Try these for the Clyde. There isn?t any diving in Glasgow itself but
most people either shore dive in the Clyde?s sea lochs or boat dive
further south. You?ll not get much diving in Faslane as it?s a major
naval base. However, there is an active diving club there.

http://www.clyde-diving.co.uk/

http://www.clyde-diving.co.uk/

Try these for Northern Ireland. Like Glasgow, you need to head out a
little from the city to go diving.

http://www.dvdiving.co.uk/index.html

http://www.activityholsni.co.uk/

Hi Carsten,

If you fancy some shore diving, there are great dives to be had in the
sea lochs. Try going from Kenmore Point on Loch Fyne, 'Conger Alley' and
'The Caves' at the Arrochar end of Loch Long, and 'The A Frames' nearer
the naval base. Air can be obtained at the caravan site near Inverary on
Loch Fyne (which also has some fairly basic submerged attractions). For
the following maps, zoom in to see the sites.

Conger Alley:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=227775&Y=703285&A=Y&Z=3

Park in the big laybye. Kit up, cross the road and walk along to the
obvious beach access opposite the cottage. Enter the water to the right
of the big, obvious rock and descent to about 15m. Turn left and contour
round until you hit a rocky reef, extending from about 6m to 30m. Lots
of congers, esp. at night.

The Caves:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=228600&Y=702975&A=Y&Z=3

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Drive out of Arrochar past the pit stop and the village pub (which
serves excellent food and beer). About opposite Conger Alley there is a
tiny laybye (two cars max) just before a bridge. Kit up and struggle
down under the bridge (go through the tunnel) and pop out into the
water. Go down to about 6m, most of the good stuff is IMHO to the left.

The A Frames (Finnart):

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=224135&Y=695275&A=Y&Z=3

I'm having difficulty pinpointing this one on the map. There is a big
naval supply pier here, often with a big ship tied up. Go past it, and
there is a big laybye on your right, usually with some divers in it.
I've only dived here a few times, but I think if you go right you will
find some bits of metal and various bits of life. This is famously the
site where a conger wrapped itself around my leg when I was teaching my
first nitrox course. Not exactly desirable!

I think you're meant to inform someone (the police?) that you're diving
there. Local club should know.

Kenmore Point:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=206580&Y=702085&A=Y&Z=3

Take the road very slowly, it's been massivly damaged by logging
activities. Some of the locals are very diver friendly, some are not:
divers are sometimes also blamed for the deterioration of the road.
Although I've never known any altercations it helps to minimise your impact.

Park up the hill (don't go down to the houses with the car) and kit up
there, then walk down to the water (little bay to the left). Enter and
work your way around to the right, keep the wall on your RHS. Often see
lots of dogfish in the kelp, and a good number of nudibranch. Various
fridges etc. at the end of the interesting stuff.

Caravan Site:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=207510&Y=705145&A=Y&Z=3

Have a look at

http://www.uwscotland.com/diveinfo/lochfyne/index.htm

which should tell you everything you need to know.

There are lots of torpedos etc. in the lochs, the locations of which we
keep quiet as we don't want people nicking off with bits of them - they
make great, exciting dives for trainees. If you want to see them my
suggestion would be to find a laybye with easy access to the water and
just jump in. There is very little in the way of currents and lots of
undiscovered reefs. The torpedos are all (I think) safe blanks -- the
loch was a testing range.

Someday I'm going to have to write a book about all this. (-:

   Ben