UK Dive and Wreck Site locations.
This table shows nearly 100 popular dive sites, mostly along the south coast of England. It gives all the main data needed to plan a dive on the site. The information is not guaranteed correct and reference must be made to published material for actual dive planning. CPA takes no responsibility for this information and how you choose to use it. We recommend the excellent Wrecksite website for more up to date and accurate data.
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Site |
Type |
Area |
Depth |
Slack |
Lat./Long. |
Divenote |
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Aeolean Sky |
wreck |
Purbeck |
30m |
-2:30 HW Portland +3:30 Neaps |
50°30.595’N 02°08.410’W |
Greek freighter, 14.4KT, 138m, sunk 1979, port side, stern N, bows 4m off, bottles & machinery |
|
Ailsa Craig |
wreck |
Lyme |
28-36m |
-2..3 HW Portland +3..4 |
50°33.600’N 02°47.500’W |
GB steamer, sunk 1918, stern st’bd, NE to SW, near Moidart, coal |
|
Alex van Opstel |
wreck |
Purbeck |
29m |
-2:30 HW Portland +1 |
50°32.430’N 02°15.990’W |
Belgian pass liner, 6KT, 126m, 1937-1939, SW to NE bows |
|
Baron Garioch |
wreck |
Poole |
40m |
-1 HW Devonport +5 |
50°31.340’N 01°45.820’W |
GB steamer, 1.8KT, 80m, 1895-1917, vis good |
|
Basil |
wreck |
Littlehampton |
28-35m |
-1 HW Dover +6 |
50°34.609’N 00°38.202’W |
GB steamer, 3.2KT, 101m, 1895-1917, 45° port, ammunition |
|
Baygitano |
wreck |
Lyme |
18m |
OK anytime |
50°41.800’N 02°56.050’W |
GB steamer, 3KT, well broken, good vis, scallops around |
|
Bembridge Ledge |
scenic |
SE IoW |
7-15m |
-1.5 HW Dover +5.5 |
50°41.100’N 01°02.750’W |
Favourite for divers, lots crab/lobtster, misc scattered wreckage, bit with good viz |
|
Betsy Anna |
wreck |
Bournemouth |
25m |
-1 HW Devonport +5 |
50°37.000’N 01°48.830’W |
UK, 880T, 62m, 1892-1926, wrongly named Dagmar before |
|
Binnendijk |
wreck |
Weymouth bay |
19-27m |
-2..3 HW Portland +3 |
50°32.120’N 02°20.000’W |
Dutch steamer, 7KT, 120m, sunk 1939 |
|
Bittern/Hazzard |
wreck |
Lyme |
27-33m |
-2..3 HW Portland +3..4 |
50°33.670’N 02°37.400’W |
GB destroyer, sunk 1918, NW to SE, st’bd list, |
|
Black Hawk (fore) |
wreck |
Worbarrow |
9-12m |
OK (-1 HW Devonport +5) |
50°36.828’N 02°12.390’W |
US liberty, 7.2KT, sunk 1945, in two halves- pipe between, bow with Danforth anchor |
|
Black Hawk (stern) |
wreck |
Portland |
36m |
-2..3 HW Portland +3..4 |
50°26.200’N 02°25.300’W |
Other half of Worbarrow wreck |
|
Boxer |
wreck |
SE IoW |
17-20m |
-1 HW Dover +5 |
50°37.770’N 01°06.340’W |
GB Destroyer, 61m, 1895-1918, largely gone bar boilers, rum jars in mud |
|
Breda |
wreck |
Mull |
15-30m |
OK anytime |
56°28.570’N 05°25.000’W |
Dutch liberty steamship, 6.9KT, 123m, sunk 1942, bows @ 24m, well swept & salvaged, most hull intact, shoes magnesium half track vehs NAAFI goods horses planes |
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Bretagne |
wreck |
Babbacombe |
18-25m |
OK all but worst |
50°29.450’N 03.22.620’W |
Norwegian Schooner/steamer, 1.44KT, 70m, sunk 1918, bow SW, good dive/viz, coal |
|
British Inventor |
wreck |
Lulworth banks |
21m |
-2 HW Devonport +2 |
50°35.520’N 02°18.480’W |
