BRITISH BEACH-LIFE SPLIT SHOTS

UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life. Now the sun is finally shining and summer is almost here British holiday-makers flocked to the coast to enjoy the balmy weather by the sea.From the classic bucket and spade shot with a crab lurking under the waves, to a jellyfish underwater with the famous Jurassic cliffs of Dorset looming overhead, these pictures show the seaside in an opening way. Marine Biologist Andrew Pearson, 31, from Southampton visited Kimmeridge beach in Dorset.

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