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Maps of Cornwall :

The Ordnance Survey publishes the Explorer series of maps which are ideal for walkers. Scale 1 : 25 000 2.5 inches to 1 mile/ 4cm to 1km. Available in local bookshops or click on the links below to order online.

Those covering Cornwall:

• 102 Land's End, Penzance and St Ives
  
  
• 103 The Lizard, Falmouth and Helston
  
  
• 104 Redruth and St Agnes
  
  
• 105 Falmouth and Mevagissey
  
  
• 106 Newquay and Padstow
  
  
• 107 St.Austell and Liskeard
  
  
• 108 Lower Tamar Valley and Plymouth
  
  
• 109 Bodmin Moor
  
  
• 111 Bude, Boscastle and Tintagel
  
  
• 112 Launceston and Holsworthy. Roadford Lake
  
  
• 126 Clovelly and Hartland
  
  

Map of Isles of Scilly:

Diving

Cornwall is the favourite destination for diving in the UK. With its wealth of sea life and more than its share of ship wrecks, Cornwall is the ideal place for a diving holiday or for learning to dive. Whether you're below the water or above it, you'll find Cornwall's scenery to be breathtaking and spectacular. With over 50 shipwrecks in the Mounts Bay area alone, Cornwall can offer divers the opportunity to discover another world and maybe to discover their own wreck.

©Mike George, Undersea Adventures

Ships have been wrecked along the Cornish coastline for many hundreds of
years. As early as 1649 The Garland, which was carrying the young Charles II
wardrobe was forced onto a reef near St Ives during a fierce storm.

Coincidently, it was the day his father was being executed. It took three days to rescue the only remaining survivors - a dog, one man and a boy. The
remaining 58 crew perished at the hands of the storm.

Dolphins, seals and and a wonderful array of amazing sea life are yet another reason for visiting the sub marine environment around Cornwall.

Pods of dolphins regularly visit divers, swimmers and surfers as these
wonderfully inquisitive and intelligent creatures share their love of playing in the water with their human counterparts.

© Mike George, Undersea Adventures

© Undersea Adventures

Leatherback and Green Turtles are often seen and the Ocean Sunfish is a regular visitor to Cornish waters. All five British species of Pipe fish can be found on the Cornish coast. Add to this the undersea world of the resident marine population of plants and animals with starfish, sponges and anemones, and you can imagine the experience that is waiting for you on your diving holiday in Cornwall.

The photos on this page are published courtesy of Undersea Adventures,
PADI 5* Dive Centre offering a range of facilities from learning to dive
courses to packages for experienced divers.

Undersea Adventures also stocks a full range of professional diving
equipment in their online store www.watersportswarehouse.co.uk .
Contact: Undersea Adventures,
7 Hayle Industrial Park, Hayle, Cornwall. TR27 5JR United Kingdom.
Phone +44 (0)1736 751066, Fax +44 (0)1736 751067
Email: team@undersea.co.uk

For more information: www.undersea.co.uk

Sightings of marine animals particularly Dolphins, Seals, Turtles and rare fish are listed in the Seaquest Southwest recording project which is run jointly by the Devon and Cornwall Wildlife Trusts.

For more information: www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk

The increasing warmth of the waters around Cornwall is encouraging what
would normally be rare and infrequent sea life to visit and remain in Cornwall's waters.

Species normally found in Mediterranean and tropical waters are becoming a common site around Cornwall.

For more information:

Books:
Books can be purchased online by clicking on the links below :

• Scuba Diving D.Graver



• Diver Guide: Dive South Cornwall (Diver Guides)



• Dive the Isles of Scilly and North Cornwall: A Diver Guide

For other items of diving interest please click on the following link:

Diving

Online Diving Resources and monthly Diving Magazines:

www.ukdiving.co.uk

www.diveindex.com

www.divernet.com/travel/keris697

www.padi.com

www.divernet.com

www.mcsuk.org

www.millennium-debate.org/ind15july02

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