Farne Islands

★★★★☆ (676)

The Farne Islands are famous for a colony of 4.5 thousand grey seals and teeming with life on the many varied dive sites. Most of the sites are around the outer Farnes with wrecks and reefs to explore.

You will see a resident colony of grey seals together with a variety of fish and fauna including sea grasses, corals, tube worms, crabs, lobsters, and shoaling fish.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

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Total number of species: 600

Wrasse

38 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
J
6
J
19
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0
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13
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0
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0
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0

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Total number of species: 300

Octopus

18 Sightings
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0
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0
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1
M
0
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0
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0
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11
S
6
O
0
N
0
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0

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Total number of species: 19

Seal

351 Sightings
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0
M
1
A
7
M
2
J
18
J
56
A
82
S
73
O
107
N
5
D
0

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Total number of species: 7000

Crab

193 Sightings
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0
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M
9
J
7
J
48
A
54
S
38
O
36
N
1
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0

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Total number of species: 55

Lobster

147 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
M
5
J
3
J
39
A
44
S
32
O
23
N
1
D
0

Moon Jellyfish

35 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
M
0
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0
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15
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15
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5
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0
N
0
D
0

Blue Jellyfish

18 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
J
2
J
16
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0
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0
O
0
N
0
D
0

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