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St Abbs Marine Park
Eyemouth, Scotland, United Kingdom
EntryShore
Water bodyNorth Sea
Water temp7–15°C
Estimated from climate dataJun–Sep
About this site
St Abbs Marine Park is a cave, drift, reef, wall and wreck dive site near Eyemouth, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom, in the North Sea. It is reached from the shore. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, soft corals, lobsters, dolphins, octopus. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 7 to 15 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Edible Sea UrchinEchinus esculentus
Velvet Swimming CrabNecora puber
Edible CrabCancer pagurus
LobsterHomarus gammarus
Common Sun StarCrossaster papposus
Common StarfishAsterias rubens
Rosy Feather-starAntedon bifida
ButterfishPholis gunnellus
Nearby sites
- 1St Abbs3.4 km
- 2Greenends Gully9.1 km
- 3Nest Ends Gully9.1 km
- 4Eyemouth9.2 km
- 5Farne Islands49 km
- 6Farne Islands Knivestone51 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org