Top Snorkeling and Scuba Diving in Wales

Dale Pembrokeshire is also known as The Smalls.

Kelp & sandy floor. Very nice beginer dive. St Brides Bay! Just west of Little Haven.

Probably the most popular dive sites around Skomer Island. The wall full of gorgonians starts at 6m deep just after the kelp-covered rocks. Best is two hours after slack tide. North side of Skomer Island. Approx 3 nautical miles from Martin's Haven. North Wall is also known as North Wall Skomer.

The Dakotian was a 6,426-ton merchant ship. She sank in 1940 (parachute mine) and now sits upright. Best is to dive 1h before slack tide. Approx 1 nautical mile from Dale. The wreck is marked by the easterly cardinal buoy named The Dakotian! She is located approx 150 m northwest of the buoy.

Very nice little dive site. Full of marine life. About 2 miles west of Little haven. Drop in on the eastern side of the rocks near the cliff's.

The Greek was a 4,737 ton steamer and sank in 1940 after colliding with St Anne's Head rocks. This wreckage may be an interresting second dive. St Anne's Head, Pembrokeshire. 2.5 nautical miles from Dale. The Greek is also known as Adamantios J Pithis Wreck.

The Lucy was a coaster; she sank in 1967 and now sits upright at 42m deep. Off North Haven Bay, Skomer Island (Skomer Marine Reserve ). Approx 1.5 nautical miles from Martin's Haven.

Nice easy dive with lots of crustations and dogfish around. Entry is through Sun Beach Caravan Park LLwyngwril, south of Dolgellau. Drive right down the the slipway between the caravans.

Great place to learn to dive if the sea is rough. Although it is deep, it goes down in steps so the depth can be pitched for the experience of any diver. Over dirt track onto site.

The island can be dived on any side but the tip nearest the mainland is a good place to finish on your safety stop as the resident seals may come and play with you. ( they only nibble your fins). can be dived as a drift dive but watch out for the pleasure boats who come past regularly in the summer. A smb and good boat cover are a must Puffin Island is also known as Llangoed.

A small quarry that has lots of places for training. A platform at 6m and various bits of things to play with including an old boat. Park in the large car park at the Padarn lake railway station. Llanberis.

Lots of life around the legs of the pier. Easy access from the shore. If you don;t mind a surface swim and the water is choppy the best access if via the harbour steps. Also beware of fishing lines even though officially closed the life under the pier still attracts a lot of attention at weekends. Park directly at the start of the pier.

Although fairly flat and sandy, just north of the slipway are plenty of rocks usually full of crustatians. Use slipway at and of promanade.

A rollercoaster! If doing by boat, go up past the swillies then drop in for the ride of your life. Best to keep the dive boat close to your marker bouy, as most weekend boaters haven't a clue what it means! Either by boat or down the slipway under Menai bridge.

Although touted as "Bottomless" it has a maximum of 12m. The blueness is due to the slate that is sliding down from the far side. Entry can be either giant stride from the cliff edge or a gentle slope from the far right of footpath. Not easy! By road you have o come in from Llwyngril across the top road then drop down to the lake from here. Defenatly 4 wheel drive territory. Otherwise it is a long walk up a steep path opposite Salt's garage in Fairbourne. Entry is then through tunnels following the old quarry rail track.

Must be dived on slack water to avoid the currents. lots of life on the rocks and plenty to see. watch out for the lobster pots and please don't steal from them as the local fishermen will report you and take revenge. Ynys Moelfre is also known as Rat Island.

Criccieth Castle is a 0-star rated scuba dive and snorkel destination in UK, Wales, Mid Wales which is accessible from shore based on 0 ratings.

The seabed drops off to around 12 metres from the coast line in an area sheltered from the main current to give pleasant diving in a series of gullies and sandy patches. Shoals of small squid or cuttlefish congregate here. Anglesey

65ft Mussel Dredger sank in 1984. Upright and intact on a silty sand bottom. The deck is at 26M Boat. In open water, will need to find with echo sounder and GPS. No visible point of reference. Segontuim is also known as The Segontium.

