
St David's Head
Wales (Pembrokeshire) · United Kingdom
St David's Head at the very tip of the Pembrokeshire peninsula juts into the full force of the Celtic Sea, creating tidal races and eddies that deliver exceptional visibility and concentrations of filter-feeding life across every rock surface. The headland's underwater topography is a complex arrangement of granite ridges, boulders, and gullies colonised by jewel anemones in vivid red, orange, and purple, making it one of the most photogenic cold-water sites in Wales. Encounter-driven diving here is reliable — grey seals, conger eels, and large schools of pollock and coalfish are present on virtually every dive throughout the year.
Conditions
Depth
5 to 28 m
Open water and up
Current
Can be moderate
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
8 to 16 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
7 to 18°C
7mm wetsuit
Your chances of seeing each animal
Jewel Anemone
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Coalfish
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Spiny Starfish
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
Ballan Wrasse
Sometimes
About 1 in 3 dives
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