Alternative Names:  None

Type of Dive:       Shore 

Suggested experience:    Novice upwards 

Travel directions:   Google

Parking directions:  On the road near the pier.  Google

Distance from Exeter:   25 Miles    43 Mins

Lat & Long:      50:26:13N   3:33:27W   SX8960 

Tides:        Tide tables  

Depth:   8m 

Site entry/exit:   At the entrance to the pier 

Underwater directions: Keep around the pier as the surrounding area is just sand and more sand. The seaward pier legs were covered with a soft coral-like growth, while kelp colonised parts of the sandy seabed; sea lettuce seemed to like the broken pier legs about a metre high; some of these, encrusted with mussels, sea-lettuce and starfish, resembled mini-reefs. Hermit and velvet swimming crabs Site Hazards:      Swell and fishing line. 

Nearest Public phone:  

Accommodation:    Coast view     Tourist Information on 01548 843927.  B+B 

Mobile Network service:    Most networks 

Other comments:  This area has plenty of cuttlefish arriving to mate and lay eggs in the very shallow weed just off the shore from early April to mid May. 

Pub:     Cary Arms   The Pier Inn 

Created by:      Finstrokes 

Cafe:   On the pier.

Air & Nitrox fills:       Babbacombe beach dive centre      Divers down    Teign Diving Centre 

Date:     7/7/00 

Revision:      2

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