The schedule below shows the events for this year. Social events and holidays are added throughout the year. If no dives are shown below, it means we have not yet published the plan for the current year (generally done in March/April with the dive season starting in May). To see last year's events, please click here.
Most shore and club boat diving takes place out of Swanage or Kimmeridge in Dorset with occasional trips on commercial charters out of Portland and trips further afield, for example to Porthkerris or abroad.
Club members can book spaces on any of these events - they get to see more information about each dive, including space availability and any last minute cancellations due to bad weather.
Events for 2026
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Dive Site Details for: Swanage Pier
The information below about this dive site has been put together by IPSAC members. If you would like to amend the details, please contact the Committee.
Type: Drift/Reef
Last visited: 01-01-2026
Depth: 4 m
Qual: 1
Summary: Shore dive.
Easy access into water via stone steps at high tide, or big stride in off platforms further along the pier.
If you are lucky, you can park on the pier, otherwise Broad Road car park is only 200m up the hill; gate staff (if you ask nicely!) will generally watch your kit.
Features: Lots of Sealife!
Schools of pollock with Bass. Pipe fish seen. Plenty of dead mans fingers. Tompot blenny hiding in the supports.
Black face blenny spotted on supports on the seabed, resident lobster, common prawns and Atlantic shrimp in the snakelocks anemones towards the far end of the structure.
Scorpionfish, cuttlefish, plaice occasionally seen.
Conger in the wall at the land end!
GPS location: 50 36.545N 01 57.027W
Use chart: Imray C4
Datum: WGS
Tidal Diamond: F
Dive Site Details for: Swanage Pier
The information below about this dive site has been put together by IPSAC members. If you would like to amend the details, please contact the Committee.
Type: Drift/Reef
Last visited: 01-01-2026
Depth: 4 m
Qual: 1
Summary: Shore dive.
Easy access into water via stone steps at high tide, or big stride in off platforms further along the pier.
If you are lucky, you can park on the pier, otherwise Broad Road car park is only 200m up the hill; gate staff (if you ask nicely!) will generally watch your kit.
Features: Lots of Sealife!
Schools of pollock with Bass. Pipe fish seen. Plenty of dead mans fingers. Tompot blenny hiding in the supports.
Black face blenny spotted on supports on the seabed, resident lobster, common prawns and Atlantic shrimp in the snakelocks anemones towards the far end of the structure.
Scorpionfish, cuttlefish, plaice occasionally seen.
Conger in the wall at the land end!
GPS location: 50 36.545N 01 57.027W
Use chart: Imray C4
Datum: WGS
Tidal Diamond: F