Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Scottish Borders

I've heard that there is a wreck quite close to the shore? Will update after my fist visit here From carpark, shore or harbour wall entry

As a conservation site, you will find plenty of wildlife for the viewing. The sea bed is primarily pebbly, and there are plenty of gully's for the exploring. A small islet can be reached and circled for the more adventurous diver. Head to Eyemouth Golf Course, Passing there you come to the harbour where Aquastars Dive Shop is located. From here go up the gravel bank on the seaward side. Here you can park your car, walk down the path to the entry point.

Cathedral Rock is part of the reef that runs perpendicular to the corner of St Abbs harbour wall, known locally as Thistly Briggs. The 'rock' of Cathedral Rock is never visible, even at the lowest of tides, and many divers actually mistake a reef close by for it. Underwater, the wall falls away and is deeply undercut by horizontal strata lines eroded away by the movement of the water, and now filled with squat lobsters and leopard-spotted gobies. The top tunnel is known as the Keyhole, and during the diving season there is often so much trapped air in one of the small upper recesses that you can 'surface' and have a chat with your buddy while still 8m underwater. The lower tunnel archway is massive-of double-decker-bus proportions-with a stony bottom directly under the arch, and a tumble of boulders at each side. St Abbs. The best access to dive Cathedral Rock is from the southern side of the harbour wall where the wall joins a low, rocky reef. Directly opposite the entry point is another huge rock called Big Green Carr, which offers shelter, except in the most exceptional circumstances.

The wreck is now very broken up but covered with diverse marine life and the surrounding seabed also has interesting anemones and other life. Currents can be particularly strong on this wreck which must be dived at slack water. St Abbs. Just east of St Abbs lighthouse. Glanmire is also known as The Glanmire, St Abbs.

A site that can be used to finish off a tank as a second dive or as a shore dive from the harbour. The two large rocks, the Green Carrs can be navigated around, then the dive can finish heading back to the harbour wall through the kelp beds. The Carrs have a sandy seabed and small walls covered in soft growth and kelp. Can be dived as a second dive from a boat or from the ahbour wall via a surface swim.

This is one of the more popular baot diving sites at St Abbs. The dive consists of series of gullies and walls, some of which have a mild current flowing through them. Plenty of Dead Mans Fingers, Sea Anemones and Urchins all around the rocks. Good site for seeing Wrasse, Scorpinfish and the possibility of a Wolffish. The reef breaks the surface nearer the mainland but kelp covered shelfs in around 5 metres can be found for safety stops. By boat from St Abbs harbour is easiest. Several depths can be dived depending on how close you are dropped to the rocks.

The floor of the tunnel/cave is covered with bare bedrock and smooth stones, and the walls are covered with hydroids, squirts and sponges that prefer low light levels. Outside of the cave, the site has a number of very large boulders and you can ascend up a wall covered in anemones and other diverse life. St Abbs. Boat only. A shallow entrance opposite Cleaver Rock, a large stack below the lighthouse on St Abbs Head.