There is little current over the wreck of the Kimya, and it is diveable at all states of the tide. Pretty much intact, except for the superstructure. By boat.Bow can be seen at low water. Green buoy named 'Kimya' is offshore from wreck. Kimya is also known as The Kimya.

Depending on the state of the tide, the keel of the small 471 ton sand dredger Hoveringham does break the surface, though with the 7m tidal range of the Menai Straits it also disappears a few metres below at high water. It is sheltered, shallow, colourful and intact. On the minus side, there are the currents of the Menai Straits with which to contend. Penmore Point. Partially dries out at low tide. Hoveringham Wreck is also known as The Hoveringham.

The vessel was about 130 metres long, in two parts, the largest wreck inshore in Anglesey and the most dived. Forward section will be found in the middle of Prth Dafarch bay with the stern against the rocky cliffs to the west. The stern lies close to the cliffs about half a mile south-west of Porth Dafarch beach. Most of this section lies on a rocky seabed. Good deal of fish life. Beware of no clear surface areas at stern end of this wreck. Porth Dafarch

An old slate quarry. Crystal clear blue water hence the name. A bit of a walk up a hill and you wouldn't think of diving it if you weren't looking for it but a nice dive nonetheless. Personally I use a trolley to drag the cylinder up on. Certainly worth doing. Blue Lagoon is also known as Clogau Quarry.

A good secondary site to dive if the other side of the island is blown out by the wind. This site is sheltered most of the time. Dive is around the rocky bottom, looking at a variety of sponge and kelp. Small fish and nudibranch can be found around the plant life. By boat from Holyhead harbour or other nearby launches. The site is near an old stone wall on the cliff face.

A ship carrying musket flints sank here around 300 years ago. No wreckage remains but the occasional flint can be found. Otherwise, look around the kelp and plant life. From the shore near the harbour or as a second dive from a boat.

The bottom of the sea are lined with very large boulders, which give home to the Lobsters. Depths are around 15 m and care must be taken with fishing line, as the fishermen use this area often. In 1996 a 14lb Lobster was seen by the Fishguard Diving Club. It was 5 feet long. A nice area to explore, tides are weak under the cliffs. The second small bay around from Martins Haven, heading east, there are some interesting gullies and small caves under the kelp at 8 meters. The area drops down to 20m, with a ridge running down from the bay seaward. The area of sand has a small Scallop bed. The area is protected, as it is in the Skomer reserve, and must not be touched. We have seen Sun Fish swimming along this point, and while I was watching them swim past the boat, they spotted the divers bubbles, diverted their path to decent down the bubbles! When the divers came up they said they saw two fins swim past them!! Here you will also get the chance of seeing octopus at about 15 metres. St Brides Bay. By boat. Use GPS to find High Point then dive the wall. High Point North is also known as St Brides Bay.

On Great Castle Head, cable layer went down during the war - really good wreck in good viz. Runs a bit at times though lots of fish life, some good swim throughs, lies in 19 metres. By boat, use GPS to locate, no surface markers.

Two small walls, one on the left and another one on the right. Martins Haven is really a cool place, both for shore divig and picnic with familly & kids. Take the B4327 from Haverfordwest towards Dale. Turn off for Marloes and go through the village. Turn left for Martin's Haven. Use the car park 200m before the beach.

Sunk 1877. Fearsome currents. Currents in excess of 5knots can be experienced over the site and there are several bits of the wreck that stand off the bottom by 5mts. 2 large boilers and much broken crockery beneath large prop-shaft.Appropriate care is needed whilst diving this site. Wylfa. Easy launching at all states of the tide at Bull Bay to the west of the wreck site. Distance to site approx. 1 mile. SS Dakota Wreck is also known as Dakota.