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Information for Divers

If you or your club want to dive the Coronation Wreck Site here is the information you need

The site is fully protected and we operate a strict divers 'no taking' policy. Divers must not remove any items or marine life from the site at any time.

Diving the site without a licence is against the law



Please contact us if you would like to dive the site, and we will try to accommodate your visit. we need an absolute minimum 14 days notice for you to dive the site, and ideally a months notice.


Please wait for confirmation of approval before making your dive. if you can give us more notice, this is appreciated

There are several ways you can dive the wreck site. You can use your own boat, book a visit with the licensees or you can use a local charter boat. If you are not part of any organised club or group, you can still apply to dive the wreck, just email us the same, indicating that you would like a space on a boat, and we will send you details of the local charter boats schedules, so you can hop on with them when they are going out. If we get enough individual divers, we are more than happy to organise a boat to visit the site. During the summer months, we organise some 'Coronation Evenings' where we will take groups out for a more detailed tour.

Boat Instructions


Please note:
Strictly no anchoring on either site, shot lines to specific co-ordinates only.
(Details will be included with a successful application)

Please do not try to dive the site without permission!

Please use the email contact link in the page footer below for further information, or to arrange bookings.

Coronation Wreck Trail Video


Supported by Historic England a wreck tour video made by Street Sub Aqua Club and Plymouth University Professional Diving Team.

Edited by PT Bernardes, the video can be viewed

HERE

Coronation Wreck Visitors Guide




The currents at the Offshore site can be quite strong for divers. You can use this chart to plan your dive. In the table shown below, the direction and strength of the current is shown for each hour before and after the of High Water time at Devonport.



Time Ref to HW Plymouth Direction (Set) Drift Springs (Knts) Drift Neaps (Knts)
- 6 236° 0.7 0.4
- 5 264° 0.6 0.3
- 4 316° 0.6 0.3
- 3 031° 0.5 0.2
- 2 047° 0.7 0.4
-1 053° 1.0 0.5
HW 081° 1.0 0.5
+1 111° 0.8 0.4
+2 129° 0.3 0.1
+3 235° 0.3 0.1
+4 242° 0.8 0.4
+5 236° 0.8 0.4
+6 232° 0.9 0.5

Cost of Diving:

Although there is no charge to dive the site, we ask a contribution of £2.50 per diver, per day visit to the site. This contribution helps us to maintain the site, continue our research and enhance the outreach experience. Within your £2.50 donation we can provide guide maps of the 'Diver Trail' site (1 x map per 2 x £2.50 donation). Please request maps in your application to dive the site. These can be sent by 2nd Class post or collected in Plymouth.


Have you dived the Coronation in times past? ...... Then you can still Help!

If you dived the wreck, perhaps even before she was protected, then please tell us about anything interesting that you saw at the time.
Photographs are always welcome.

It would also help us to know if you had found an artefact at the site, before it was protected, and could supply any details and photographs so we can record the find in context. Even minor details can help us to understand more about her.