Alternative Names:  Lifeboat Slip, Little Fistral, Spy Cove, The Zeds, The Gazzle

Type of Dive:   Shore dive 

Suggested experience:   Open Water 

Travel directions:   Travel through Newquay towards Fistral Beach, when on Headland road fork right half way along and drive down to the car park  Google

Parking directions: Park in the Pay and Display car park close to your chosen entry point Google

Distance from Exeter:    84 Miles   1hr  40 Mins

Lat & Long:    N50.423589   W-5.096632 

Site entry/exit:    There's 4 different entry points, all best at high tide. The first is Spy/Seal Cove just behind the boulders on the right hand side before the car park. The next is the old lifeboat slip itself. The next is to the right of the toilets, there's a slope that is cut into the rocks in a Z shape. The other is on the other side at Little Fistral.

Underwater directions:  There's 4 different dives. From Seal Cove go right for a small cave, go left for a small gully and sand/reef. From the slip right to the gully, left is sand/reef. from the Z's right or left for sand/reef. From Little Fistral if there's no waves out to the right along the reef. 

Site Hazards:     If it's anywhere near spring tides do not venture close to the end of the headland, currents can be strong there 

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Accommodation:    To Follow 

Mobile Network service: All work 

Other comments:  

Pub:  Beach Bar on Fistral beach or the Red Lion next to the Harbour

Created by:      Mark Milburn 

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Air & Nitrox fills:   Atlantic scuba

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