Dalkey Island and Mugglins

Within the area of Dalkey Island and the Muglins have some of the best diving that Dublin Bay has to offer. The area offers the enthusiastic diver: SS Guide Me II ship wreck, anchors at the south eastern tip of the Muglins, cannons on the east of the Muglins and plenty of granite slabs dividing narrow gullies, where marine life are plentiful. Dives vary in depth from 3m to 30m, there is always a sheltered spot to dive or the option to test your drift diving skills by flying underwater through Dalkey Sound for 2km in a 20 minute dive.

Some of the marine life that you may see while diving this area are:

• Lobsters
• Crabs
• Shoals of Pollach
• Wrasse
• Octopus
• Brittle Starfish
• Plumose Anemonies