Reef
down to 15 m
UCC Pontoon (Lough Hyne)
A sheltered boulder slope to about 15 m inside Lough Hyne, its silty bed notable for numerous king scallops.
- Advanced
Advanced≤30 m
Kowloon Bridge
Dive site in West Cork & Kerry, Ireland
Billed by Tourism Ireland as the largest shipwreck in Europe, the Kowloon Bridge lies off Baltimore in West Cork.
- Usual dive
- 30 m
- Deepest point
- 36 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- Jun–Aug
- Current
- Strong
The story
The 89,438 GT bulk carrier Kowloon Bridge drifted onto a submerged reef near The Stags rocks off West Cork after her crew was rescued. In the spring of 1987 she split into three sections and sank.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
The dive
A wreck dive. Known for crustaceans and nudibranchs.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: scubadiving.com
Recommended minimum: Advanced (PADI Advanced Open Water, N2).
- DepthThe usual dive goes deeper than lower certifications allow.
- CurrentCurrent can be strong; you need good air management and buoyancy.
- Strong current: dive with a local guide and carry a surface marker buoy.
- The site goes deeper than 30 m: Advanced divers stay above 30 m.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Crustaceans
- Nudibranchs
- Anemones
Season in West Cork & Kerry
- J
- F
- M
- A
- M
- J
- J
- A
- S
- O
- N
- D
- Best
- Good
- Possible
- Closed
- Not documented yet
Best months: Jun–Aug.
Source: divessi.comWhere is West Cork & Kerry?
The point shows the West Cork & Kerry area, not the exact dive site.
More dives in West Cork & Kerry
Wall
down to 17 m
Whirlpool Cliffs (Lough Hyne)
Boulder cliffs dropping sharply to about 17 m beside Lough Hyne's Rapids, swept by very fast currents on the rising tide.
- Advanced
Wreck
down to 20 m
Alondra
A 1916 steamer wreck at Kedge Rock off Baltimore, lying between 5 and 20 m.
- Advanced
- Conger eel
Wall
down to 50 m
Little Skellig (west face)
Little Skellig's west face, about 26 km out in the Atlantic, where 30 m-plus visibility was logged at 25 m.
- Advanced
Wall
down to 31 m
Washerwoman Rocks (Skelligs)
A notoriously high-energy Skelligs site where the rocks drop past 30 m into a gully, with strong currents and surge.
- Experienced
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.