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Dover Shakespeare Beach
Dover, England, United Kingdom
Water bodyEnglish Channel
Water temp8–18°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Oct
About this site
Dover Shakespeare Beach is a reef dive site near Dover, Kent, United Kingdom, in the English Channel. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes soft corals, seals, nudibranchs, lobsters, harbor seals. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 8 to 18 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Common StarfishAsterias rubens
Velvet Swimming CrabNecora puber
Lesser Spotted DogfishScyliorhinus canicula
Edible CrabCancer pagurus
Hermit CrabPagurus bernhardus
Shore CrabCarcinus maenas
Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Porcelain CrabPorcellana platycheles
Nearby sites
- 1Caulonia40 km
- 2HMS Ghurka41 km
- 3Leybourne Lakes64 km
- 42 Minis64 km
- 5Car Rolled64 km
- 6Overturned Car64 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org