Alternative Names:    None

Type of Dive:     Shore on a Silt slope 

Suggested experience:   Novice upwards 

Travel directions:    From Glasgow A82 through Fort William, turning left at Invergarry onto A87. 15 miles before reaching the Skye Bridge at Kyle of Lochalsh   

Parking directions:    Turn left down Glebe Road and there is a layby, car parking area for 2 cars facing the loch with a slip to the left. 

From Glasgow:   154 miles / 3 hours  

Lat & Long:   57:13:54N      5:25:10W 

Tides:         This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   Can be dived at any state of the tide. Low water just means a longer walk across rocks and seaweed. 

Depth:   All 3 types of seapen and fireworks anemones can be found from 22m+. 

Site entry/exit:  From the parking layby, there is a small slip / slope on the left, which gives access to the shore. On the shore looking out is a mooring buoy with green boat usually attached. A direct bearing of south 

Underwater directions:  Simply head south out to chosen depth, choosing either left or right on the slight slope and north to return to the shore. Easy to do as a night dive for access also many areas along the shore to exit if the need arises or you miss the slip. Easiest as a HW dive as less far to walk over weed and rocks, however little effect is felt this far up the loch even on very big spring tides as last weekend was. Suitable as a day or night dive with the highlights being all 3 types of sea pen, huge fireworks anemones, little cuttlefish, stout-bobtail squid, red and tub gunards, thornback rays, dogfish and the usual array of crabs, flat fish and sea loch anemones. 

Site Hazards:  There are a few small boats moored up along this stretch of loch but in all the dives i’ve done here not heard or seen any moving, but would advise an smb be carried. Slippy rocks and weed on entry and exit.  

Nearest Public phone: Garage on the main A87 road 

Accommodation:   Several in Inverinate and Kyle of Lochalsh. Kintail Lodge Hotel also offers budget bunk room accommodation   Duirinish Holiday Lodges 

Mobile Network service:   3 Mobile had full signal. 

Other comments:  Just be aware of changing / decent behaviour in front of these peoples houses and to remove all rubbish and litter. 

Pub:    Kintail Lodge Hotel. 

Created By:   Jo Rawley 

Cafe: 

Air & Nitrox fills:   Dave Black of 5 Bells Diving in Lochcarron. 07812 605 771  

Date:   13/9/2010 

Revision:   2 

Thanks To:  Jane Wilkinson for the surface pictures

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Dive Map:   Contact me

Dive Report:   Jo Rawley  This site wont come as a suprise to most divers as its in a shore diving book by Jane (triplefin) and I dived this last year and its mentioned in her recent Loch Duich article. However, John said that site information should be free and so I agreed to do this guide for him to get peace and quiet. 

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