Alternative Names: None
Type of Dive: The Bay of clachtoll is a shallow scenic shore dive
Suggested experience: All Levels
Travel directions: Google
Parking directions: Head into Clachtoll, keeping an eye out for the Clachtoll Beach Campsite on the west side of the road. Follow the signpost directing you along a narrow road through the campsite to a car park next to the Clachtoll Ranger Hut. Google
Distance from Inverness: 91 miles 2hrs 8 mins
Lat & Long: N58.187314, W-5.33854 Postcode IV27 4JD Google
Tides: Tide tables
Depth: 10m
Site entry/exit: Follow the path down to the beach and make your way around to the south side of the bay. Enter beside the rocks
Underwater directions: Keep the rocks on your left and follow them around the side of the bay. Return the same way. Shallow site, taking a long time to get any depth. There is an abundance of life on the sides of the rock, kelp forest on top.
Air & Nitrox fills: Jimmy Crooks in Lochinver has a compressor and is happy to fill tanks by prior arrangement 
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Site Hazards: Wave action on entry/exit
Nearest Public phone None close
Mobile Network service: Contact me
Accommodation:
Other comments: There are toilets beside the carpark and a small shop nearby. The headlands either side of the bay looked interesting with potential for greater depth. Bit of walk to get to the entry point.
Pub: None close to here.
Cafe: None close so take everything you need.
Created by: Nathan Jeffery
Date: 31/1/11
Revision: 1
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Links: None
Surface Photos: Contact me
Underwater Photos: By Nathan Jeffery
Dive Map: Not required.
Dive Report: 18/11/10 12m+ vis. Took a while to get some depth, but then an abundance of life on the rocks. Velvet swimming crabs, anemone in a variety of different colours, sea squirts. Kelp covered rocks became covered in dead man fingers. in the 6 to 8 m mark, There is a huge number of nudibranch. Dive cut short before we got to the headland due to major drysuit leak.
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