| First dive in Ireland * The dive site was Pollack Alley, between the Islands of Innistooskert (Northern island) and Illaunamel (Island of Honey).*
The Maharees Islands, The Brandon Cliff face and the Blasket Islands offer the best diving in Ireland, from superb scenic dives to wreck dives. The Maharees have their own resident pod of playful Dolphins and they can be frequently seen cavorting in front of Harbour house. At times, they swim with divers around the islands.
Illaunnabarnagh, a nearby island, has its own seal colony and the seals are friendly and don't mind the human interloper.
Marine Life
Here is what Jacques Cousteau said about our dive sites: ''Some of the best diving in the world is at the northern side of the Dingle Peninsula where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Brandon mountains'' ... in a landscape of exceptional beauty.
''Abundant marine life - shoals of mackerel and pollack; feeding wrasse and playful seals; lobster, crawfish and crabs; sunfish and basking sharks; schools of dolphins and pilot whales; while the reefs themselves are lit up by different varieties of sponges and anemones.''
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