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Boat Launch
Facilities:
There
are a
number of slipways in S E Cornwall. Many
of these are suitable for launching RIBs
from, with nearby parking. The most suitable are:
Saltash
Slipway:
is located under the Tamar Bridge (A38 to Plymouth road). There is a
nearby car park and on street parking although care should be taken
to prevent local access. Toilets, pubs and cafes
near by.
Looe
Millpool Car Park:
Located off the B3253 Looe -
Polperro
Road, on the West bank of the
Looe
River at the top of the Millpool car
park. Launching is possible 3 hours either side of high tide. Pay
and Display car park.
Downderry
Slipway: The slipway is located near to the centre
of the village. Going through the village from the west, pass the
Londis shop on your right and take the
next small road right. This takes you directly to the slipway. You
will need a four wheel drive vehicle and care is needed to avoid the
shallow rocks.
Whitsands
Bay:
offers no launch facilities, but offers excellent snorkelling or
shore diving in the shallows from places such as
Queener, Seaton or
Downderry, the latter offering the
Knight Errant Patch, a huge reef, the
Sherberterry Rocks and in 30ft(8m) the wreck of the clipper
Gipsy, lost in 1901.
Rame
Head
and
Cawsand
Bay
are best reached by boat, the former offering several cannon sites,
a rocky but interesting bottom, the
latter a large sandy, almost featureless bay within Plymouth Sound,
whose coastline round to Torpoint
embraces the dockyard entrance, where diving restrictions apply, and
is not recommended.
West
Looe
is the last but one practical launch site in the bay area, again
completely tidal and with frequent parking problems, whereas
Millendreath, a holiday village east of
Looe is seldom congested.
Millendreath Marine, on site, offers
compressed air and diver support, and the beach is excellent with
facilities for families. From here divers can easily reach the
s.s.
Rosehill, the submarine A-7,
s.s. White Rose, and the Liberty ship
James Egan Layne (1945), all of which reside in
Whitsand Bay
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Dive Services:
"Looe
Divers"
Island Court, Marine Drive, Hannafore,
Looe.
PL13 2DQ.
Tel (01503) 262727.
Jon Bass at Looe Divers offers a full
range of services to the diver. A 5 star PADI Career Development
Centre, with gas fills, dive trips, weekend breaks, training courses
and a well stocked shop.
"Whitsand
Bay Divers"
Seaton Beach, Looe Hill, Seaton, Nr
Torpoint.
PL11 3JQ
Tel: 01503 250875, Fax: 01503 250621
E-mail:
info@whitsandbaydivers.com
A
PADI Dive resort located on the Beach with
it's own Reef teaming with life. Open all
year offering Nitrox fills and clean air
to 350bar. Boat charters are available to dive The Scylla and James
Egan Lane wrecks plus other great dive sites, as well as a dive
school catering for the complete beginner through to entry level
professional diver certifications, The Dive Centre also offers a
Beach Café with a safe play area for children and car parking on
site. Seaton itself has a protected Countryside Park with riverside
woodland walks, great for the rest of the family!!!
E.S. Marine Services Ltd
Carthew
near St Austell.
Tel: 01726 851282
Email:
es_marine@hotmail.com
For all marine services, Diving spares, wetsuits, snorkels, air
cylinders,Outboard motors, repairs and servicing, new motors and
second hand motors for sale, boats and Ribs for sale.
Limpets Dive Club.
(Sub Aqua Association)
A Bodmin based club with a friendly
atmosphere toward beginners to the sport. All are welcome to the
training evenings held at the Lakeview Country club near
Lanivet Bodmin.
Meetings held on most
Thursday evenings at 9pm
For more information
Contact:
Ed Smith 01726 851282 or
Malcolm Frost on 01208
76804 .
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