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Lochbay and its Islands There are numerous good diving sites in and near Lochbay. It offers shore diving, scenic and night diving. Close to the Dive Centre in a sheltered sea loch it always assures bad weather diving even in winds of up to force 8. Some clubs have even dived in a force 10 here from the shore! In a protected sealoch - an ideal place for you to be based. Lochbay Pinnacles – fantastic night dive | STAR RATING : | Scenic 3 star, Night 5 star, Bad Weather 3 star | | POSITION : | Stein, Waternish | | EXPERIENCE: | All | | DIVE DEPTH : | 6-23m | | CONDITIONS : | This site is only undiveable in a northerly gale, and has often been dived in South westerly gale 8+ it is so sheltered | | SEA BED : | Silty sand | | TIDES : | none | | TAKE CARE : | Seabed easily disturbed | | COMMENTS : | This submerged pinnacle descends from a flat top at 8m vertically on two sides to 22m at the seabed and can be circumnavigated in one dive. Its many cracks and crevices are always a delight to explore with colour and species cloaking its faces. Having dived it by day, and being only 10 mins from the dive centre, it makes an ideal night dive. | | ARTICLE : | 'Sportdiver - UK in Focus - Scotland' - Nov 07. Read the pdf» | |