Buck Island, off Portavadie, Loch Fyne

Type of Dive:                       Scenic reef/ scallop dive from a boat.

Experience suggested:    Suitable for sports diver.  Seabed depths to 20/25m.

Getting There:                     Eilean a’ Mhuic (Buck Island) lies just north of Portavadie on the SE side of Loch Fyne.

MV Little Blue will dive this site.

Tides:                                                Reference Port is Greenock.

                                                Flood is northerly, ebb is southerly.

                                                Tidal speed is up to 1 knot

Map:  http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GB|portavadie#map=55.87777,-5.3296|13|4&loc=GB:55.87327:-5.30665:14|portavadie|Portavadie,%20Millhouse,%20Tighnabruaich,%20Argyll,%20Scotland,%20PA21%202

Underwater directions:    You are dropped onto a sandy seabed in less than 10m several hundred meters south of the island.  Swim east until you come to a boulderslope drop-off and then turn north, towards the island.  Follow this boulderslope meeting the sandy seabed about 18 or 20m.  There are also sections of discontinuous rock walls among the boulderslope.  There are scallops on the sandy seabed and the usual small sealoch life, crabs and squatties in the boulders.

At the end of the dive you should be close to the island so can ascend either on a DSMB or by following the slope ever more shallowly.

Link:                                      http://www.fyne-diving.co.uk/

http://www.lochfyne.co.uk/

Version:                                1.0

Created by:                          alex maclennan

Date:                                      April 2008