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Durdle Door
Wool, England, United Kingdom
EntryShore
Water bodyEnglish Channel
Water temp9–17°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Oct
About this site
Durdle Door is a cave and reef dive site near Wool, Dorset, United Kingdom, in the English Channel. It is reached from the shore. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, soft corals, lobsters, cuttlefish, seals. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 9 to 17 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Edible CrabCancer pagurus
Velvet Swimming CrabNecora puber
Lesser Spotted DogfishScyliorhinus canicula
Common Spider CrabMaja brachydactyla
Spotted RayRaja montagui
Cuckoo WrasseLabrus mixtus
Thornback RayRaja clavata
GoldsinnyCtenolabrus rupestris
Nearby sites
- 1Lulworth Cove2.0 km
- 2Countess of Erne11 km
- 3HMS Hood12 km
- 4HMS A313 km
- 5Portland13 km
- 6MV Aeolian Sky16 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org