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Brixham Breakwater Beach
Brixham, England, United Kingdom
EntryShore
Water bodyEnglish Channel
Water temp10–17°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Oct
About this site
Brixham Breakwater Beach is a dive site near Brixham, Torbay, United Kingdom, in the English Channel. It is reached from the shore. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, nudibranchs, soft corals, seals, cuttlefish. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 10 to 17 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Short-beaked Common DolphinDelphinus delphis
Velvet Swimming CrabNecora puber
Edible CrabCancer pagurus
Hermit CrabPagurus bernhardus
Common StarfishAsterias rubens
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Lesser Spotted DogfishScyliorhinus canicula
Common Spider CrabMaja brachydactyla
Nearby sites
- 1D17.5 km
- 2Babbacombe Beach8.8 km
- 3Exeter Bsac35 km
- 4James Egan Layne52 km
- 5HMS Boadicea (H65)52 km
- 6HMS Scylla (F71)54 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org