Type:   A Plateau the size of a football field rises straight up from more than 50m in steps from the east to the west with two pinacles on the west  to within 7m of the surface and is easily picked up on the sounder. To the west of the pinacles there is a wall down to 50m and a boulder slope to 70m.

Travel directions:   Edinburgh   22 Miles  48 Mins Google  Glasgow  54 Miles  1 Hr 11 Mins   Google

Dive Information:  Blae Rock is one of the best Scenic dive sites in the Forth. Depths range from 7m on the plateau which has the largest Anenomes you will ever see, to 50m on the wall. This site also has a large selection of soft corals, It is best dived on neap tide - slack water .Visibility is normally 3m to 7m with 10m plus in summer months. If you miss slack water it makes an amazing drift dive.

Harbour / slip:  Port Edgar easy slip only dries on LW Springs 20min,(South Queensferry), Granton On the Fife side 10min and Burntisland swimming pool slip very narrow and steep. Free slip next to swimming pool near the dive bunker 10min.

Parking directions:  At al the harbours there is good parking.

Lat & Long:   56.04857N -3.18661W   Directly north of Edinburgh  Google

Chart:  To follow

Depth:   7-60m

Tides:   Tide tables  best to be dived at slack water.

Diveboat:     Divebunker    Divesafariscotland     Marinequest

Dive Shop:    Edinburgh dive centre    Divebunker  FYM

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Suggested experience: Sport diver/Ocean diver,  Its best to dive with a buddy who has dived here so you know what to expect.  

Other comments:  It's a massive obstruction to the flow of the tide. It is therefore a slackwater dive. Care should be taken diving on a flooding springs there are stories of down currents at the wall. The best vis dive on neaps when there has been no easterlies.

Pub:  Hawes Inn South Queensferry

Created by:  John Nicolson 

Date: 7/7/07 

Thanks To:   Stevie and Themacallan for dive info.

Links:   Link

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Dive Report:   Alex Macennan, May 07, 10 min rib ride from Burntisland. A bit further east than the Campania. Very silty when we dived it but a colourful top at 12/14m and colourful west wall which is deeper than 30m straight down. Got to 30m didn't see the undercut but might have been on the wrong place on the west wall.