Real Life

Gerald Legg · Issue 102, May/Jun 2018 · pp. 59

Products mentioned: Olympus E30, Olympus Zuiko digital 14-42mm 1:3.5-5.6, Ikelite housing, Nikonos SB 105 strobe

Bognor Rocks, and the close by Barn Rocks and Waldrons Reefs, Sussex, consist of low lying fossil rich reefs of calcareous sandstone in the London Clay 0-25 to 2 m high that curve out from the beach west of Bognor Regis to a little over 1 km off shore. This can be a shore dive (shallow at low water!), but a boat makes it easier to get further out with diving at high water gives 6-8 m. Associated with these rocks, approximately five km offshore, is the Waldrons (or Waldrens) Reef a designated site of marine conservation interest. The surrounding seabed consists of rippled sand with exposures of clay,boulders, cobbles, pebbles gravel and sand. The reefs are undercut with crevices,gullies, overhangs and small caves offering refugia for many marine animals including lobsters, crabs and several fish species. Real Life by Gerald Legg www.mulberrydivers.co.uk www.chelifer.com/?page_id=2592 ISO …