GB cargo, 7.1Kt, 129m, fuel & diesel oil |
|
Buccaneer |
wreck |
Lyme |
33-44m |
-2..3 HW Portland +3..4 |
50°29.230’N 02°41.650’W |
Armed navy tug |
|
Camberwell |
wreck |
SE IoW |
21-31m |
-1 HW Dover +5 |
50°31.950’N 01°02.800’W |
GB steamer, 4.1KT, 112m, sunk 1917, might be Wapello, bows intact mids broken, big interesting site, general cargo |
|
Cambro |
wreck |
S Wales |
12-22m |
-1 HW Milford H. +5 |
51°50’N 05°20’W |
 |
|
Camswan |
wreck |
SE IoW |
18m |
-1 HW Dover +5 |
50°38.530’N 01°05.380’W |
GB steamer, 3.4KT, 102m, 1917 maiden voyage, interesting- lots to explore, strong ebb tide, coal |
|
Carantan |
wreck |
Purbeck |
30m? |
-1 HW Dover +6 |
50°34.930’N 01°56.230’W |
Sub escort ship, near Kyarra |
|
Carbineer |
wreck |
Littlehampton |
19-25m |
-1..2 HW Dover +5..6 |
50°35.849’N 00°40.449’W |
GB cargo steamer, 1.3KT, 66m, sunk 1914, general cargo |
|
Clan Macvey |
wreck |
Poole |
20m |
-1 HW Devonport +5 |
50°39.650’N 01°46.720’W |
UK Steamer, 5.8KT, 120m, 1918-1918, poor viz, coal |
|
Coral Garden |
reef |
Lyme |
25m |
OK- 1Kt max drift |
50°41..42’N 02°51..53’W |
Wide reef of boulder strewn ledges- spectacular colours & life |
|
Cuba |
wreck |
SE IoW |
32M |
-1 HW Dover +5 |
50°36.000’N 00°58.580’W |
French pass liner, 11.4KT, 145m, 1923-1945, well broken but still “fascinating dive”, portholes still buried |
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Dakotian |
wreck |
Pembroke |
1-18m |
|
51°50’N 05°20’W |
|
|
Dudley Rose |
wreck |
Tor Bay |
29-35m |
OK all but -4..6 HW Devonport Springs |
51°23.630’N 03°26.330’W |
Admiralty collier, 1.6KT, 76m, 1929-1941, upright, complere, care: nets & bombs, coal |
|
Eddystone Lighthouse |
reef |
Plymouth |
Var |
-2..3 HW Devonport +3..4 |
50°10.800’N 04°16.870’W |
Gulleys drop-offs great marine life usu good viz |
|
Elenor R. |
wreck |
Weymouth bay |
20-27m |
-2..3 HW Portland +3 |
50°30.180’N 02°20.630’W |
Greek steamer, 4.5KT, 111m, sunk 1939, well salvaged, viz good |
|
Empress of India |
wreck |
Babbacombe |
31-44m |
-1..2 HW Devonport +5..6 |
50°29.690’N 02°57.700’W |
Battleship, 16KT, 114m, 1893-1913, target, inverted, hole in side, fabulous but advanced dive |
|
Ethel |
wreck |
Portland |
32-38m |
-2..3 HW Portland +3:30 |
50°27.690’N 02°24.550’W |
Steamship, 1.5-2KT, sunk 1945ish?, plenty of portholes still, plaice around wreck |
|
Everleigh |
wreck |
Poole |
31-43m |
-1 HW Devonport +5 |
50°29.320’N 01°47.000’W |
GB steamer, 5.2KT, sunk 1945 |
|
Exeters |
reefs |
Babbacombe |
24m ave |
OK but for -4..6 HW Devonport springs |
50°31’N 03°22.9’W |
Gullies pinnacles plateaux, corals, crustaceans flatties, scallops, all good diving |
|
France Aimee |
wreck |
SE IoW |
10-13m |
-1 HW Dover +5 |
50°40.010’N 01°03.270’W |
French collier, 700T, 1901-1918, stern intact, port silted starb’d collapsed bows buried, coal |
|
Frognor |
wreck |
Lyme |
34m |
-3 HW Portland +4..5 |
50°32.000’N 02°32.970W |
Noweigan steamer, 1.5KT, sunk 1918, well salvaged |
|
Galicia |
wreck |
Babbacombe |
20m |
Prob OK |
50°33.270’N 03°26.170’W |
GB ship, 5.9KT, 120m, classy, 1901-1917, cloth & cement |
|
Gascony |
wreck |
Littlehampton |
27-30m |
-1..2 HW Dover +5..6 |
50°39.373’N 00°39.373’W |
