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Gorishoek De Blokken

Also known as: De Blokken · De Plaat · Gorishoek De Plaat · De Veenblokken

From the car park divers walk several hundred metres, about a quarter of an hour, across the drained flats of the Dortsman to the edge of the channel and then descend along the peat edge. The peat bottom, rare in Zeeland, slopes steeply towards the channel without dumped stones, and the blocks are colourful with orange anemones. Lobsters, crabs, nudibranchs, pouting, flatfish and bobtail squid live among them. The current is strong and can come from different directions during a dive, so precise planning around low-water slack is essential. Duikspotter advises inflating the jacket on the walk in, so that divers do not sink unexpectedly when they reach the peat edge.

Divesite facts

Level
Advanced
Categories
Reef
Typical depth range
Down to 25 m
Coordinates
51.5278, 4.0728

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Tags

reef peat blocks orange anemones lobsters nudibranchs pouting shore dive strong current

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