Diving in Ireland

[Scuttler]

Originally Posted by Lou

We used Ballinskelligs Watersports for a few dives when we went for a holiday. It is very laid back The Skelligs are a must-do if you like scenic dives though - lovely.

The area is pretty damn stunning too...as is the Murphy's.

Second vote for Ballinskelligs. Sean's a great character (dunno if his son's are still working with him) and they can arrange accomodation too. We had a great house 50 yds from the village pub that slept 8 of us. Very reasonable too.
Did an overnight ferry from Swansea to Cork then drove up from there. It's a lot of driving but well worth it. Also....if you're on the overnight ferry you might consider a cabin...otherwise the warmest place on the ferry is near the exhuast stacks.....clothes reek of fumes though

[davidcarson]

As mentioned divenorth.com is a great contact and also dvdiving.co.uk. If you want to go on a liveaboard try salutay.com.

Best Regards
David

[Dizzydiver]

Originally Posted by Scuttler

Did an overnight ferry from Swansea to Cork then drove up from there. It's a lot of driving but well worth it. Also....if you're on the overnight ferry you might consider a cabin...otherwise the warmest place on the ferry is near the exhuast stacks.....clothes reek of fumes though

Plus take your own bucket....that was my overriding memory of the Swansea - Cork - Swansea crossings. Great diving over there though - would do it again tomorrow.

[bigfeller]

Diving around Galway/Sligo/Mayo/Donegal is excellent. There are a load of operators up there. But if you can take your own rib there's a good site at scuba diving ireland which gives info on the best sites.

Personally Malinbeg/Achill Island/Mullaghmore/Killary and Inis Bofin have been some of my best west of Ireland diving sites. It might be worth looking into doing 2 sites - moving mid week?