Steamer? 3.1KT, 108m, 1908-1918, inverted, opening up- can swim in, gun carriage wheels, guns hay charcoal |
|
Gertrude |
wreck |
Portland |
11m |
OK anytime |
50°32.770’N 02°26.950’W |
Sank 1894, plates boiler & anchor, viz usually good, loads of fish, iron pyrite |
|
Gibel Hamam |
wreck |
Lyme |
24-31m |
-2..3 HW Portland +3..4 |
50°35.870’N 02°53.200’W |
GB steamer, 700T, sunk 1918, |
|
Glocliffe |
wreck |
Tor Bay |
26-38m |
OK all but -4..6 HW Devonport Springs |
51°27.080’N 03°17.280’W |
GB steamer, 2.2KT, 87m, sunk 1917, 100% on port side, stern high, NW to SE, well preserved, coal |
|
Greleen |
wreck |
Tor Bay |
30-40m |
OK all but -4..6 HW Devonport Springs |
51°25.000’N 03°23.000’W |
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|
Hands Deeps |
reef |
Plymouth |
|
-2..3 HW Devonport +3..4 |
50°12.580’N 04°20.300’W |
Pinnacles & gulleys, marine life good |
|
Hedwig |
wreck |
Littlehampton |
30m |
-1..2 HW Dover +5..6 |
50°35.706’N 00°41.416’W |
German cargo ship, 424T, sank 1974, starboard side bows N, failry intact |
|
Hera |
wreck |
Falmouth |
15m |
|
56°30’N 05°40’W |
|
|
Highland Brigade |
wreck |
SE IoW |
19-29m |
-1 HW Portsmouth +5 |
50°34.830’N 01°05.020’W |
Merchant steamer, 5.7KT, 116m, 1901-1918, E to W, list to port, stern high, tin ingots & telephone kit |
|
Hispania |
wreck |
Mull |
15-30m |
-0:30 HW Dover |
56°34.950’N 05°59.150’W |
Cargo steamer, 1.3KT, 81m, sank 1954, ‘Splendid sight’, intact, list to starbd, bows inshore, deck 25m, covered in anemones |
|
Hood |
wreck |
Portland |
2-15m |
-4:30 HW Portland +5;&HW? |
50°34.100’N 02°25.200’W |
Battleship, 14KT, sunk 1914 as blockship, inverted, holes in side, great dive |
|
Iolanthe |
wreck |
Purbeck |
35-45m |
-1 HW Devonport +5..6 |
50°27.630’N 02°07.980’W |
GB steamer, 3.1KT, 98m, 1904-1917, good viz, railway trucks! |
|
James Egan Layne |
wreck |
Plymouth |
|
|
50°’N 04°20’W |
|
|
James Fennel |
wreck |
Portland |
12-18m |
OK bar -1..3 HW Portland |
50°32.650’N 02°27.300’W |
Admiralty steam trawler, sank 1920, well broken, interesting, good dive |
|
Kyarra |
wreck |
Purbeck |
30m |
-1 HW Dover +6 |
50°34.900’N 01°56.570’W |
Clyde steamer, 7KT, 125m, 1903-1918, bow NE to SW, beer champaign perfume vinegar worcs.sauce watches … |
|
Leon |
wreck |
SE IoW |
22-30m |
-1 HW Dover +5 |
50°35.700’N 01°03.670’W |
French steamer, 2.4KT, 90m, sunk 1918, heeled to starboard, well broken midships, stone jars of blue ink |
|
Lucy |
wreck |
Pembroke |
42m |
|
51°50’N 05°20’W |
|
|
Luis |
wreck |
SE IoW |
13-17m |
-2..3.5 HW Portsmouth +5 |
50°37?.270N 01°09.550W |
GB merchant steamer, 2.5KT, 114m, 1916-1918, well broken, poor viz, shells cordite brass heads |
|
Lulworth Banks |
reef |
Lulworth banks |
12-24m |
OK anytime as drift |
50°35.600’N 02°16.300’W |
Try these co-ords! Highly varied: drop-offs, bluffs, sand gulleys, gravel, pinnacles, flat-stone reefs, scallops |
|
M2 |
wreck |
Lyme |
32m |
-4 HW Portland +4..5 |
50°34.580’N 02°33.770’W |
GB Sub, 89m, 1918-1932, adapted for sea plane, loads of sponges, colourful, great dive |
|
Maine |
wreck |
The Bolt |
22-37m |
Local HW +2 & LW +2:30 |
50°12.750’N 03°50.880’W |
GB cargo, 113m, 1905-1917, upright, cross-tidechalk goatskins |
