All resultsExplore/England/Swanage Pier
Swanage Pier
Swanage, England, United Kingdom
EntryShore
Max depth4 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyEnglish Channel
Water temp9–17°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Oct
About this site
Swanage Pier is a reef dive site near Swanage, Dorset, United Kingdom, in the English Channel. It is reached from the shore with a maximum depth of about 4 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes dolphins, nudibranchs, soft corals, lobsters, cuttlefish. 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
Common Bottlenose DolphinTursiops truncatus
Velvet Swimming CrabNecora puber
Edible CrabCancer pagurus
Lesser Spotted DogfishScyliorhinus canicula
Common Spider CrabMaja brachydactyla
Ballan WrasseLabrus bergylta
Undulate RayRaja undulata
Tompot BlennyParablennius gattorugine
Nearby sites
- 1Kyarra3.0 km
- 2Shore Road Pipeline9.7 km
- 3Branksome Chine Pipes11 km
- 4MV Aeolian Sky17 km
- 5HMS A319 km
- 6SS Albert C. Field20 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org