DICKYS PLACE 79A
Nederland, Zeeland
Dicky's Place, also called the Sluis or Tholen's Gemaal, is known for its beautifully overgrown peat blocks. You have to swim out a bit to reach some depth at Dicky's Place. The peat blocks start at a depth of 6 meters. The blocks are quite small at this location and home to lots of small marine life. More at depth, at about 15 meters, the blocks become much larger. They are beautifully overgrown with brick anemones. Dicky's Place is a good alternative to the often crowded dive site, Vuilnisbelt. It's easiest to enter Dicky's Place at high tide. You do have a better chance of good visibility at low tide.
Particulars
Dicky's Place is a shore dive site. Walk along the cycle path through the nature reserve, past the spot hut for birdwatchers. Then cross the dyke via the concrete steps. On your right, you'll see the dams of a former pumping station. Enter the water there. Then swim from the entry point straight across the gradually sloping sandy bottom. Concentrate on the overgrown oyster banks and look carefully between the peat blocks, there are lobsters hiding in the crevices and burrows.
Warnings
Do not dive at Dicky's Place when there are fishing boats are present. Dicky's Place is located in a fishing area. Slope can be slippery at low tide. Long walk from the car park. Best visibility at low tide. Dicky's Place is reached through a nature reser
DICKYS PLACE Divemaps 1
- Divers Guide Map
- Detailed map
- Wreck map
- Local map
Distribution is illegal
DICKYS PLACE Features
- Nicknames
- Gemaal van Tholen,De Sluis
- Address
- Kruising Platteweg, Zeedijk, Scherpenisse
- Parking
- Limited parking
- Distance
- 550 m.
- Suitable for
- Beginners (with guidance), experienced divers
- Permit
- N.v.t. / NA
- Access
- Free access
- Facilities
- Small bench
- Water
- Salt
- Tide
- LW en HW
- Kind of dive
- Shore dive, boat dive
- Current
- Medium
- Visibility
- 1 - 5 m.
- Average visibility
- 3 m.
- Depth
- 20 m.
- Bottom
- veenblokken,oesters en zand,steenstort
- Life
- Plumose anemone, crab, lobster, eel, catfish, butterfish, wrasse, sculpin, sludge anemone, Goniodoris castanea (sea slug), flatfish, common hermit crab, fourline nudibranch, sea moss or bryozoan or sea-mat, blenny, starfish, common whelk or waved buccinum, pouting, flatworm, satin snail sponge
- Other recreation
- Biking, fishing , rambling
- Emergency
- 112