The Reef - snorkel on North Norfolk's chalk reef - snorkelling in the UK

[@silentrabbit247]

Great place for snorkeling, England's Great barrier Reef ! Didn't know about that reef, enjoyed your video, thanks.

[@DaleDays-bo6jy]

Great Video. I have been to Sheringham and didn't realise there was this beautiful reef just offshore.

[@KEVWARD63]

Great video , thanks for posting. The whole of the North Norfolk AONB should be an enforced Marine Conservation Zone

[@LiamJFord]

Stunning shots, so lucky to have this so close.

[@daanvanoldeniel9188]

Magnificent content and story telling. Greeting from the Netherlands.

[@TheJonah67]

Thanks Chris, thoroughly enjoyed that.

[@Slapyousilly1]

love this, beautiful camera work and great narration.

[@anthonybedford8553]

Great informative commentary mate, cheers and happy snorkeling.

[@christaylorphoto]

Thank you Anthony, looking forward to the water clearing again!

[@omibowers1219]

Fantastic video!!

[@chrismccartney8668]

Excellent Video knew it was there but not seen it well filmed

[@tubadude905]

Amazing video and narration...well done Chris.

[@ward475]

A fantastic video, Chris

[@NOVUSuk]

Awesome video

[@lprtravel]

Stunning

[@FLOOPC]

Amazing video 👍👏👏

[@suewelfare9154]

absolutely fantastic

[@craigelkin8628]

I want to know and see much more about this

[@hortic07]

Well done, another great video

[@optimisticgal]

Fascinating thanks! Great place!

[@juvenilegolden]

I'm moving to Norfolk soon. Hoping to take up the hobby myself.

[@clivewagner]

Hi Chris, good to bump into you at the lifeboat station last week. I just watched the Reef, some really nice footage in there, I see what you meant about the visibility - really good for the uk. Best wishes Clive

[@christaylorphoto]

Hi Clive, good to see you too, thank you!

[@eastangliandiver]

Fantastic video! Such a beautiful place.

[@mrcambs1]

Wow. great video Chris. I'm based in Peterborough and have wanted to dive that reef for a while. I'll raise it with my BSAC club. What underwater kit do you use?

[@christaylorphoto]

Thanks again! I generally just snorkel it - super shallow at low tide but it does require very calm conditions and we generally only get a weather window where the vis is worth snorkelling a handful of times a year in July/Aug/Sept.

[@christaylorphoto]

Although the divers do go out further (shore or boat dives) and often dive and get good results when it's too stirred up inshore.

[@ItsBigJC]

I’m a soldier in Norfolk and I would love to get out snorkelling in places like this - if anyone regularly goes I would love to come with. Novice and new to snorkelling I would love to get out with someone with knowledge and experience.

[@martinrooth4644]

I’m also a novice.I live just north of Norwich.Would also love to experience this. If you don’t get a better offer I’d be up for accompanying you.

[@ItsBigJC]

@@martinrooth4644 awesome mate - I’d love to . Il make an email contact I won’t mind putting on here. It would be cool to go with a few who know the best locations. I’m going to kayak and paddle board it this summer too

[@martinrooth4644]

Hey Jonny, Had a trip out there this morning. Absolutely stunning.

[@TheNewMediaoftheDawn]

That’s a pretty environment.

[@theotheq]

Is there a way to know when visibility is good?

[@christaylorphoto]

Just needs very calm water for 2-3 days minimum. If you are able to use one of the surf forecast apps like Surfline and see that Sheringham shows as Flat for a few consecutive days then there’s a chance the vis will be good but it only takes the slightest swell/offshore wind to stir it up again.

[@woodfarmnorfolk]

Thank you, Chris. Eye opening! Is it possible to predict the most likely weeks when it’s possible to see the reef in all it’s glory?

[@christaylorphoto]

Not really, it just needs to be very calm for a few days but only takes the slightest swell for it to be all stirred up again. I generally try to give a bit of a warning when it might be getting good on my FB page if you wanted to follow?

[@negativentry]

@@christaylorphoto Hi Chris, how do you setup your weights ? Do you put sand into your diving belt ?

[@christaylorphoto]

@@negativentry Hi, I have some lead diving weights and a couple of bags of lead shot

[@CharlieSpencers]

Outstanding work all around. I must ask how you got the macro shots to be so still? I use a TG-6 and there’s always a bit of shake in each video. Is it auto-stabilisation or later editing?

[@christaylorphoto]

Thank you James! Depending on the camera abilities I use in camera stabilisation and shoot at 50fps so it can be slowed down to half speed in edit and then also will sometimes use stabilisation in Final Cut Pro to further smooth it out. The GH5 is great for this as it has IBIS plus the lens has IS and I can shoot 50fps at 4K so there's lots of options for taking out some of the shake!

[@jodu626]

obviously it’s a marine conservation area but does that mean you can’t take lobsters or crabs by hand?

[@christaylorphoto]

As long as they meet the minimum legal landing sizes then I believe you can.