
Cathedral Rock
St. Abbs Head · United Kingdom
Cathedral Rock earns its name from a series of spectacular arch formations that create a natural underwater nave at around 18 m depth — the rock walls coated in jewel anemones that glow gold and orange in torch light, with brittlestars carpeting every horizontal surface. Swimming through the archways while cuckoo wrasse hover in the blue water beyond is one of the defining experiences of cold-water British diving.
Conditions
Depth
6 to 28 m
Open water and up
Current
Usually gentle
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
12 to 20 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
5 to 17°C
Drysuit or 7mm wetsuit
Your chances of seeing each animal
Jewel Anemone
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Common Brittlestar
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Nudibranch
Rare
Now and then
Sea Lemon
Rare
Now and then
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