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
Advanced≤30 m
MV Robert
Dive site in Lundy Island, United Kingdom
Lundy's only intact wreck: a 50 m coaster on her side in 18-25 m, draped in plumose anemones with resident congers.
- Usual dive
- 25 m
- Deepest point
- 26 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Best months
- May–Sep
- Current
- Strong
The story
The Robert, a small coaster, foundered off Lundy's east side in 1975 when her cargo of anthracite dust shifted. She is now a man-made reef covered in plumose anemones, with conger eels in holes in her keel and in the pipes of the funnel.
Source: lundy.org.uk
The dive
A wreck dive. Known for pollack.
Who it's for
Advanced≤30 mSource: lundymcz.org.uk
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.
Conditions
- Dive type
- Wreck
- Environment
- Open water
- Water
- Sea water
What you might see
- Pollack
- Conger eel
- John dory
- Anemones
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
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
Wreck
down to 15 m
HMS Montagu
Piles of battleship armour plating among kelp in 5-15 m, a shallow wreck popular for training dives.
- Open Water
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.