UBUC

Teignmouth

There is a free slip right next to Teign Diving centre. This slip is very sandy and you need to be careful not to get the van stuck when backing the trailer down. However its convenient location with a dive centre next door and a very picturesque place to launch. There is a speed limit within the Estuary of (I think) 6 knots and you need to be careful to stay within thel marker buoys when heading in and out of the estuary due to a long sand bar extending out to sea. Don’t be tempted to cut the corner. Wrecks within easy access include the Galicia and the Bretagne.

The Galicia is a very broken up debris field of wreckage in about 20m, and is therefore suitable for ocean divers. There is also diving on the Bishop and Clark which is the pinnacle standing out on the shore line within sight of the Galicia. There is a tunnel which can be easily swum through at the base of the cliffs going from one side of the headland to the other. GPS 50 33 16N; 03 26 17W. Transits for this site can be found on page 49 of the Dive South Devon guide, although Transit A is useless as its too distant to see accurately and its not easy to determine which is the last house on the seafront as the area has been redeveloped.

The Bretagne is a lot more intact and is deeper (approx 35m) so is suitable for Sport divers. It’s a very pretty wreck with lots of dead mans fingers and other corals. The wreck can be quite dark due to low viz which is caused by the estuaries nearby, so a torch is recommended. GPS co-ordinates 50 29.50N, 3 22.70W (degrees, minutes and decimals).

Bretagne wreck tour: http://www.divernet.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?id=1829&sc=&ac=d&an 

Teignmouth Harbour master 01626 773165

Teign diving centre 01626 773965, website link: http://www.teigndivingcentre.co.uk

Location map: http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GB|bovisand#map=50.54555,-3.49848|16|4&loc=GB:50.54555:-3.49848:16|TQ14%208ER|TQ14%208ER

 

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