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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

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Gear

  • Basic kit

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