Alternative Names:   None 

Type of Dive:    Boat Dive on a wall

Suggested Experience:   Sport diver and trainees at the broad islands.

Travel directions:   From the M8 heading west take the A737 to Saltcoats turn of onto The A760 towards Lochwinnoch and carry on to Largs. At Largs by boat its 4.5 miles south west from Largs yacht haven or 5.5 miles from the free slip at Largs RNLI. Trail Island The broad Islands.

Parking directions: Park in the Largs yacht haven or accross from the RNLI slip ( not in the parking at the slip, its for the RNLI )

Diveboat:     Flying eagle   Seren Las 

Dive Shop:   C&C Marine Services 

Lat & Long:   55° 43' 8.77'' N   4° 56' 25.14'' W

Depth: Trail island to 35m and the broad Islands are 5 -10m

Tides:     Tide tables

Underwater directions: Dive with the current and stay close to the Islands. The wall is covered in small sea life and the occasional anemone. At the bottom of the wall at trail island there is a long crack the fish like to sleep in. After you have finished here head north to the Broad Islands if you have enough Gas. The Broad islands are 50m from trail Island but the depth is only 5-10m so you dont need a lot of gas.

Air & Nitrox fills:    C+C Marine services   Aquatron     Splashsports  

Site Hazards: Depth at Trail Island (sport diver) the broad Islands are good for scallops and trainees.

Pub:    Inverkip marina.

Cafe:   Inverkip marina.

Version:   4 

Created by:   Finstrokes

Date:   3/7/07

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Other comments: Trail island is a good little wall dive with interesting life on the wall, but not a patch on walls like stallone rock or calf Island. The Broad Islands are suitable for Trainees getting boat dive experience. If Budgy has not been here there can be a lot of scallops.

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Underwater photos:    By Alex Hewitt

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Dive Report: John Nicolson 25/6/07 This was a great dive, we launched from the RNLI slip in Largs and dived in two waves. Rolled of the rib at the south of trail Island and descended to the crack along the bottom of the wall where we saw fish asleep, squat lobster and conger eels. When we got to the end of the wall we were at 15m and drifted on to the Broad islands with only 60 bar left in my 12 I had 5 mins in the shallows.

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