Wreck-history page with depth and visibility notes.
United Kingdom · Sussex Coast (Brighton, Eastbourne and Selsey)
Accessible Selsey wreck with scattered cargo and good fish life.
Accessible Selsey wreck with scattered cargo and good fish life.
Shirala is a broken-up offshore wreck off Selsey that rewards boat dives and tide-aware planning. It is a compact wreck swim rather than a big intact hull, with scattered cargo remains and regular crabs, lobsters, bib and conger eels for divers who want a well-known Sussex wreck with a clear historical backstory and slack-window planning.
Site Conditions
Safety Notes
Keep the dive compact and plan the timing carefully; the wreck is broken up and offshore, so conditions matter more than penetration.
Community notes to help plan your visit.
Scuba Diving
A broken-up wreck with enough structure to keep the swim interesting while staying readable on a single pass.
Freediving
Not a practical freedive target.
Snorkeling
Not a snorkel site; it sits offshore as a scuba wreck.
Species commonly reported at this site, with direct links into their wildlife guides.
Conservative baseline from public research. No community dives logged yet.
Last Updated
Research Sources
Wreck-history page with depth and visibility notes.
Local dive-centre page that references Shirala in its Sussex wreck program.
Destination Selsey heritage page covering Shirala and the local wrecking context.
Club dive report noting slack-tide planning and 5-7m visibility on Shirala day.
Sussex wreck list showing Shirala at 24m offshore from Littlehampton/Selsey.

Popular offshore wreck off Sussex with readable naval features.

Historic upside-down wreck off the Owers

Boat-accessed drift reef southeast of Bognor Regis.