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Bass Rock |
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This is probably one
of the most famous
dive sites in the
Firth Of Forth. It
offers dives from 6m
to over 40m. You'll
find the abundant
marine life quite
remarkable with
sightings of wolf
fish, conger eels,
butterfish, wrasse,
octopus; as well as
pink shrimp,
lobsters, crabs,
urchins galore,
dahlia anemones,
white and orange
dead mans fingers,
brittle stars and
sunstars. You might
also be lucky enough
to see a puffin or
guillemot fly past
you on silver wings
of trapped air. The
Islands are also
home to many seals
and thousands of
seabirds that visit
during the summer
months each year
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Fidra |
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Fidra Island Another
great site for the
novice diver with
bays and gullies of
7-8m that are home
to numerous
lobsters, crabs and
shrimps, angler fish
are also to be
found. For the more
experienced the
north of the island
offers great drift
dives between the
small islets and
sandy bottomed
gullies. To the
south between the
island and the
mainland the Sound
of Fidra also offers
an exciting drift
dive when the spring
tides are running.
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Lamb Island |
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Lamb Island is an
often neglected dive
site, but with
shallow ridges and
gullies of 6-8m
makes an excellent
training area. The
north side is a
pleasant dive, a
small cliff drops to
around 8m then a
boulder field slopes
away to 20m to a
sandy bottom. Angler
fish are a great
attraction here as
well as abundant
lobsters and crabs.
The masses of white
and orange deadmans
fingers create a
dazzling sight in
bright sunlight or
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Craigleith Island |
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Graigleith Island is
an excellent drift
dive area when a
good tide is running
with depths up to
20-25m. The island
offers walls,
ledges, reefs and
boulder fields. Fish
such as wrasse, cod,
saithe, conger eels
as well as lobsters
and crabs.
Colourfull deadmans
fingers, anemones
and urchins galore
are to be seen.
Seals also play
around the island
and at times tug at
your fins.
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Isle of May |
Divers arrive at the
west landing on the
Isle of May, a
nature reserve in
the Firth of Forth,
where scenic
archways and stacks
are home to
thousands of
seabirds, while grey
seals dart among
shoals of pollack
and saithe below
water. There are
wrecks in profusion
too.
THE cave is at 6m
directly beneath the
cliffs, with a
window at one end
leading back to the
open sea. When the
surge is not too
strong, you can dive
right through it.
Young, playful seals
will often dart in
and out of the cave
with you, playing a
game of hide and
seek - they sneak up
on you and speed off
as soon as they have
been spotted.
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