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Location: Swanage Pier (England & Wales)
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1 Under the pier With 6 votes(s).
2 The Kyarra With 2 votes(s).

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Reviews:

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Visited Comments
July 2007 If you are looking for a site to cut your teeth for UK diving then the pier has to be it. There is so much life under there I never tire of it. Big mature lobsters, crabs, sea hares, pipefish, scorpion fish, mullet, seabass, blennies, anemonies, bibs.... Swanage is also a beautiful seaside town. Well worth a long weekend.
Date posted: 18-Oct-2007 15:21 by: Fishboy
July 2004 Swanage Pier is a nice bimble dive, ideal for begininers, testing kit and natural light photography. Nice dive.
Date posted: 29-May-2007 22:56 by: neatdiver
April 2005 A great night dive, realy good time, lobsters, rays eels, and other fish and lots of crabs
Date posted: 13-May-2007 18:53 by: alan j
July 2005 Kyarra was good. On the boat with soem treasure hunters, they came up with perfume bottles and bottle os wine. Pier was okay Fleur de Lys boring after ten minutes.
Date posted: 03-Feb-2007 19:05 by: nightmair
August 2005 Launch for boats just along from Swanage pier. A huge wreck which you need more than one dive to explore properly!
Date posted: 14-Jun-2006 16:23 by: kerry
January 2006 Loads of typical shallow-dwelling british fish to be found, as well as crabs and lobsters.
Date posted: 24-Jan-2006 12:55 by: Chris
October 2005 Good second dive or gentle bimble, lots to see and differant every dive. I also find it crowded in summer.Great wrecks near by.
Date posted: 14-Dec-2005 18:25 by: Hoosey
May 2005 Great training and try out/kit test place but can be very crowded on a summer weekend.
Date posted: 25-Nov-2005 21:27 by: Jon


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