England

Devon

United Kingdom

Lovely boulders covered in red algae, Lots of Sea Hares, not much kelp despite being shallow. A great second dive to bimble and enjoy the wildlife.
Can be a bit of a swell.

Out of Salcombe & Turn West

Steeple Cove

The wreck of the S.S. Maine is owned by Torbay BSAC, who salvaged the bronze propeller to help fund the purchase of a dive boat. Later, then spare steel propeller was recovered, and displayed in a shopping complex in Paignton. Unfortunately, the council redeveloped the site, and gave the propeller away. The Bell was recovered by Bracknell BSAC and handed over to Torbay, woh still display it in their compressor room on Torquay Harbour. The wreck is suffering from the ravages of the winter storms along the UK coast, but is still a very interesting dive.

Launch from Salcombe

Maine (SS) is also known as Sierra Blanca.

Maine (SS)

A lovely dive for novices, and well sheltered from Easterly winds. The wreck used to stand clear at low water, but has now broken up more, There are still large recognisable sections of hull and the boilers are exposed and easy to find.
Lots of fish life, and some of the largest conglomerations of Snakelocks anenomes I have ever seen are just N of the wreck.

200m swim from the beach to access this well broken wreck. The Golf club offers green field parking, and there is another car park further on.

Louis Shield is also known as Thurlstone Beach.

Louis Shield

The dive site is an easy access dive site used by Tai Diving located at the holiday park for training and underwater photography.

Weather major factor as wind can cause the dive to be canceled as it blows straight into the bay causing strong rip and under currents.

Marine life is good dog fish/shark cuttle fish crabs spider crabs and the usual fish.

Dangers :- surfers and dive boats being launched 

Dive site is access from beach which has gradual gradient and has close by parking for easy access to the beach by steps or slip way 

Challaborough Bay

The site consists of a series of rocky gullies that stand 5m off the seabed and are 2 to 3m wide.
Beautiful marine life, Echinoderms & Holothurians abound. Find Dogfish, Cuttlefish, Thornback Rays. Take a torch to look in the little crevices.

Launch from Queen Annes Battery, Mountbatten or Fort Bovisand. The Mewstone is to the South East of Plymouth Breakwater.

Mewstone (Plymouth)





Shag Rock is also known as Shagstone, Shag Stone.

Shag Rock

The East side of the rock has boulders & gullies with a wide variety of life. To the South is a drop-off that is almost a wall.
As it is close to the mouth of the river Dart, it can be a little silty, so watch your buoyancy control. Visibility can be low after rain when the Dart carries a lot of suspended silt.

Access by short boat ride from Dartmouth, or a slightly longer ride from Brixham or Torquay

Mewstone

British steamer (690 tons) built in 1928, 45m x 7m. Deliberately sunk in 1970.



Glen Strathallan SS  Wreck

British coaster (637 tons) built in 1962, 61m x 8m. Sunk 21/11/1984.



Fylrix MV Wreck

Plymouth Breakwater

Slack is 1 hour before high water. Contact the Long Room beforehand to check no shipping movements and OK to dive You jump off a small jetty which is to the north west of the car park. From here swim north (inland) following the contour of the shore. You can get down to 40m where there are standing stones. Come up and you get to the underwater stone wall of the Royal William Yard, around 5-10m, follow this south till you get back to the entry point, there are stone steps and a handrail to get out of the water. If you time it right the outgoing tide drifts you back. Lots of lobsters, conger, dead men's fingers etc.

Use multimap.com, search for Admiralty Road, Plymouth PL1. car Park at the end of Admiralty Road, from there a short walk to the drop off.

Steeple Cove

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Steeple Cove