Dive in 2 Pembrokeshire

The island around us contains such diversity from the Lucy (you have to do this one before you hang up your fins), the North Wall (sheer drop to 42 metres – Skomer Island). Tony’s Red Spires (down to 30 metres) or the South slope at 32 metres – or even Jo’s Peaks, a really impressive reef system (it’s the place the Cray’s meet on Skokholm) Gateholm the drift Bang your gone!!! 

We have plenty of wrecks – about 500 at the last count. There’s the Dakotion – 600

feet long at 20 metres, a large freighter Langton Grange, the pottery ship only diveable 4 times a year, if we are lucky. There are a few landing craft; we are looking at one at the moment with a Sherman Tank on the back. We have many other sites Stack Rocks, Hen & Chicks, Octopus reef, a new one for 2004, Danis Drop Off to name but a few. Do ask if you want anything special to suit your group.

Also Brian’s special “The Small’s” lighthouse 18.27 miles from land. Clear water, swim with the seals, swim through shoals of fish, drop off’s, gullies and if we have the right conditions go for it, Basking Sharks, Minke Whales and 250 Dolphins a year.

The Islands

Skomer - A marine Nature Reserve with a wide range of sites including Sea Fan Garden, the North Wall, the Wreck of the Lucy and seals galore.

Skokholm – This is a unique dive site with Jo’s Peak and Tony’s Red Spires. Find the rare Northern Sea Fans, the gulleys drop off and also a sea cave.

Grassholm – You will find 2 wrecks off this remote island. The current is constant here. Swim with the seals below one of the largest offshore Gannet colonies in the UK.

Gateholm – Drift along admiring the Sponge’s, Ross Coral, Cray Fish, Lobster and Edible Crabs.

The Smalls – These islands are the farthest offshore locally and are 18.27 miles from land. Play with the seals, basking shark, porpoise and dolphins. There are wrecks, a reef system and a drop off into the abyss. This is a favourite feeding site of Grassholm’s Gannets.

The Hats & Barrels – Rarely dived and only shows at certain states of the tide, this is really a specialist site. Find the Bell, the Luminence and many other sites of interest. New wreck virtually un-dived 12.42 metres.

Ramsey – This north Pembrokeshire Island is bounded by the Bishop and Clerks Islands is home to the infamous Bitches Reef and also Bell Rock which is famous for the wreck of the Langton Grange, another wreck lies on the other side of the reef.

Some Dive Sites of Pembrokeshire: Wrecks

• The Lucy Dutch Coaster sank in 1967. Intact and upright in 38 metres inside Skomer Marine Nature Reserve. One to do.

• The Dakotian. 400ft Merchantman, mined in the Milford Haven 1940. Well colonised with excellent swim throughs.

• The Behar. 400ft Merchantman again mined in the Haven Large boilers and part of the hull intact amidships 14 metres.

• The ‘Greek’ (Adamantios J. Pithis) 380ft Steamer collided with cliffs at St Anne’s Head in thick fog, 1940. Well broken. Well worth a visit 16 metres.

• Landing Craft. In the Haven. Intact, upside down in 16 metres home to a huuuuuuuuuuge conger.

• New for 2004 another great wreck that we have been researching and found. Come diving with us for details!!

Some Dive Sites of Pembrokeshire: Scenic

• Stack Rocks. Provides a sheltered dive regardless of the state of the tide 0-28 metres. Lobster, crabs and seals to boot!!

• Hen & Chicks. A rocky outcrop with ‘corridors’ One of the best with plumose and jewel anemones. Sunfish late season. 8-15 metres July Trigger Fish.

• Jo’s Peak. A rising reef with gulleys located near Skokholm. Many Cray’s. Depth 6-27 metres. Biggest sea Fan 4ft across.

• Junko’s Rock. A pinnacle with an outer wall of 28 metres and an inner wall to 13 metres. Rare Red Fingers.

• High Point. Easy wall dive with occasional drift 0-18 metres. Octopi if you are lucky.

• The North Wall. 0-40 metres Vertical Cliff or stepped further along. Located in Skomer Marine Nature Reserve. Sea fans abound. Very impressive.

Island Oddesey:

Special trips around the island of Pembrokeshire, explore the coastline, we will dive the places we don’t usually go, on a recent trip we found a Sea Fan garden and a sea cave.

Discover Pembrokeshire:

We will just meander down the coast finding likely spots and just see what we find, we found a nice new reef complex and a couple of wrecks last time out, still plenty to be discovered.

Wreck Week:

There are so many wrecks around the place we are sure that one day we will find the Golden Hinde from freighters to schooners to landing craft to gun boats – deep ones – shallow ones in kelp and some hidden under sand. Plenty for all tastes.

Novice Week:

Come with us if you need that extra bit of help to boost your confidence. It’s alright doing the course but you need the extra bit of experience to enable you to enjoy the sport fully, Wrecks and Reefs Instructors and staff will ensure you have a enjoyable trip to the world beneath the waves.

Buddy Line:

Are you lonely wondering what to do now that you have got all those qualifications and nobody to dive with well here is the answer Wrecks & Reefs Buddy List. Join the buddy section and you will be taken out with others in the same boat (excuse the pun). We will look after and put you where you can enjoy your sport, do not hesitate join now and yes it is FREE to join.

Dive In 2 Pembrokeshire
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