|
Mew Stone Sub |
scenic |
Plymouth |
12-26m |
Not HW&LW Devonport |
50°18’200N 04°06.500’W |
German sub, 30m, 45 degree angle, scenic dive if missed |
|
Minerve |
wreck |
The Bill |
2-10m |
HW Portland +4:30 |
50°31.010’N 02°27.300’W |
French sub, sunk 1945, well broken, scenic if missed, lead & brass |
|
Mixon Hole |
scenic |
Selsey |
29m |
HW Dover+5 (-2 LW Selsey) |
50°42.330’N 00°46.330’W |
Steep N face- great drop off, crabs & scenery, Shallower S face, standing stones! Great dive |
|
Moidart |
wreck |
Lyme |
27-35m |
-2..3 HW Portland +3..4 |
50°33.970’N 02°47.250’W |
Armed merchant steamer, 90m, NW to SE, bow upright, stern broken/st’bd side, near Ailsa Craig |
|
Moldavia |
wreck |
Littlehampton |
28-48m |
-6 HW Dover; neaps only |
50°23.133’N 00°28.720’W |
Armed merchant cruiser, 9.5KT, 156m, 1903-1918, port side, dive stern |
|
Mulberry (far) |
wreck |
Selsey |
9m |
OK exc. -5 HWSp Dover +0..3 |
50°44.633’N 00°42.317W |
D-day harbour unit WW2, 6Kt, 62m, broken, sharp steel, shoals of fish, great novice dive |
|
Northcoates |
wreck |
Littlehampton |
20-26m |
-1..2 HW Dover +5..6 |
50°39.764’N 00°35.451’W |
RN armed trawler, 277T, 1918-1944, m/c guns, Enfield cartridges |
|
Northville |
wreck |
Tor Bay |
30-39m |
OK all but -4..6 HW Devonport Springs |
51°24.420’N 03°24.550’W |
GB steamer, 2.5KT, 93m, sunk 1918, upright, bows SE & high, stern completely broken off, silty, coal |
|
Ore Wreck |
wreck |
Littlehampton |
11m |
-1..2 HW Dover +5..6 |
50°40.840’N 00°28.915’W |
Coaster, broken with boilers & engines to see, well dived, big cod/pollack in winter, iron ore |
|
P12 |
wreck |
SE IoW |
10-13m |
-1 HW Dover +5 |
50°39.400’N 01°05.000’W |
Patrol boat, 613T, 74m, 1916-1918, stern section only, cross-tide, upright, engines/gauges, depth charges (safe) |
|
P555 |
wreck |
Lyme |
33-40m |
-3 HW Portland +4..5 |
50°30.870’N 02°33.350’W |
US sub,1.1KT, 66m, sunk 1947, E to W, intact |
|
Perrone |
wreck |
Babbacombe |
21-29m |
-2 HW Devonport +4..5 (gen OK) |
50°28.230’N 03°22.780’W |
UK cable-layer steamer, 3.3KT, 96m, 1882-1917, stern st’bd |
|
Persier |
wreck |
Bigbury |
18-28m |
OK most times |
50°17.000’N 03°58.150’W |
Steamer, sunk 1945, bow high, 3 boilers, provisions |
|
Peveril Ledge |
reef |
Purbeck |
10-23m |
-1 HW Dover +6 |
50°36.380’N 01°56.000’W |
Serious overfalls- CARE, good viz (HW slack best), brilliant, crab lobster sponges |
|
Pomeranian |
wreck |
Lyme |
27-34m |
-2..3 HW Portland +3..4 |
50°33.500’N 02°41.380’W |
Liner, 4.2KT, 114m, sunk 1918, E to W, govt stores- divers helmets? Doulton smelting pots |
|
Poulmic |
wreck |
Plymouth |
15-20m |
-3 HW Devonport +3 (gen OK) |
50°19.080’N 04°09.630’W |
French transporter – minesweeper, 350T, 37m, sank 1940, Oerlikon AA shells (care) |
|
Pulpit Rock |
reef |
Portland |
10-30m |
HW Portland +4 NEAP |
50°30.630’N 02°27.800’W |
Rocky ledges, good viz, crab lobster |
|
Eilean Mor |
|
Jura (Firth of Lorne) |
15-34m |
Essential |
55°30’N 05°55’W |
High energy site, masses of marine life |
|
Rondo |
wreck |
Mull |
3-50m! |
Essential- LW Dover +0:30 |
56°32.280’N 05°54.720’W |
2.4KT, 80m, sank 1935, upright at steep angle on rocks of Dearg Sgeir, stern high, sponges & anemones, |
