ZOETERSBOUT 26
Nederland, Zeeland
Zoetersbout is a very accessible dive site in the Oosterschelde, while there's hardly any current. Dive along side the heavily vegetated embankment wall which is inhabited by lobsters, crabs and eels. But there's more. Depending on the season also mullets and nudibranches can be spotted.
Particulars
Park by the road side. Then enter the water of Zoetersbout from the shore. Start your dive on the sandy bottom in front of the entry point. Gobies, dragonets and young cuttlefish congregate here at the end of the summer, while big, approachable sea bass gather to the left of the pier. Most dives in Zoetersbout are made around the pier.
Warnings
Zoetersbout has a difficult entry at low tide. Boating channel, don’t make free ascents. You can dive to the left or right. Preferably dive right, in southwest direction. You will then be in less danger of shipping. There may be professional fishing gear
ZOETERSBOUT Divemaps 1
- Divers Guide Map
- Detailed map
- Wreck map
- Local map
Distribution is illegal
ZOETERSBOUT Features
- Nicknames
- Zoetersbout Zijpe
- Address
- Kruising Zijpseweg / Zuidweg, Bruinisse
- Parking
- Parking at T-junction keep access to pasture free
- Distance
- 150 m.
- Suitable for
- Groups, inexperienced Oosterschelde divers (Open Water) under supervision, underwater photography, experienced oosterschelde divers , night diving, all levels
- Permit
- N.v.t. / NA
- Access
- Free access
- Facilities
- Stairs, divers stairs, picknick table
- Water
- Salt
- Tide
- LW, HW en daarbuiten
- Kind of dive
- Shore dive
- Current
- Limited, variable
- Visibility
- 1 - 5 m.
- Average visibility
- 3 m.
- Depth
- 40 m.
- Bottom
- zand, oesterbanken, stortsteen
- Life
- Common hermit crab, colony forming sea squirt, eel, catfish, lumpfish, sea bass, seahorse , thicklip grey mullet, fourline nudibranch
- Other recreation
- Biking, rambling, fishing
- Emergency
- 112