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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

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Gear

  • Basic kit

    • Mask and fins
    • BCD and regulator
    • 7mm wetsuit or drysuit · cold water
    • Dive computer