Anglesey, the small island with big potential

Anglesey is a small island, separated from the rest of North Wales by the Menai Strait. Anglesey is also a paradise for underwater photographers and divers alike. As it is such a small island, it is easy to travel from one side to the other by road or by boat, and offers both shore diving and boat diving, for beginners and more advanced divers. If the wind blows out one side of the island, then go to the other! If you are on a budget, you can mix boat diving with some great shore diving, with one of the best shore dives being the Menai Strait, diving right under the famous Suspension Bridge - but make sure you get your tide times correct as the currents can be hazardous in this narrow stretch of water.

Frogfish Photography has spent the last 2 weekends on Anglesey, camping in the evenings and diving during the day. We shore dived Menai Strait and McKenzie's Pier, and we chartered Quest Diving to dive both sides of the island. Puffin Island, on the east side of Anglesey, is always a favourite due to a resident population of Grey Seals, who are playful and like to approach the camera. This time we had very bad visibility due to an early algae bloom - but even that did not lessen the fun we had with these playful creatures! The east coast also offers the wreck of the Royal Charter, where you can always hope to find gold!

The west of the island offers some great diving, and we had incredible visibility (close to 10m) on the reef, where migrating spider crabs are arriving and dogfish swim amongst a host of great marine life. For those that like their rusting metal, then the Kimya is also nearby. This is an easy going wreck site, less than 10m deep, so there is plenty of light and bottom time (if the tide times allow)

Anglesey is well worth a visit for a weekend or longer. If you want to join a group of divers then there are a couple of events coming up: The Big Scuba Trial and the NUPG Summer Splash In. Frogfish Photography also organise regular boat trips - so get in touch if you would like to join us!