Scuba Diving Destinations:

The Skelligs in Ireland

Destination: Atlantic Ocean, Ireland, The Skelligs

The Skellig islands are located in Ireland, about nine miles offshore. They are ranked among the best diving places of the world, which provide amazing surroundings along with great underwater environment to meet and discover while diving. This is a unique place, not only for the diving possibilities it offers but for the natural formations and habitats it has as well.

These two islands are rock formations which contain a wide amount of different bird species and plants on their surface as well as a great quantity of sea life and sea plants underwater. These two islands are separated by a distance of one mile, and each one of them offers a unique and special landscape and environment to enjoy.

While diving in the Skelligs, divers can discover an amazing variety of sea life while having a visibility which can pass the 30m. Corals of all kinds, from soft to hard, can be viewed surrounded with beautiful and exotic marine life. If you are an experienced diver who has met many different places, you might find in the Skelligs an exciting and challenging place to dive.

Among the sea life the Skelligs contain, they have an amazing amount of very colorful anemones of all types, ranging from a very bright pink to a very intense green, and which can be viewed along with the most beautiful coral formations. All this can be viewed while practicing a relaxing dive surrounded by fish of many species.

Also, those divers who enjoy wall diving could have a great time diving in the Skelligs' dropping walls. These walls have a very important depth and contain many different channels, boulders and canyon formations which experienced divers can highly enjoy while finding some challenging areas where to practice their techniques.

Besides diving, the Skellig Islands offer other interesting activities to do. One of these islands, the larger one called the Skellig Michel, has an 11th century monastic settlement which can be visited after a short climbing and which can be a very interesting place to meet. Besides this, both islands are plenty of different and exotic bird species which can be viewed from many different points.





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