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Introduction
All latitude and longitude references are accurate to 0.10 of a degree. If you would like to dive any of these sites, contact the Sussex Diving Club and arrange to dive with us. We can provide accurate GPS references for any of these sites, on a recipr
BOBS REEF
| Latitude: |
50 48.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 08.50 W |
| Distance: |
1.5 nm bearing 254T from BRIGHTON |
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4.1 nm bearing 109T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
12 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
One of the short underwater cliff lines, with scarpment face to the north, scrub along the bottom and rocky fissures across the top. Use transits.
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COLLEGE ROCKS 1
| Latitude: |
50 45.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 18.60 W |
| Distance: |
8.2 nm bearing 251T from BRIGHTON |
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4.4 nm bearing 214T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
18 |
Height: |
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COLLEGE ROCKS 2
| Latitude: |
50 45.30 N |
| Longitude: |
00 18.80 W |
| Distance: |
8.5 nm bearing 248T from BRIGHTON |
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4.9 nm bearing 211T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
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Height: |
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KINGSWEST LEDGES 1
| Latitude: |
50 48.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 09.90 W |
| Distance: |
2.6 nm bearing 261T from BRIGHTON |
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3.1 nm bearing 116T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
17 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
Underwater cliff line with scarpment face to north. Area of scrub along the bottom and fissures across the top
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KINGSWEST LEDGES 2
| Latitude: |
50 47.90 N |
| Longitude: |
00 08.50 W |
| Distance: |
1.5 nm bearing 250T from BRIGHTON |
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4.2 nm bearing 110T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
15 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
Underwater cliff line with scarpment face to north. Area of scrub along the bottom and fissures across the top.
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KINGSWEST ROCKS
| Latitude: |
50 44.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 10.00 W |
| Distance: |
5.0 nm bearing 207T from BRIGHTON |
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9.0 nm bearing 253T from NEWHAVEN |
| Depth: |
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Height: |
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LOOE GATE
| Latitude: |
50 47.70 N |
| Longitude: |
00 11.60 W |
| Distance: |
3.5 nm bearing 257T from BRIGHTON |
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2.6 nm bearing 131T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
15 |
Height: |
3 |
| Dive details: |
A reef running parallel to the shore but with the scarpment face towards the shore. There is a gap or gateway in the reef at this point which is where the name originates from.
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MANNERS (INNER)
| Latitude: |
50 48.50 N |
| Longitude: |
00 06.70 W |
| Distance: |
.3 nm bearing 294T from BRIGHTON |
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nm bearing from |
| Depth: |
10 |
Height: |
1 |
| Dive details: |
Area of scrub ground that used to be good for flatties but you don't see many of nowadays. Small chalky outcrops, with muddy patches in-between.
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MANNERS (OUTER)
| Latitude: |
50 48.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 07.90 W |
| Distance: |
1.1 nm bearing 247T from BRIGHTON |
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4.5 nm bearing 108T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
10 |
Height: |
1 |
| Dive details: |
An area of scrub ground that used to be good for flatties but you don't see so many of nowadays.
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MESORS ROCKS
| Latitude: |
50 47.50 N |
| Longitude: |
00 06.60 W |
| Distance: |
.8 nm bearing 196T from BRIGHTON |
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5.4 nm bearing 109T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
15 |
Height: |
3 |
| Dive details: |
Large slab like rocky outcrop. About 200 yards long petering away to nothing at each end.
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MULBERRY (FAR)
| Latitude: |
50 44.70 N |
| Longitude: |
00 42.20 W |
| Distance: |
23.0 nm bearing 260T from BRIGHTON |
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2.3 nm bearing 219T from BOGNOR SLIP |
| Depth: |
10 |
Height: |
5 |
| Dive details: |
Could equally be described as a wreck site. Its a phoenix unit that never made it across the channel in WW2. It now forms an artificial reef attracting masses of fish life.
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MULBERRY (NEAR)
| Latitude: |
50 45.60 N |
| Longitude: |
00 43.60 W |
| Distance: |
23.8 nm bearing 263T from BRIGHTON |
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2.6 nm bearing 249T from BOGNOR SLIP |
| Depth: |
5 |
Height: |
6 |
| Dive details: |
Sticks out at low water
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OUTER JENNIES
| Latitude: |
50 49.00 N |
| Longitude: |
00 12.60 W |
| Distance: |
4.1 nm bearing 279T from BRIGHTON |
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1.4 nm bearing 104T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
10 |
Height: |
1 |
| Dive details: |
An area of rough ground and rocky outcrops
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PALACE PIER REEF 1
| Latitude: |
50 47.90 N |
| Longitude: |
00 05.40 W |
| Distance: |
.7 nm bearing 133T from BRIGHTON |
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6.1 nm bearing 104T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
10 |
Height: |
1 |
| Dive details: |
One of the short underwater cliff lines, with scarpment face to the north, scrub along the bottom and rocky fissures across the top.
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PALACE PIER REEF 2
| Latitude: |
50 47.90 N |
| Longitude: |
00 08.30 W |
| Distance: |
1.4 nm bearing 249T from BRIGHTON |
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4.3 nm bearing 110T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
10 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
One of the short underwater cliff lines, with scarpment face to the north, scrub along the bottom and rocky fissures across the top.
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PALACE PIER ROCKS
| Latitude: |
0 |
| Longitude: |
0 |
| Distance: |
nm bearing from |
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nm bearing from |
| Depth: |
7 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
Chalky outcropos of rock, good for lobsters. Choose a day when it's calm and the visibility is good inshore. About 50-100 yards off the end of Palace pier in SE direction.
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ROCK TOW
| Latitude: |
50 47.80 N |
| Longitude: |
00 08.40 W |
| Distance: |
1.4 nm bearing 252T from BRIGHTON |
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4.3 nm bearing 109T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
13 |
Height: |
3 |
| Dive details: |
There is a lot of interesting ground all round here. There is one large rocky outcrop, with large slab-like boulders, giving way to scrub ground to the north and west. A good drift starts here on a westerly flow.
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SOUTHWEST ROCKS
| Latitude: |
50 47.50 N |
| Longitude: |
00 12.50 W |
| Distance: |
4.1 nm bearing 257T from BRIGHTON |
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2.3 nm bearing 144T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
15 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
Underwater cliff line, with scarpment face to the north. Area of scrub along the bottom and rocky fissures across the top.
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SOUTHWEST ROCKS EAST
| Latitude: |
50 47.90 N |
| Longitude: |
00 09.80 W |
| Distance: |
2.2 nm bearing 260T from BRIGHTON |
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3.4 nm bearing 113T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
15 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
Underwater cliff line, with scarpment face to the north. Area of scrub along the bottom and rocky fissures across the top.
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SOUTHWEST ROCKS WEST
| Latitude: |
50 47.40 N |
| Longitude: |
00 12.40 W |
| Distance: |
2.3 nm bearing 260T from BRIGHTON |
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3.4 nm bearing 114T from SHOREHAM |
| Depth: |
15 |
Height: |
2 |
| Dive details: |
Underwater cliff line, with scarpment face to the north. Area of scrub along the bottom and rocky fissures across the top.
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