St. Abbs
Some of the most famous dive sites of St. Abbs are just 50m away from the wall of the harbour: “Cathedral Rock”, “Big Green Carr”, “Broad Craig” and “Little Carr”. These sites can be dived as a shore dive from the harbour or other sites can be reached by dive boat.
St. Abbs is a marine park and you can find lobsters, crabs, brittle stars, ordinary seastars, wolf fish, shoaling fish, kelp, sea grasses and rocky canyons.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 600
Common Dolphin
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Total number of species approx.: 300
Octopus
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 55
Lobster
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Total number of species approx.: 7000
Crab
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 2
Pollock
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 19
Seal
Wolf Eel
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 250
Scorpionfish