Day trips
St Abbs
A world class dive, situated just an hours drive from Edinburgh is the St Abbs and Eyemouth Marine Reserve. We’ll set off from St Abbs harbour around the headland where you can explore the coral smothered gullies, admire the beauty of nudibranches and sea hares, watch male cuckoo wrasses show off their dazzling colours and see if you can spot the legendary wolf fish.
New diver trip – We are running 2 trips for newer divers. It’ll be £90 and the additional uplift is so we can put an extra guide/dive team member in the water and increase our staff:diver ratio.
Dates
- Sat 29th March
- Sat 26th April – NEW DIVER
- Sun 27th April
- Sat 28th June
- Sun 29th June
- Sun 17th Aug – NEW DIVER
Prices
£85 members
£105 non-members
Type of dive: hardboat, day trip
Minimum qualifications: Open Water, Drysuit
Recommended: Advanced Open Water, Delayed Surface Marker Buoy
Fill out our booking form to secure your slot – password is DBStrips2025.
Any other questions, mail Ellis and Tom at [email protected].
Farne Islands
Diving in the Farne Islands is an assault on the senses with a variety of wreck and scenic dives on offer. It boasts one of the largest grey seal colonies in England – if you are looking for encounters with seals, this is it!
Seal encounters are available year around, but September/October is when the seal pups come out to play. They are very inquisitive and often come in to take a close look and even nibble on your fins!
Dates
- Sat 20th Sep
- Sun 21st Sep
- Sat 27th Sep
- Sun 28th Sep
Prices
£95 members
£120 non-members
Type of dive: hardboat, day trip
Minimum qualifications: Open Water, Drysuit, 20 logged dives
Recommended: Advanced Open Water, Delayed Surface Marker Buoy
Fill out our booking form to secure your slot – password is DBStrips2025.
Any other questions, mail Ellis and Tom at [email protected].
Anstruther
We’ve secured a couple of weekends on Mako II out of Anstruther. Mako II is a brand new boat launched in summer 2022, replacing the previous Mako.
Anstruther is an ideal place to explore the wrecks and cliffs of the Isle of May with the time to site being around 20 minutes. And there is the famous Anstruther Fish Bar on the harbourfront.
Please note, if you hire cylinders from us at Anstruther, there may be a £3 surcharge in addition to hire costs as air fills in Anstruther are considerably more expensive than elsewhere.
Dates
- Sat 21st June
- Sun 22nd June
- Sat 26th July (PM ropes off)
- Sun 27th July (PM ropes off)
Prices
£65 members
£80 non-members
Type of dive: hardboat, day trip
Minimum qualifications: Advanced Open Water, Drysuit
Recommended: Delayed Surface Marker Buoy
Fill out our booking form to secure your slot – password is DBStrips2025.
Any other questions, mail Ellis and Tom at [email protected].
NEW for 2025! Capernwray Inland Dive Site
Diving at Capernwray is an experience to behold. With activities and adventures waiting below the calm surface, will you find a plane? Will you find a sunken ship laden with treasure? Or will you get an amazing photo opportunity with one of the many 6 foot long Sturgeon Fish. As this is an inland site with a max depth of 22m, this trip suits new divers as well as experienced divers looking for some variety. With full facilities on site, this does make diving more luxurious, nothing beats a good burger in between dives.
Capernwray gives an excellent opportunity to continue your dive education through a speciality course. Want to enhancing your navigation skills underwater, check out the Underwater Navigation speciality. Or are you a bit of a metal head, then the Wreck Diver speciality might be for you. Get in contact early if you are interested in doing some training whilst there and we will try our best to accomodate.
Nearer the time we will reach out to divers booked on to organise transport to minimise fuel expense for the trip.
Dates
- Sat 17th May
- Sun 18th May
- Sat 29th Nov
Prices
£50 members
£75 non-members
Note that the prices above include entry fee to Capernwray.
Type of dive: Inland, day trip
Minimum qualifications: Open Water, Drysuit
Recommended: n/a
Fill out our booking form to secure your slot – password is DBStrips2025.
Any other questions, mail Ellis and Tom at [email protected].