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UK Diving

Romsey SAC dives regularly in the UK. UK diving can be challenging, and the support of a club is key to successful diving. Hidden beneath the waves is a spectacular — and unexpectedly rich — marine environment. Romsey SAC regards the south coast as extremely important marine habitat. Here, the sea is teeming with life, including the kind of marine species one usually associates with more exotic waters. In general, the UK has 24 species of whale and dolphin, cold water corals, kelp forests, hundreds of varieties of fish and almost half Europe’s breeding seabirds. There are some amazing underwater habitats off the British Isles supporting an incredible variety of marine life, but it’s out of sight and out of mind.

Diving Abroad

Romsey SAC has travelled far, and organises trip abroad to visit some of the world most exotic underwater environments, from the West Indies, Pacific, South Atlantic and the Coral reefs of Egypt. Corals are literally the cradle of life for the oceans. On the ocean floor, these animals provide shelter, protection from strong currents, protection from predators, nurseries for young fish, feeding areas, spawning areas, resting areas, and breeding areas for a host of other marine life. The ocean floor consists of a patchwork of habitats including smooth sand, mud, rocky ridges, deep-sea canyons, and undersea mountains. The incredible variety of life in the oceans—most of which is found near the bottom of the sea—is especially concentrated around sea floor structures like gravel, boulders, crevices, rock pinnacles, overhangs and living habitat created by animals such as sea anemones, sponges and deep sea coral.

Photographers

Thanks for the pictures goes to:

• Simon Dootson's Mate
• Andrew Hodge
• Paul Shill
• Simon Dootson
• Paul Reilly
• Clare Hadley