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UK Dive Sites

Dives with wolves

a wolfie smiles for the camera St Abbs in the south-east of Scotland is a favourite destination for British divers – for almost-local diver SIMON MORLEY the only question is this: why you would want to dive anywhere else? more...

Shetland through the ages

Berwick harbour at sunset. Gavin Parsons heads to the UK’s most northerly diving destination – the Atlantic weather and vis could have been better, but he was well-supplied with wrecks, nudibranchs, cat sharks and cake more...

Big trip to the Smalls by John Liddiard

The RIB from Wandrin’ Star with the Smalls lighthouse in the background. Good things come in small packages, they say – our correspondents visit two West Coast diving attractions in that category, one off Scotland, and the other way out from Wales more...

Where there’s muck by Jane Wilkinson

Peregrine at Port Mor Harbour Good things come in small packages, they say – our correspondents visit two West Coast diving attractions in that category, one off Scotland, and the other way out from Wales more...

North Welsh Wonders

The RIB Protector takes on divers and kit at the Menai Bridge pier What a pleasant way to pass a few days, exploring the selection of shipwrecks in calm waters off Anglesey in late summer. JOHN LIDDIARD gets into the mood
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Past the Needles, turn left

The Needles lighthouse There are so many wrecks to explore around the Isle of Wight – and many in the 40m range are rarely dived, says John Liddiard. Fill your boots!
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In the wake of the Guga Hunters - NW Scotland

Orange jewel anemones lined the gullies in the Cape Wrath area Get far enough from the usual dive-sites and the marine life gets really wild.
George Stoyle and photographer Richard Shucksmith head to the north-west of Scotland on a Seasearch-sponsored expedition
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Swanage diving: out of the box

Swanage panorama Think you’ve covered the possibilities out of Swanage, one of the South Coast’s most popular diving centres? There’s a lot more where that came from, says JOHN LIDDIARD more...

Rock & wrecks

Boats at their moorings at Rock at high tide North Cornwall is a popular choice for UK holiday-makers, and among other diving diversions it happens to have a whole lot of colliers sunk by U-boats during World War One. JOHN LIDDIARD gets kitted up more...

Holiday at home: The Islands

A scallop-diver's boat off Sark The pound low, volcanic dust choking the upper atmosphere, airlines verging on collapse and cabin-crew on strike - yes, we have another summer in which a main diving holiday in the UK seems an attractive option.
John Liddiard examines what our homeland islands have to offer
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Loch, stock and sea pens

There's something on my head - a hermit crab rides high on a scallop Continuing her explorations of Scottish lochs, Jane Wilkinson shore-dives picturesque Loch Duich in the north-western Highlands, renowned for its sea pens and anemones more...

Second time lucky at St Davids

Loading the RIB to ferry divers out to Wandrin Star Four frustrating wreck-dives off south-west Wales leave John Liddiard wanting to set the record straight - but will things be better for him this time round?
such a good idea
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Raglan to Voices

Leaving the Mohegan to head for the Voices, following well-swept rocks into shallower water. Small jewel anemones are everywhere. John Liddiard likes nothing better (armed trawler wrecks excepted) than a new challenge - which is why a dive between two reefs off Cornwall's Lizard Peninsula seemed to be such a good idea more...

Waiting for the tide

Stackpole Quay Stackpole Quay, Pembrokeshire/John Liddiard more...

Where's the wolfie?

The money shot of the wolf-fish - at last St Abbs & elsewhere/Elaine Whiteford more...

Pier but no pressure

The end of Swanage Pier Swanage Pier, Dorset/John Liddiard more...

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