Altitude: No
- Sea Level
Water Temp: 5-14 degrees
Visibility: 4-8m
Gas: None onsite bring
what you need with you.
Required Experience:
Good site
to take novices, max depth 8-10m.
Amenities:
None really, plenty of parking, some shops. If the weathers against you it is only about 20 minutes from Vivean quarry.
Site Safety: This site
is a low-medium
risk area.
There are times however when the vis is bad and you do have to watch the
currents if you venture outside of the pier. There are usually a few
fishermen on the end of the pier so you have to be careful of the lines.
Be aware
Definitely bring an O2 kit with you and good surface cover is a must.
Wildlife:
There is tons to see here, among the pier
stansions including; octopus, lobster, monster spider crabs, zillions of edible
crabs, dogfish, snake pipefish, ribbonfish, butterfish, several species of
blenny, shanny, scorpionfish, cuckoo and corkwing wrasse, gobi, Irish Moss
(lavabread) and many other types of seaweed.
Attractions:
See above
Site Access: Shore entry
The
pier is at the end of a wall, to get to it you will have to swim
(surface or otherwise) along this wall. There's lots to see and if you
fancy venturing out tie a reel to one of the end pier supports and reel
out to the reefs.
Site Description:
This really is a lovely dive, even though the surface area is
relatively small, there is lots to see and it's not hard to spend a
hour here, just meandering under the pier.
Should really be dived 30 mins before high tide to ensure
some depth and a sewage outfall discharges on the outgoing
tide!
Entry: Free
Issues:
- North-easterlies are the worst winds for this
pier; the prevailing south-west wind gives few problems
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