
Wales (Pembrokeshire)
United Kingdom · North Atlantic
Pembrokeshire's Pembrokeshire Coast National Park hides some of Britain's most accessible cold-water diving — grey seal nurseries on Skomer Island, blue shark summer aggregations at The Smalls, and bottlenose dolphin encounters in Cardigan Bay's sheltered waters.
What you will see
24 species across the dive sites here

Common Murre
Seen 27 days ago
at Skomer Island
Least concern

Razorbill
Seen 27 days ago
at Skomer Island
Least concern

Atlantic Puffin
Seen 27 days ago
at Skomer Island
Vulnerable

European Stonechat
Seen 29 days ago
at St David's Head

Atlantic Grey Seal
Seen 1 month ago
at Skomer Island
Least concern

Bottlenose Dolphin
Seen 1 month ago
at Cardigan Bay
Least concern

Spiny Starfish
Seen 1 month ago
at St David's Head

Jewel Anemone
Seen 1 month ago
at St David's Head

Tompot Blenny
Seen 1 month ago
at Skomer Island
Least concern

Ballan Wrasse
Seen 1 month ago
at St David's Head
Least concern

Spiny Lobster
Seen 2 months ago
at Skomer Island
Vulnerable

Northern Gannet
Seen 11 months ago
at Cardigan Bay
Least concern

Common Cuttlefish
Seen 11 months ago
at Skomer Island
Least concern

Common Dolphin
Seen 11 months ago
at The Smalls Reef
Least concern

Ocean Sunfish
Seen 11 months ago
at The Smalls Reef
Vulnerable

Northern Fulmar
Seen 11 months ago
at Cardigan Bay
Least concern

Manx Shearwater
Seen Jul 2025
at The Smalls Reef
Least concern

Thornback Ray
Seen Sep 2024
at Cardigan Bay
Near threatened

Coalfish
Seen year round
at St David's Head

Conger Eel
Seen year round
at The Smalls Reef
Least concern

Blue Shark
Seasonal visitor
at The Smalls Reef
Near threatened

Cuttlefish
Seasonal visitor
at Cardigan Bay
Least concern

Short-Snouted Seahorse
Seasonal visitor
at Cardigan Bay
Least concern

European Storm-Petrel
Rare sighting
at Cardigan Bay
Least concern
Dive sites

Skomer Island
common cuttlefish · tompot blenny · atlantic grey seal · spiny lobster

The Smalls Reef
blue shark · ocean sunfish · common dolphin · conger eel

Cardigan Bay
bottlenose dolphin · short-snouted seahorse · thornback ray · cuttlefish

St David's Head
jewel anemone · coalfish · spiny starfish · ballan wrasse