BSAC TRAVEL CLUB - Trip Reports - Green Ends Gully, Eyemouth

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Green Ends Gully, Eyemouth
by Ben Panter

This is a fantastic site for scenic and instructional dives, although getting here requires some directions. Off the A1, Eyemouth is signed - don't follow St. Abbs / Coldingham if you're coming from the North, wait for "Eyemouth 2m" and take that. A mile or so down the road you'll come to a roundabout, where you want to take the third exit - "New Harbour - Site Access". It may or may not also have a sign saying "Aquastars".

Follow this road through a golf course, and after a minute or two, look for this turning on the RHS which is pretty much a dirt track (just before the telegraph pole) through a field...

Continue along the clear path, and over the brow of the hill:

And park your car at the top of the slope, or if there is room and you don't mind being blocked in, further down. Make sure there is room to get past your car in kit (most people park at the top).

Two easy ways in - either get into the bay next to the track down (easiest access next to the concrete (ex!) sewage pipe covering, or follow the concrete cover all the way down to the water. I think (but I'm not certain) that Green Ends Gully is the bay, and the dive off the end of the walkway is Ness End Reef. If you go right from Ness End, you find yourself in Rum Faulds Bay. Many thanks to the guys at Aquastars for showing me where to find these dives.

The site can be really quite rough and swelly, and of course you shouldn't enter the water if this is the case. Remember if the entry is marginal when you get in, half an hour later it could be very tricky. A good check is the BBC St. Abbs webcam - if it shows lots of white you would probably be better off staying in bed.

The nearest air and nitrox is at Aquastars, £3 for a fill of air. To get to Aquastars, go back to the tarmaced road, and turn right to the harbour.

If you're in need of sustenance, go all the way back to the roundabout, then head into Eyemouth. Follow the signs for "Harbour" (it may look like the sign points you down Avenue Road, but you need the following turning). There is a chip shop (selling fresh off the boat fish) and several pubs and hotels.

The Pipe site (Ness End reef) is divable when there is more than 1.8m of water... it is possible below that level but can be a tricky exit!

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