| Shoredive from the Coast
Chesil Cove is also a haven for scuba divers, who flock from around Britain to dive it. The cove being a reasonably shallow (10 to 15 metre / 33 to 50 feet) shore dive, which suffers little from tidal current, is an ideal site for increasing the experience of trainee divers. The cove has an interesting selection of south coast marine life such as nudibranch, dogfish, spider crab, lobster, cuttle fish, pipefish and John Dory.
In the age of sail Portland was a barrier preventing the escape of sailing ships from the lee shore; the prevailing wind is from the south west and and the cove is deep in the eastern end of the Lyme Bay so many trapped ships came ashore there. Although there have been many shipwrecks in the cove, few significant divable remains exist close to the beach due to its exposure to strong waves
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