Durdle Door
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About this site
Durdle Door is a reef dive around the famous Durdle Door arch, to a listed depth of 25 metres. The dive runs between 12 and 25 metres over a rocky reef that is fairly sheltered from waves and currents underwater.
There is lots of life on the rocky reef, and lobsters, crabs and dogfish are common here. If conditions are right, it is possible to start the dive in Lulworth Cove and swim under the arch.
Currents can take divers in either direction, so a deployed surface marker is essential.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Edible CrabCancer pagurusReported here · unconfirmed
Twin FanwormBispira volutacornisReported here · unconfirmed
Velvet Swimming CrabNecora puberReported here · unconfirmed
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