This is a working beach as well as being the launching area of the lifeboat an SMB must be deployed between buddies at all times when in the water. Do not dive immediately in front off the new Lifeboat Station.  In the past, a lifeboat launch has had to be cancelled due to divers in the wrong place and without an SMB.

Please don’t let this happen again.

The maximum depth for the dive is around 6-8m.

Slack water is around 4 hours before high water Portsmouth (or Selsey Bill) and 3 hours after. The best dive for visibility is on the 3 hours after. Neap tides offer the better and longer slack.

As this site is exposed, when the wind is blowing onshore, the waves can make it dangerous to get in and out of the sea. For this reason, it is best dived with westerly to northerly winds. Avoid diving with an easterly or south-easterly wind.

Sadly, the old Lifeboat Station has now been removed as well as all the struts, however there are a few items on the seabed where it used to be.

When the pier was there, it was possible to see just how much the current runs along this shore, please get the tides & timings right, or you’ll have a long walk back to the car at best.

Top Tip watch the boats they will start to turn at slack tide…..

The stony beach can make it a challenge after the dive.

The Lifeboat Inn is very popular re-hydration spot at the pub provides an excellent place to debrief after the dive and to complete your logbooks before heading home.