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Quite a silty dives site, Good bouancy control required. Have seen Thornback Rays (Raja clavata) here in the shallows.



Drishaig is also known as Drishaig Reef.

Drishaig

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Cairndow View

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Council Yard



A lot of parking room at this site, Be sure too allow access for the housing to the SW.

Seal Reef is also known as St. Catherines #2.

Seal Reef



Please dont' park in front of the houses parking in front of the MOD building is no longer possible, although you can drop off kit and park at the top of the road. 

MOD Reef

A boat wreck at this site, Not much Life on or around it though.



Creggans Pier

Usual Loch sealife of squat lobsters, anemones, small wrasse, dogfish, blennies, edible crabs etc. Lots of decaying crap like a car roof, washing machine, corrugated metal. Big gnome collection midway through dive. All upright and in good nick. Finish dive when wall ends and you are in a gently sloping bay to the south (to the right) of the houses. Easy exit through kelp onto a shingle beach. Obviously, you could do the dive from south to north - hence the THERE AND BACK name sometimes given to this dive.

Loch Fyne. Park at the space on the right looking down towards Kenmore village there is space for 5 cars. Before the houses turn left down to the bay. Kit up on the rocks on the right and head out to the left. Underwater, turn left and head out to 16 meters, this is the top of the cliff face.

Kenmore Point

Probably the best scenic dive in the Clyde and its Sea Lochs.

Loch Fyne.
Leaving Glasgow on the A82 turn left at Tarbet onto the A83, through Arrocher and over the rest and be thankfull and through Inveraray turn left into furnace. Double back up the Loch in a northerly direction, taking the old road that runs through / past the quarry and heads back up in the direction of Inverary again. Follow the track for approximately 1-2 miles until you see a little road running off down to your right. This is steep and ill-maintained and about 20 yards long, terminating in a small car park area suitable for about 4 vehicles. Walk down through the trees to the shore (about 60 meters ). This is a steep, muddy, rocky path. It can be treacherous. Be wary if you are not dive-fit. At the shoreline in all but high water you should be able to see Stallion Rock breaking the surface just out in front of you. There is a little rocky area where you enter the water. Swim out and slightly to the left about 5m over the shallow shelf until you reach the drop-off. The cliff is straight down and drops to about 35-40m. Or by boat using GPS and echo sounder. Beware as pinnacle just breaks the surface at low tide.

Stallion Rock

Very popular Loch Long dive site and easy to see why. The shore access is particularly good, especially when compared to some other sites in the area (i.e. Twin Piers or The Caves). Parking is available further along the road or you can pull in near the dive site (again, beware the traffic on the road at this site).

Follow the rocks from the shore out and down to 6m, turn left and travel parallel to the shore working your way down to 16-20m to meet the bottom of the first reef. From here either start working your way along the reef or head down to the second reef. A good boulder reef for finding Conger Eels, Edible Crabs, Balin Wrasse, the occasional Lobster and the usual sea loch creatures (squat lobsters, hermits, velvet swimming crabs, starfish etc.). Rocks are covered in peacock worms, sea squirts, plumrose anemones and sea loch anemones.

Easy shore access. Beware the traffic on the road as it's the only straight section for a while and popular place for overtaking.

Conger Ali is also known as Conger Alley, Artgarten Reef, Conger reef, Ali's reef, Jenny's reef, Ardgartan reef.

Conger Ali

Shares lay-by parking with Conger Alley though access isn't as easy. From the shore head out between the two remaining sections of the piers, down to 6m and turn left. Follow the shoreline and head towards your desired depth. Pass the skeleton of a little boat around 18m and hit the boulder reef a short distance later.

Conger Eels are very common here, as are Edible Crabs, Dogfish and the usual sea loch life.

Climb down the wall onto the shore.

Twin Piers

Almost a wall dive with large outcrops of rock. Tops of the rocks are generally covered with Plumrose Anemones.

Enter the water and head left along the wall. Max depth around 35m with a sandy bottom and a few Fireworks Anemones. Popular site for Edible Crabs and some fish.

Shore fishing is popular at this site and nearby so keep an eye out for fishing line. A good pair of shears come in handy when releasing the Edible Crabs who often get tangled in the fishing line.

Parking either side of the little bridge. Kit up and head under the road through the culvert and down the rocks to the shore. Not an easy access but the addition of some ropes through the culvert and some cemented steps on the rocks does help.

Drishaig

Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at Drishaig