Diving

Plymouth sounds largest boat RibCraft.

Plymouth Sound BSAC is fortunate to have access to two Ribs which allow us to cater to different group sizes and dive site locations. Both Tornado and Ribcraft are stored at The Mount Batten Centre in the Club Headquarters.

Diving with Plymouth BSAC offers you year round diving and the chance to dive the lesser visited sites within a 20 mile limit of Plymouth Sound. Plymouth has a wonderful maritime heritage that stretches from the Bronze age to the present day that includes maritime and shipping, military and aircraft, fishing, industrial and transport, piers, docks and harbours as well as Roman and prehistoric sites.

Plan a Dive

We organise our diving through volunteer Dive Managers. The Dive Manager is the person who organises the day’s Diving activities.

Working alongside the clubs Diving Officer any member can become a Dive Manager and organise a dive.

The benefits of being a dive manager is you can pick the Dive Site, Day and time to suit your plans. That could be a Dive site you’ve not visited in ages or a new site which has been researched.

We can run a Diver Cox operation or a dedicated cox. All that is required is the ability to launch and recover the boats and good weather

If you don’t feel comfortable running your own dives. You can come and learn the ropes by becoming a club member.

Take a look at our Dive Manager guidance.

Plymouth Dive Sites

Wrecks

Glen Strathallan

The GSA lies just south of the eastern end of the breakwater, next to the Shagstone. It is very broken …

Pandora

Pandora – 50:19:875N – 05:28:585W This wreck is a bit of a mystery. It has never been officially identified despite …

SS Zone

SS Zone – 50:16:419N – 05:29:368W The SS Zone was a refrigerated cargo vessel that was on route from Boulogne …

Princess Royal

SS Princess Royal – 50:19:425N – 05:20:051W The SS Princess Royal was built by Caledon Shipbuilding in Dundee in 1912 …

Totnes Castle

Totnes Castle – 50°15,373 N – 03°58,810 W The Totnes Castle was a paddle steamer that took tourists between Totnes …

Reefs

West Rutts

West Rutts – 50 13.693 N – 04 05.279 W Not often dived – but should be. 2 blocks of …

Stoke Point

Stoke Point (around 50° 17.24 ’N 4° 1.30 ’W) The seabed off Stoke Point and to the west could well …

Mewstone Ledges

Mewstone Ledges (A large area to explore centred around 50°18.10 N, 4°6.28 W) A ten-minute RIB ride south from Plymouth …

Hilsea

HILSEA POINT ROCK: 50°17.305 N, 04°02.646 W Hilsea Point Rock is a popular scenic dive suitable for all grades of …

Hatt Rock

Hatt Rock (50°10.470 ’N, 04°29.180 W’) A 14 nm journey from Plymouth, a dive at Hatt Rock depends on favourable …

Technical

Not the Stockforce

Not the Stockforce – 50:09:806 N – 03:50:270 W This wreck was thought to be the Stockforce for many years …

East Point

East Point – 50:07:666 N – 04:00:461 W The East Point was a cargo ship that was built in 1901 …

Inner Patch Wrecks

The Inner Patch is an area that contains a group of 4 wrecks that lie about 5 miles SE (120°) …

Charlwood

Charlwood – 50 11.431N; 04 22.106W The Charlwood was an iron sailing barque built at Sunderland by William Doxford and …

Ambassador

Ambassador – 50:11:529 N – 03:49:782 W The Ambassador was a steel screw steamship of 2,572 tons, length 300 ft., …

Inland Dive Sites

Vobster

Vobster has to be one of the best known inland dive sites in the UK. We occasionally undertake a trek …

Delphy Pool

Delphy Pool Dive Centre is passionate about creating an extraordinary diving experience that pushes boundaries and unlocks the hidden depths …

Firestone Bay Scuba Diving

Firestone Bay has become an increasingly popular destination over the years and is frequented by family groups, swimmers, paddle boarders …

Remote dive sites

The Scillies

We have several members who regularly head to the Scillies for the fantastic diving it offers. There are countless wrecks …

Salcombe reefs

There’s lots of underwater places to check out from Salcombe. Out from the Salcombe sandbar there are shallow reefs, a …

Skaala

Skaala – 50°11,760 N – 03°49,703 W The Skaala is an excellent dive. The Skaala (Scale in English) was a Norwegian steamer …

Deep Wreck diving from Plymouth

As a club we have a group of active technical divers who regularly visit the deeper dive sites Plymouth has to offer.

These sites tend to be 50m plus and a little further offshore. Where possible we still use the Club RIBs as it offers flexibility, speed and is more cost efficient for members. Below are just some of the popular wrecks. Discover more deep wrecks in Plymouth’s Inner Patch of water.

Ambassador
Charlwood
East Point
Not the Stockforce

Other sites
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