North Sea Dreams - snorkelling on the Norfolk coast

Most years we are lucky enough to have some really calm weather over the summer while allows the sediment to drop out of the water resulting in great visibility for snorkelling on the North Norfolk coast.This week has been one of those times and I've tried to get out there at low tide as much as I can to take in the beauty of the ecosystem that is the unique North Norfolk Chalk Reef.  As you can see from the short film and photos below it is a really magical place, teeming with marine life across the whole spectrum of colours.The reef stretches approx 20 miles along the North Norfolk coast, dubbed 'The Great Barrier Reef of Britain', it is the longest chalk reef in the world and a designated Marine Conservation Zone.People are always amazed to see the variety of life only a stone's throw away from the sandy beach, the safe waters off our coast at this time of year mean that the reef is accessible to anyone with a mask & snorkel.The still photos below were shot on the new Olympus TG-6 - an incredible compact underwater camera.  Most of the wider video footage was filmed on a GoPro Hero 7 Black - the stabilisation on this little camera is just amazing although the picture quality underwater doesn't compare to the TG-6. UPDATE:  Nice to see that my pics have been picked up and are currently on the BBC News site here, also on The Metro site here, and I was pleased to see the shots made the front cover of yesterday's EDP and pages 2 & 3, that's a lot of fuss about some crabs & lobsters!Here's the film: And finally a couple of shots of me in action, admittedly taken on a much murkier day than the one in which I captured all of the shots above!