Fairy Cove
Alternative Names: None
Type of Dive: Shore dive in a sandy bay.
Suggested experience: Novice upwards
Travel directions: Traveling along the sea front heading south. The harbour is at the end of the road. (See google map at the bottom of the page) Google
Parking directions: In the multistory behind the Harbour.
Distance from Exeter: 25 miles 45 Min's
Lat & Long: 50° 25' 54.43'' N 3° 33' 17.15'' W Post code TQ4 6DT
Tides: Tide tables
Depth: 8-10m
Site entry/exit: Simple entry by walking down the beach into the water.
Underwater directions: Fin out from the sandy beach over the small kelpy reefs and drop down over the rock shelf to the sandy bed. Swim along with the shelf on your right shoulder approx 200m and you will find parts of the T189. There is lots of life along the shelf so a camera is an ideal toy for diving here.
Site Hazards: Occasional jet ski
Nearest Public phone:
Accommodation: Coast view Tourist Information on 01548 843927. B+B
Mobile Network service:
Other comments: There are three shipwrecks in this area, HMS Venerable HMS Savage and a German E boat destroyer the T189. None of these wrecks are wreck shaped, just plates strewn about the seabed. You need a few days of calm weather to get good visibility here.
Pub: On the harbour side
Created by: Finstrokes
Cafe: At the entrance road by the harbour
Air & Nitrox fills: Babbacombe beach dive centre Divers down Teign Diving Centre
Date: 23/11/10
Revision: 2
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