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The Wild East
The Moray Firth is as far-flung as the Scottish mainland gets. Londoner Mark Brill heads for Wick on its northern shores, and brings tales of mixed-gas diving, karaoke and deep-fried pizza, while from Lossiemouth on the more accessible south coast of the firth, Scot Mike Clark air-dives a yacht, a trawler, a submarine and an oil tanker - in one weekend more...
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Crunch on the Munchen
It saw violent action at the Battle of Jutland and survived the experience. Today it is an intact wreck, lying only a few miles from Mike Clark's front door, yet it took him 15 years to get to dive this German light cruiser. He picks up the story more...
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Going with the Flow
The wrecks of the German High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow still provide one of the best diving experiences around, says Mike Clark, but the signs of deterioration can no longer be ignored. more...
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Turned Out Fyne Again
A holiday destination on the west coast of Scotland where you can dive 365 days a year - can that be possible? It is, says Gavin Anderson, and what's more, this huge sea-loch is full of surprises more...
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Skye Diver
Wrecks, reefs, walls and whales - what more could a diver want? It means a long road journey for most of us, Gavin Anderson says, but the Isle of Mist invariably repays the effort more...
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Back to Nature
Wolf fish still roam in the wilds of the St Abbs and Eyemouth Marine Nature Reserve in south-east Scotland, as Lawson Wood discovers more...
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Long Weekends - Mull it Over
The Sound of Mull is one of the most popular UK dive destinations. Where else can you dive on half a dozen wrecks, even when the wind blows? Gavin Anderson reports more...
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Weather or Not
You pay for your pleasures: remote St Kilda offers formidable diving and stunning scenery, but it's a constant gamble with the weather. Gavin Anderson took a chance and was glad he did, though his stomach proved less enthusiastic more...
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A RIB with all the Trimmings
To explore unfamiliar dive sites in western and north-eastern Scotland, John Liddiard enlisted some friends and the help of RIB and equipment suppliers willing to let a load of divers give their products a trial run. The result? Read on... more...
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The Perfect Storm
St Kilda was blown out, a hurricane was brewing off Scotland's Atlantic coast and the gods were angry, but they had not reckoned with the Gemini Storm. Mike Clark was there more...
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Wrecks of the Summer Isles
If you want to get away from it all, the north-west coast of Scotland is a good place to start. If you want to get away from it all and dive a couple of recent wrecks, head for Tanera More, in the remote Summer Isles, where you will find the remains of the Boston Stirling and the Fairweather V, by Mike Clark more...
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Way to Go!
The only way to dive the barren islands of St Kilda, 100 Atlantic miles off north-west Scotland, is from a liveaboard boat. Max MacLeod made the trip on the Jean de la Lune and found the experience bracing more...
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Smiles in the Summer Isles
Divers visiting the waters around these 20 tiny islands can enjoy hundreds of sites, says Gavin Anderson - spectacular cliff faces, stacks, caves and some excellent wrecks more...
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Across the Border
Battling the threat of bad weather in three cases out of four, John Liddiard and Mike Clark get together to check out four boats, four skippers, four ports and eight dives across the eastern Scotland-England border more...
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Hebridean Adventure
The isle of Lewis takes some reaching, but Paul Kay reckons it's up there with St Kilda in offering some of Britain's most ravishing scenic diving - but with better weather protection more...
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Clear Blue Skye
All the scenic diving you could want is right there on our north-western doorstep, says John Liddiard - and the nights pass just as pleasantly as the days more...
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Scotland's Top Ten Wall Dives
Twenty metres down in clear blue water, being blasted along the marine life-encrusted wall on a stiff tide - what makes a big wall dive so special? Mike Clark made it his mission to dive all the big walls he could find in Scotland - and, after discarding the weak, he puts forward his selection for your delectation more...
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Rocked to Perfection
Sometimes everything seems set fair for that ideal dive. Mike Clark returns to a favourite Berwickshire site and can hardly believe his luck more...
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A Ferret in Black Cut
Which to go for: those enticing slots in the cliff or a 16th century Spanish galleon? John Liddiard finds himself spoilt for choice in the Shetlands. more...
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Dare To Be Different
Bored with the Hispania? Never - but enjoyable as the familiar wreck sites of the Sound of Mull might be, Mike Clark finds that there are cliffs, wrecks, piers and pinnacles further north and beyond the sound which offer spectacular diversions more...
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A Guide to the Delights of Dunbar
Dunbar is still underdived and overlooked by divers from the South, understandably distracted by the attractions of the Farnes or St Abbs.Explore its pleasures with Mike Clark more...
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Great Wrecks of the Clyde
The cold dark waters of the Firth of Clyde are a graveyard of shipwrecks. Those of the steamship Wallachia and the MV Akka are among the greatest in Scottish waters. Rod Macdonald recalls the wreckings and surveys the remains more...
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Shall We Pray?
Suddenly, two arches appear before you. As you get closer, the lower arch turns into a submarine tunnel, teeming with marine life. At the centre you see two large, flat-topped boulders which look like an altar in a cathedral nave. Cathedral Rock, off St Abbs, must be one of the most stunning sites a diver can find. Mike Clark sings its praises more...
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Barra Boys
John Eastman joined a group of divers braving the waters of a rocky outcrop in the Outer Hebrides and bunking in an abandoned lighthouse more...