1917 cargo steamer 28 m
SS Alice Marie
Intact stern with bronze anchor encrustation and resident conger eels.
Pas-de-Calais · English Channel
Dive history beneath the Channel.
Small-group shipwreck expeditions across the Pas-de-Calais — wartime cargo ships, U-boats and steamers — guided by a crew with two decades of cold-water experience.
- 20+
- Years guiding
- 80+
- Charted wrecks
- 1:4
- Guide ratio
Why Big Nomad
A Channel dive operation, run like clockwork.
We exist for one thing: getting you onto the Pas-de-Calais wrecks safely, with enough bottom time to actually enjoy them. Everything else — boats, logistics, briefings, gas blending — is built around that.
Safety first
PADI / CMAS-certified guides, redundant gas, surface support and Channel-trained skippers on every dive.
Real local knowledge
We've been working these wrecks since 2004. We know which to dive at slack, which reward Nitrox, and which to leave for trimix days.
Small groups
Max four divers per guide. No cattle-boats, no rushed surface intervals, no shared cylinders.
Featured wrecks
Stories on the seabed.
WWI German submarine 32 m
U-Boat UB-31
Lying on her starboard side; conning tower clearly visible from 10 m.
1958 coastal trader 22 m
MV Lillehammer
Recreational-friendly; intact portholes, accessible holds, abundant marine life.
How it works
From your living room to the wreck deck.
- 1
Tell us your certification
Send us your qualification, recent logged dives and the dates you're free.
- 2
We design your itinerary
Two- to six-day programmes from Calais or Boulogne, matched to your level and the tides.
- 3
You travel light
Tanks, weights, Nitrox and surface support are included — bring your own personal kit or hire ours.
- 4
Dive the Channel
Two boat dives a day, full briefings, hot drinks on the surface interval, lunch ashore.
What divers say
Reviews from UK guests.
“The most organised charter I've been on in fifteen years of cold-water diving. Krzysztof knows every shotline.”
“Four wrecks in three days, two of them I'd been waiting to dive my whole life. Faultless boat handling.”
“Felt looked after from the ferry on. Briefings were thorough, surface support was outstanding.”
Ready for your next Channel expedition?
Tell us your dates and level — we'll get back within 24 hours with a tailored itinerary and a fixed quote in GBP.