Looks like a heavy liquid of some kind.
ThumperDelta Resistance it's the exposed purple slate peeking through the brown dirt/silt. Looks really cool doesn't it!
What time is this?
@5.03
ThumperDelta Resistance I agree. I was commenting on the whiners replies. I love the sounds you hear underwater. Once heard whales when diving the southern coast of Mexico. Too cool!!
Thanks.
Great footage! I'd love to do this one day. I was wondering if you knew the history of it because it looks like it was flooded? And there seems to be a few cars there. Im not sure
the same question came to mind. Was it flooded? The divers found a cabin of some sort.
Carlie Andrews it was a slate quarry in the late Victorian ages to the mid 1900s (i think) and then it was abandoned and it got flooded because no one was draining it anymore
The quarry closed in 1970
Ok I got the impression it probably hadn't been flooded for very long. Looks like an interesting dive.
If its not flooded, it makes diving extremely difficult.
Would love to do this.....just curious, how do you remember your way out?
Up is out..
It's quarry (a bowl) . One way or another you will go up ;)
this looks hell-a-fun
Hi, If you are ever in the area to dive again, we've just opened up a new hostel down the road from Dorothea called Basecamp Wales, about 2 miles down the road in Llanllyfni
Would love to visit your hostel.
Thanks
This is fascinating..Its like as if there was life there 100 years ago
Agree, amazing.
Lindissima
Obrigada :)
Used to see Keith, Graham and Tracy etc a lot at Dorothea 😁
350+ ft?! You are an absolute mad man with balls of titanium!
Hey man start doing this again! Come to Fort Dickerson Quarry in Knoxville Tennessee
What happens if the mud gets stirred up and you can't see while you are in there?
Move over or try not to stir it up ;), but if you do then you should be there in a first place 🤣🤣🤣
amazing
Thanks :)
Incredible - but I can’t do that - but enjoy watching it, be safe.
Thank you :)
Some amazing footage. Are you still diving?
Great video 😊 You wouldn't want to do that dive OC now with the price of helium.... Bad enough 8 years ago!!!
Wicked interesting video!
Thank you :)
That kind of diving takes _insane_ amounts of guts...
Brilliant video, nice camera angles, I have no idea how you can look so fresh after carrying 5 cylinders up the hill.
Thank you :)
A good night sleep and Full breakfast will keep you going ; )
Ps. there were 6 cylinders, you forgot about dry suit system ; ) :P
0:06 what’s thus music called?
Where is this? That was awesome!
Dorothea quarry, North Wales, UK.
Fearsome place, you have to be on your best technical game, when you dive here
Hard work too with access ;)
Nice vid looked like a mk1 ford escort and a ford Sierra estate down there
All sorts in there dropped over the years...
They should do movie scenes in this place - wild!
Our quarries in Georgia have a good amount of fish in them , I did not see any fish in here. Or did I miss something?
It's hardly any life in there, unfortunately ;)
is it 104 m length? or depth? and is it a lake or dam or sea?
It's depth, Dorothea quarry, in north Wales, UK
Helluva dive and quarry
:D
Old house with stove just chillin underwater.
Chilling dive too ;)
Love it so much doesn't nèed music
Noted ;)
4:50 what an amazing looking building, that stonework is great. Too bad it's so far underwater.
The time stoped there....
It has a slight issue with damp, other than that, it's perfect.
@@TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles £750pcm 😜
I saw a video discussing all of the diving-related deaths at the quarry but it didn't have any dive footage of the quarry. Seeing this, I kinda understand why lots of divers go to the quarry.