Scuba Diving on Devon's English Riviera
PUBLISHED: 12:30 08 April 2011 | UPDATED: 19:09 20 February 2013

Scuba Diving on Devon's English Riviera
The new English Riviera Tourism Company headed by Carolyn Custerson is actively promoting the fabulous English Riviera Global Geopark, South Devon as a important destination for scuba diving.
The new English Riviera Tourism Company headed by Carolyn Custerson is actively promoting the fabulous English Riviera Global Geopark, South Devon as a important destination for scuba diving.
The English Riviera, home to the coastal towns of Torquay, Brixham, Paignton and Babbacombe is one of very few worldwide destinations designated a Global Geopark.
The GlobalGeopark status recognises the bays remarkable marine ecology, a great diversity of underwater species inhabit the reefs, seagrass beds and submarine caves; these include the short snouted seahorse, jewel and snakelock anemone and the spectacular cuttlefish. You will find a myriad of species above and below the waterline. Seals, dolphins, guillemots, razorbills and even seahorses can be found here. Below the waves a magical domain of anemones, corals and hydroids, crabs, shrimps and sea spiders, conger eels, John Dory, dogfish, nudibranchs, basking sharks and much more.
Dive centre: Divers Down, 139 Babbacombe Road, Torquay, Devon TQ1 3SR Tel: 01803-327111 E-mail: info@diversdown.co.uk
Website: www.diversdown.co.uk