Challaborough

• Sat 13th June to Sat 20th June 2009
• Organiser: Chris Scott
• Location: Devon

Divers by caravan

• Chris S.
• Suzie, Dennis and Polly
• Ian, Dave S. and Tim
• Jim, Adrian, Alan and Sarah
• Chris and Pete
• Amanda, Bev and Alex
• Dave W., Helen, Sam and Franck
• Simon

Description

This has been a regular trip site for about 20 years. We stay in caravans at the Challaborough Bay Holiday Park, now part of Parkdean Holiday company. The bay is about 10 miles East of Plymouth. It has a sandy beach with area for boat launching which require using a 4x4 vehicle or the local dive club tractor (arrangement necessary).

Burgh Island is a popular dive site, especially for shallower second dives. Lois Shied is a well broken-up wreck in 6 to 9 meters. The Persier and Oregan are 2 wrecks nearby. Reefs are Hilsea Point Rocks and The Rutts. When bad weather comes from the south west, we have often travelled to Hallsands (South of Dartmouth) for sheltered diving. Plymouth is another option.

Accommodation

If you are interested in coming contact Chris Scott for accommodation details. If you wish to come on your own then ask around to find who else is in the same situation and wants to share.

For caravans, bed linen are supplied for the numbers named for each unit. Towels and other bathroom and kitchen requisites are not supplied – ie washing-up liquid, loo rolls during the week, etc

Extra information

There are no number limits for this trip but you do have to do some of the organising for yourselves. It is not really a weekend trip as the boats won't arrive until Saturday and generally we can't get in the caravans early enough to be able to launch in the afternoon. Its quite a long journey so if you can't stay fot the week I would aim for at least 3/4 days.

Dive plan

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Day	Site	Depth (m)	Min Grade	Depart
				Assemble On beach	Depart beach
Saturday June 13	Travel to Challaborough No diving planned
Marshals
Sunday June 14	Persier   Smith’s Gulley	30m   10-25m	SD   OD	9.00   14.00	9.30   14.30
Marshals assist	Pete & Chris Willey Jim & Franck
Monday June 15	Hilsea Point   Louis Shied or Burgh Isl.	12-30m   6-9m	OD   OD	9.00   14.00	9.30   14.30
Marshals assist	Sam Wenham Dave Williams
Tuesday June 16	East Rutts   Maine	15-30m   30m	OD   SD	08.00   13.00	08.30   13.30
Marshals assist	Dennis & Suzie Wenham Bev & Alex
Wednesday June 17	Oregon   Reef Survey	35m   10-25m	SD   OD	08.30   13.00	9.00   13.30
Marshals	Ian Thorburn Helen
Thursday June 18	Maine   West Pinnacle drift dive	30m   18-21m	SD   OD	9.00   14.00	9.30   14.30
Marshals	Dave Smith Adrian & Amanda
Friday June 19	Persier   Hilsea point or Burgh Isl	30m   12-20m	SD   OD	8.00   13.00	8.30   13.30
Marshals	Ian Thorburn Alan

Some pictures

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Maps/Location

The post code for the site is TQ7 4HU. Useful maps are OS Landranger series map 202 covering Torbay & South Dartmoor area. Also OS Outdoor Leisure map 20 covering Brixham to Newton Ferrers.

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