Wreck
down to 26 m
MV Robert
Lundy's only intact wreck: a 50 m coaster on her side in 18-25 m, draped in plumose anemones with resident congers.
- Advanced
- Pollack
Open Water≤18 m
HMS Montagu
Dive site in Lundy Island, United Kingdom
Piles of battleship armour plating among kelp in 5-15 m, a shallow wreck popular for training dives.
- Max depth
- 15 m
- Level
- Open Water
- Best months
- May–Sep
The story
The battleship Montagu ran aground on Shutter Point in May 1906 in thick fog while trialling new wireless telegraphy apparatus. Her remains lie close in to the southwest tip of the island.
Source: lundy.org.uk
The dive
A wreck and kelp forest dive.
Who it's for
Open Water≤18 mSource: divernet.com
Recommended minimum: Open Water (PADI Open Water, CMAS/FFESSM N1).
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck, Kelp forest
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
Season in Lundy Island
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: May–Sep.
Source: scubadiverlife.comWhere is Lundy Island?
The point shows the Lundy Island area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in Lundy Island
Kelp forest
down to 10 m
Gannets' Bay
Lundy's playful, curious seals swim around divers here, playing hide and seek and nibbling fins.
- Open Water
- Seals
Wreck
down to 28 m
Iona II
A protected 1864 wreck of an American Civil War blockade runner in 22-28 m, with its own dive trail.
- Advanced
Wall
down to 25 m
Knoll Pins
Pinnacle walls covered in jewel anemones, cup corals and pink sea fans.
- Advanced
- Pollack
down to 10 m
Seal's Rock
A shallow seal dive, no deeper than about 10 m, where Lundy's seals gather off the rocks.
- Open Water
- Seals
About this page
Values marked “Estimated” come from our original catalogue and are being checked against published sources one by one. Sourced values link to where they come from. Conditions change with the season, the weather and the tide: confirm with a local dive centre before you dive.