|
Salsette |
wreck |
Lyme |
33-48m |
-2..3 HW Portland +3..4 |
50°29.630’N 03°43.050’W |
P&O liner, 5.8KT, 132m, sunk 1917, N to bow S, 30° to port, 600 portholes (NB ‘holes’!) scallops |
|
Scratchell’s Bay |
scenic |
SW IoW |
15-15m |
-1 HW Portsmouth +5 |
50°39.400’N 01°34.700’W |
“Can be exciting as never know what you will come across”… |
|
Sevilla |
wreck |
Tor Bay |
30-41m |
OK all but -4..6 HW Devonport Springs |
51°24.300’N 03°22.850’W |
Norwegian steamer, 1.3KT, 79m, 1913-1918, in good state, Cadiz wine oranges sparkling wine crockery (marked Kristiania) |
|
Shirala |
wreck |
Littlehampton |
16-24m |
-1..2 HW Dover +5..6 |
50°40.915’N 00°35.217’W |
Liner, 5.3KT, 1901-1918, N to bow S, elephant tusks! wine stone-jars car/lorry spares telescopes binos ammo bombs |
|
Sidon |
wreck |
Lyme |
28-36m |
-2..3 HW Portland +3..4 |
50°32.780’N 02°38.400’W |
Sub, sunk1957, NW to SE, excellent dive |
|
Somali |
wreck |
Farnes |
19-28m |
HW & LW Seahouses +1:30 |
55°33.900’N 01°36.400’W |
Steamer, 6.8KT, 140m, sank 1941, upright, mostly complete, engine room with boilers |
|
Soudan |
wreck |
Salcombe |
13-18m |
HW & LW |
50°12.480’N 03°46.520’W |
French steamer, 844T, sank 1887, popular dive, peanuts hides oil |
|
St Aldhelm’s Ledge |
reef |
Purbeck |
10-55m! |
-1 HW Dover +6 NEAP |
50°34.030’N 02°03.550’W |
20m cliff, dangerous overfalls, anemones large-lobsters |
|
St Dunstan |
wreck |
Lyme |
19-27m |
OK anytime |
50°38.270’N 02°41.930’W |
Bucket dredger, 60m, sank 1917, upside down/twisted, engine room open, viz good, great dive |
|
Stryn |
wreck |
Tor Bay |
30-40m |
OK all but -4..6 HW Devonport Springs |
51°25.000’N 03°23.000’W |
GB, 2.1KT, 86m, 1901-1918, port side, ballast |
|
U-1195 |
wreck |
SE IoW |
26-30m |
-1 HW Dover +5 |
50°33.280’N 00°56.005’W |
German sub, 61m, sunk 1945, 45deg to starb’d, bows NE to SW, often good viz |
|
UB74 |
wreck |
Lyme |
34m |
-3 HW Portland +4..5 |
50°31.800’N 02°33.180’W |
German sub, 670T, 55m, sunk 1918, near Frognor, heavily salvaged but good dive |
|
Ursa |
wreck |
Babbacombe |
30m |
-1..2 HW Devonport +4..6 |
50°33.170’N 03°07.830’W |
Swedish steamer, 1.7KT, sunk 1918, little dived- enigma |
|
Valentine Tank (Inverted) |
wreck |
Poole |
15m |
-1 HW Devonport +5 |
50°39.490’N 01°53.310’W |
Inverted amphibian tank, poor viz (HW neaps best), turret lying off front |
|
Valentine Tank (Upright) |
wreck |
Poole |
15m |
-1 HW Devonport +5 |
50°39.400’N 01°53.350’W |
Intact, upright amphibian tank, poor viz (HW neaps best) |
|
Waldrons |
reef |
Littlehampton |
25m |
-1 HW Dover +6 |
50°45.000’N 00°38.000’W |
Massive sandstone boulders, caves, shingle bed, lobster & crab |
|
Wapello |
wreck |
SE IoW |
25m |
-1 HW Dover +5 |
50°31.880’N 01°01.120’W |
Oiler, 5.6KT, 121m, sunk 1917, near Camberwell, benzine |
|
War Helmet |
wreck |
Littlehampton |
23m |
-1..2 HW Dover +5..6 |
50°39.379’N 00°36.594’W |
GB WW1 liberty ship, 8.2KT, 138m, 1917-1918, bow NW to SE, stern broken, 3 boilers & engine room, ballast |
|
Witte Zee |
wreck |
SW IoW |
26-32m |
-0..1 HW Portsmouth +5 |
50°35.830’N 01°28.400’W |
Dutch ocean going tug, 328T, 37m, 1943-1964, bow N to S, |