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Shag Rock is also known as Shagstone, Shag Stone.

Shag Rock

The site consists of a series of rocky gullies that stand 5m off the seabed and are 2 to 3m wide.
Beautiful marine life, Echinoderms & Holothurians abound. Find Dogfish, Cuttlefish, Thornback Rays. Take a torch to look in the little crevices.

Launch from Queen Annes Battery, Mountbatten or Fort Bovisand. The Mewstone is to the South East of Plymouth Breakwater.

Mewstone (Plymouth)

British steamer (690 tons) built in 1928, 45m x 7m. Deliberately sunk in 1970.



Glen Strathallan SS  Wreck

Plymouth Breakwater

British coaster (637 tons) built in 1962, 61m x 8m. Sunk 21/11/1984.



Fylrix MV Wreck

Slack is 1 hour before high water. Contact the Long Room beforehand to check no shipping movements and OK to dive You jump off a small jetty which is to the north west of the car park. From here swim north (inland) following the contour of the shore. You can get down to 40m where there are standing stones. Come up and you get to the underwater stone wall of the Royal William Yard, around 5-10m, follow this south till you get back to the entry point, there are stone steps and a handrail to get out of the water. If you time it right the outgoing tide drifts you back. Lots of lobsters, conger, dead men's fingers etc.

Use multimap.com, search for Admiralty Road, Plymouth PL1. car Park at the end of Admiralty Road, from there a short walk to the drop off.

Devil's Point

Barn Pool is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in UK, England, South West which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

Barn Pool

7.176 ton US Liberty ship, built 1944. 441ftx57ft. 2500hp triple-expansion engines. Armed: Bow and stern guns, plus 5 AA. 4.500 tons war supplies, tank parts, lorries, jeeps, railway rolling stock, US Army engineers' stores, New York for Ghent, via Barry. Sunk: 21 March, 1945, after hit in starboard side by torpedo from U-1195. Beached after being towed by Admiralty tugs into Whitsand Bay. Source: www.wrecksite.eu

Whitsand Bay, Plymouth

James Egan Layne Wreck is also known as James Eagan Layne SS.

James Egan Layne Wreck

HMS Scylla (F71) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). She was built at Devonport Royal Dockyard and was the last RN frigate to be built at the Dockyard so far. Scylla was launched in August 1968 and commissioned in 1970. It was the start of a long and eventful career that ended with her sinking as an artificial reef 27th March 2004.

Off Whitsand Bay, Cornwall

HMS Scylla is also known as F71.

HMS Scylla

The dive site is an easy access dive site used by Tai Diving located at the holiday park for training and underwater photography.

Weather major factor as wind can cause the dive to be canceled as it blows straight into the bay causing strong rip and under currents.

Marine life is good dog fish/shark cuttle fish crabs spider crabs and the usual fish.

Dangers :- surfers and dive boats being launched 

Dive site is access from beach which has gradual gradient and has close by parking for easy access to the beach by steps or slip way 

Challaborough Bay

You can find any depth round the rocks. If a tide is running, tuck into the lee of the rocks.

Many commercial boats from Plymouth, or launch a RIB from Queen Annes Battery or Mountbatten.

Shag Rock

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Shag Rock