| Dive
site |
Depth |
Slack
before HW (hrs) |
Slack
after HW (hrs) |
Duration
(mins) |
Port |
Comments |
| Ambassador |
50 |
1.5 - 2.0 (neap)
2.5 - 3.0 (springs)
|
3.0 |
|
Salcombe |
Similar to Skaala Note that
slacks vary according to neap or springs |
| Ann
Marie |
27 |
2 |
3 |
|
Torbay |
|
| Barn
Pool |
5-40 |
HW |
HW |
45-75 |
Devonport |
Slack
is -30 to +15 on springs; -45 to +30 on neaps |
| Baychattan |
57 |
|
3-4 |
|
Salcombe |
There's no slack before HW |
| Benton
Castle |
35 |
2 |
3 |
|
Dartmouth |
Best
viz after HW |
| Berry
Head dropoff |
35 |
|
3-4 |
|
Torbay |
Best
done at slack. |
| Bretagne |
28 |
2 |
4 |
|
Torbay |
Diveable
at many states of the tide, but best on slack after HW |
| Burgh
Island |
5-25 |
|
|
|
Challaboro' |
Diveable
at any state of the tide |
| Cantabria |
10 |
|
|
|
Salcombe |
Calm
water is needed for this dive - any swell ruins the dive |
| Cod
Rock |
20+ |
|
|
|
Torbay |
Do
you really want to dive this? |
| Dartmouth
Submarine |
52 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
|
Dartmouth |
Best
viz on slack after HW |
| Dartmouth
Tug |
15 |
|
|
|
Dartmouth |
|
| Devil's Point |
35 |
HW |
HW |
|
Devonport |
Slack is -30 to +15 on springs; -45 to
+30 on neaps |
| Draystone |
15-25 |
2 |
2 |
|
Devonport |
|
| Dudley
Rose |
40 |
2 |
4 |
|
Torbay |
Poor
slack/viz on before HW slack |
| Earlstone |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| East
Rutts |
14-40 |
2.5? |
2.33 |
|
Salcombe |
If not slack then be careful which
side of the Rutts you place your divers |
| Eastern
Blackstone |
0-30 |
2 |
3 |
|
Dartmouth |
Usually a sheltered place somewhere |
| Eastern
Kings |
10-30 |
HW |
LW |
|
Devonport |
Diveable
in most states of weather. Slack is -30 to +15 on springs;
-45 to +30 on neaps |
| Eddystone |
3-49 |
3-4 |
2-3 |
|
Devonport |
Diveable
somewhere at any state of the tide |
| Elk |
32 |
3 |
3 |
|
Devonport |
Diveable
at most states of the tide, but best at HW & LW |
| Elsa |
40+ |
2 |
|
|
Dartmouth |
Can
be dark |
| Elk
Reef |
|
|
|
|
Devonport |
|
| Empress
of India |
44 |
1 |
5 |
|
Devonport |
|
| Foyle |
46-50 |
3 |
3 |
|
Devonport |
|
| Galicia |
20 |
|
|
|
Teignmouth |
Diveable
at any state of the tide |
| Gammon
Head |
|
|
|
|
Salcombe |
|
| Glen
Strathallan |
15 |
|
|
|
Devonport |
|
| Glocliffe |
38 |
2 |
4 |
|
Dartmouth |
|
| Greatham |
46 |
2 |
3 |
|
Dartmouth |
Best
viz on slack after HW |
| Greeleen |
43 |
2 |
4 |
|
Devonport |
|
| Hand
Deeps |
7-55 |
3-4 |
2-3 |
|
Devonport |
Experienced
divers could drift dive at any state of neap tide |
| Hat
Rock |
20-60 |
3-4 |
2-3 |
|
Devonport |
|
| Hertzogin
Cecilie |
7 |
|
|
|
Salcombe |
Diveable
at any state of the tide. Can be strongish currents at
eastern edge of the bay. |
| Hilsea
Pinnacles |
6-30 |
3 |
2-3 |
|
Devonport |
Complete
slack at -2 to -3 on neaps. Dive on slack. |
| Hilsea
Point |
|
2-3 |
2-3 |
|
Devonport |
HW
+ 4 gives good 0.5-1.0 knot drift. |
| James
Egan Layne |
12-26 |
|
|
|
Devonport |
No
strong currrents. |
| Kendal
Castle |
49 |
2 |
3 |
|
Dartmouth |
|
| Knap
Shoal |
10-20 |
2-3 |
2-3 |
|
Devonport |
All
drift dives |
| London
Bridge |
10 |
|
|
|
Torbay |
Diveable
at any state of the tide |
| Lord
Stewart |
37 |
2 |
4 |
|
Torbay |
|
| Louis
Sheid |
10 |
|
|
|
Challaboro' |
Diveable
at any state of the tide |
| Maine |
32 |
3 |
3 |
40 |
Salcombe |
Really need neaps for this.
