Far Mulberry Unit, Outer Mulberry

History: The Far Mulberry was built as part of the temporary harbour walls used during the D-Day landings, but this unit never made it as far as France. The Mulberry is located about three miles off Pagham, near Bognor Regis and rests in an east-west direction covering a distance of about 45 metres (140 feet). Made out of reinforced concrete that has gradually degraded over time, leaving sharp metal spikes protruding from them in places that would easily puncture and stab a wetsuit or drysuit so make sure your buoyancy is under control.

Scuba Diving: The Far Mulberry is a great wreck dive for every level of diver, and only a short boat trip from one of the local boat charters. I always use Mulberry Divers or Southern coast charter, with trips out to the Mulberry taking approx. 20min from East Beach Selsey. Once at the shot you make your decent down onto a sandy sea bed at approx. 12m, visibility on this wreck can be anything from 1 - 10+ meters depending on recent weather conditions.

Once at the bottom you can follow a mooring chain and line, which leads you straight to the wreck (always check with the skipper if your not sure) once at the wreckage I head out keeping the Far Mulberry on my right shoulder until I get back to the beginning, fish life on this dive site is amazing and most local fisherman treat this site with respect, however fish line, lobster pots and netting sometimes appear.