St. Abbs

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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

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Total number of species: 600

Wrasse

18 Sightings
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Common Dolphin

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Total number of species: 300

Octopus

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Total number of species: 55

Lobster

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Total number of species: 7000

Crab

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Wolf Eel

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Total number of species: 2

Pollock

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Total number of species: 19

Seal

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Total number of species: 250

Scorpionfish

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Lion’s Mane Jellyfish

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Total number of species: 3000

Nudibranch

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Moon Jellyfish

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Total number of species: 30

Sand Eel

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Total number of species: 190

Conger Eel

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Total number of species: 120

Flounder

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Total number of species: 180

Sole

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Total number of species: 30

Stonefish

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