Jersey has one of the largest tidal movements in the world. 12m on a spring tide, which brings a variety of marine life to the Isalnd and gives us some of the most exhilarating drift diving available anywhere on the planet. Dolphins are a common sight on the way to dive sites and giant sunfish can be seen in the summer months. Tope, starry smoothounds and electric,thornback and undulated rays are amongst the regulars on drifts, along with cuttlefish, crabs and lobsters..
The Islands are surrounded by wrecks and reefs which are home to both hard and soft corals and covered in jewel, daisy, beadlet and snakelock anenomes. With depths in the various bays reaching only 12m and most wrecks in the 18-34m range, Jersey is ideal for both beginners and the more experienced diver.
| SHORE DIVES: | A SURFACE MARKER BOUY IS ESSENTIAL! | APPROX DEPTH |
| BEAUPORT | Pebble beach, best dived around high tide. sea kelp and plenty of marine life. | 0-10M |
| BONNE NUIT | Pier or Beach access. Lots of strawberry anenome around pier. Flat sandy bottom ideal for rays and flat fish. | 0-12M |
| BOULEY BAY | Slip way or pier access. A popular dive site. Plenty of marine life in and around bay. Dragon nets, cuttlefish and rays are comon. | 0-12M |
| QUAISNE | Best dived on high tide, great night dive site with red mullet and flat fish. | 0-8M |
| ROZEL BAY | Pretty divesite with lots of beadlet anenome and electric rays. Excellent DPV dive along the coast. | 0-12M |
| ST CATHERINES BREAKWATER | Sllipway access to this popular divesite along the breakwater. Big boulders hide huge wrasse and crustaceans and the odd devil scorpion fish. Lots of snakelock anenome and prawns. | 0-12M |
| WRECKS: | Just a few of the many wrecks around the Islands! | |
| ARMED TRAWLOR | Broken wreckage with a large boiler and easy to follow outlines. Home to many congor eels and shouls of pollock and pouting. | 18-26M |
| DAKOTA PLANE | Small amount of wing and engine block wreckage. good for a second dive to drift from. | 16-22M |
| HEINRICK HEY | Entact wreck near St Malo. Large bow guns make for a spectacular sight. | 26-34M |
| LA MAUVE | Purpose sunk in 93, maintainace boat 20m long. a small fishing vessel and ferry ramp sit close by. | 20-30M |
| M343 | German minesweeper with guns and depthcharges in place. Broken in two with smaller bow section sitting 5-8m away. | 22-32M |
| ROCK BARGE | Small barge used for transporting quarried rock, huge shoals of pollock and pouting. good to drift off. | 22-32M |
| SS HERON | Largely intact wreck discovered in 2003. Sank in 1961 transporting tomatos and lay undiscovered. Deteriorating quickly due to divers! | 22-30M |
| SS KRONWYK | Sank by the RAF in 1942. Carrying a cargo of bricks she now lays upside down with two impressive propellors on show and a large engine block. | 22-30M |
| SS SCHOKLAND | Sank after hitting a reef in 1943. 225ft long and still remarkably intact. Travelling with a cargo of cement bags and iron girders, which are still sitting in the holds, along with the odd German jack boot. | 24-32M |
| WALTER D'ARE | Sitting close to the Heinrick hey outside of St Malo. Broken in 2 after an allied attack but still in good shape. Holds large amounts of ordnance. | 26-34M |