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Browns Bay
Whitley Bay, England, United Kingdom
Water bodyNorth Sea
Water temp7–15°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Sep
About this site
Browns Bay is a reef and wreck dive site near Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, United Kingdom, in the North Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, nudibranchs, seals, soft corals, lobsters. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 7 to 15 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Common StarfishAsterias rubens
Edible Sea UrchinEchinus esculentus
Velvet Swimming CrabNecora puber
Edible CrabCancer pagurus
Shore CrabCarcinus maenas
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
LobsterHomarus gammarus
Nearby sites
- 1Brown Bay0.0 km
- 2St Mary's Island - West Bay3.9 km
- 3Beadnell Bay Ladyhole58 km
- 4Beadnell58 km
- 5Lady Hole59 km
- 6Knacker Hole59 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org