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 2 months ago
at Skomer Island
Least concern
Razorbill
Seen 2 months ago
at Skomer Island
Least concern
Atlantic Puffin
Seen 2 months ago
at Skomer Island
Vulnerable
European Stonechat
Seen 2 months ago
at St David's Head
Atlantic Grey Seal
Seen 2 months ago
at Skomer Island
Least concern
Bottlenose Dolphin
Seen 2 months ago
at Cardigan Bay
Least concern
Spiny Starfish
Seen 2 months ago
at St David's Head
Jewel Anemone
Seen 3 months ago
at St David's Head
Tompot Blenny
Seen 3 months ago
at Skomer Island
Least concern
Ballan Wrasse
Seen 3 months ago
at St David's Head
Least concern
Spiny Lobster
Seen 4 months ago
at Skomer Island
Vulnerable
Northern Gannet
Seen Sep 2025
at Cardigan Bay
Least concern
Common Cuttlefish
Seen Sep 2025
at Skomer Island
Least concern
Common Dolphin
Seen Aug 2025
at The Smalls Reef
Least concern
Ocean Sunfish
Seen Aug 2025
at The Smalls Reef
Vulnerable
Northern Fulmar
Seen Aug 2025
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