Wales Best of the West - Episode 1: Porth Ysgaden

Wales Best of the West

In this series about diving & marine life we explore the Welsh coast where we head to two dive sites in North Wales on the Llŷn Peninsula and two dive sites in Pembrokeshire in South Wales. The sites were chosen due to them having diverse range of habitats and species.

Tune in weekly to find out more about the marine life found off the Welsh coast and how the sites change when diving both day and night. We also bring light to new technologies to reveal more about the underwater world.

Episode 1 Porth Ysgaden, North Wales -

Porth Ysgaden is a shallow bay situated on the North coast of Pen Llŷn. The bay barely gets deeper than 9m making it perfect for training and personally a location I dive most often and learnt to dive in. The bay may be shallow and small but it certainly didn’t disappoint. Exploring the range of seaweed species, kelp parks, gullies and patches of clean sand you can find a diverse range of marine life from macro nudibranchs (sea slugs) up to Catsharks patrolling the reefs.

Feb 16 - Episode 2: Porthdinllaen, Pen Llŷn
Feb 23 - Episode 3: Martins Haven, Pembrokeshire
Mar 2 - Episode 4: Stackpole, Pembrokeshire