
Wuddy Rocks
St. Abbs Head · United Kingdom
Wuddy Rocks is the signature dive of the St. Abbs reserve — a series of exposed reef tops and surge gullies beginning at 6 m and tumbling to 27 m, so richly colonised with plumose anemones, dead man's fingers, and jewel anemones that barely any bare rock is visible. Resident wolf fish occupy the deeper crevices year-round, and on summer days the shallow reef top is alive with cuckoo wrasse males displaying their vivid blue-and-orange breeding livery. This is one of the top 10 temperate reef dives in Europe.
Conditions
Depth
5 to 27 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
Atlantic Wolf Fish
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Cuckoo Wrasse
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Plumose Anemone
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Conger EelLeast concern
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
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