Currents
can vary from surface to bottom. |
| Medina |
50 - 65 |
2 - 3 |
3 - 4 |
|
Salcombe |
Vis variable |
| Medoc |
53 |
2 - 3 |
3 - 4 |
|
Plymouth |
3-4 hrs after HW is the
better (ie. weaker) slack |
| Mewstone
Dropoff |
25-40 |
2 |
2 |
|
Devonport |
Diveable
at any state of tide on neaps.
Better viz on flood |
| Mewstone
Ledges |
10-30 |
2 |
3 |
|
Devonport |
|
| Morris
Rogue |
6-14 |
|
|
|
Torbay |
Currents
are usually quite slight |
| Newholm |
36 |
3.5 |
4 |
|
Salcombe |
Short slack before HW. Neaps
advisable. Currents vary through the water column |
| Northville |
43 |
2 |
4 |
|
Torbay |
Poor
slack/viz on before HW slack |
| Oregon |
33 |
|
2.5 |
|
Challaboro' |
|
| Paddle
Steamer |
22 |
|
|
|
Salcombe |
|
| Persier |
31 |
|
|
|
Challaboro' |
Diveable
at any state of the tide, but some current on springs |
| Picton
Castle |
37 |
2 |
3 |
|
Dartmouth |
Possible
to dive 2 hours either side of slack on neaps. Best on flood |
| Placidas
Farroult |
12 |
|
0.5 |
30 |
Dartmouth |
Slack
30 min after HW or LW. Best dived on rising tide or HW slack |
| Poulmic |
18-22 |
2 |
2 |
|
Devonport |
|
| Prawle
Point |
18-30 |
|
|
|
Salcombe |
|
| Riversdale |
45 |
|
3 |
30 |
Devonport |
Doesn't
appear to be a slack before HW. Tidal flows can vary from surface
to bottom. Springs not advisable. |
| Rosehill |
31 |
3 |
3 |
|
Devonport |
Slack
not critical? |
| Shagstone |
5-15 |
|
|
|
Devonport |
Strongest
tidal streams before & after HW, but never that bad |
| Skaala |
47 |
3 |
3.5 |
|
Salcombe |
Long
slack on neaps (+3 to +4, or more). See Ambassador |
| Soudan |
25 |
HW |
HW |
20 |
Salcombe |
Slack
at HW & LW |
| Start
Point |
9-15 |
HW |
HW |
|
Salcombe |
Diveable
at any state of the tide in the shallows near shore |
| Start
Race |
24-35 |
|
3 |
|
Salcombe |
Strong
tidal race up to 4 knots |
| The
Bull |
26-48 |
2 |
3.5 |
|
Dartmouth |
|
| The
Ridge |
7-10 |
|
|
|
Torbay |
Diveable
at any state of the tide |
| Three
Pinnacles |
20-30 |
3 |
3 |
|
Salcombe |
Mild drift ideal for this
site |
| Tinker
Shoal |
10-22 |
|
|
|
Devonport |
Diveable
at any state of tide on neaps.
Best viz at HW flood |
| Tinsey
Head |
18 |
2.5 |
0.5 |
15
- 30 |
Dartmouth |
Southward
drift for much of the time. |
| Totnes
Castle |
42 |
|
2.5 |
45 - 60 |
Challaboro' |
|
| Unicorn |
53 |
3 |
3 |
|
Devonport |
|
| Untiring |
54 |
3 |
|
|
Devonport |
|
| Wells
Rock |
1-20 |
|
|
|
Challaboro' |
|
| West
Rutts |
25-36 |
|
|
|
Challaboro' |
|
| Western
Ebb Rock |
8-16+ |
|
|
|
Devonport |
|
| Wreathier |
50 |
|
|
|
Salcombe |
|
