Our main dive sites are in the area around the Saltee Islands – rocks such as the Coningmor, Coningbeg and Brandies and wrecks such as the Lennox, Lismore and Idaho. Tuskar Rock provides some challenging conditions and there is fantastic shore-diving around Hook Head peninsula for beginners and experienced divers alike.  More details on each site can be found below. 

The stretch of water off the south coast of County Wexford is justifiably known as ” the graveyard of a thousand ships”. In the days before modern navigation equipment and mapping, many ships perished in these treacherous waters, floundering on the rocks in their path. 

There are a variety of wrecks to dive in depths of water from 5m to 45m. Among them the trawler Girl Arlene, the SS Lennox, SS Lismore, and SS Idaho and the SV Invercauld. A boat is required to access these dive sites. Wreckage remains around Hook Head of the trawler the Schlesien and the SV Royal Arthur. Both are accessible from the shore. 

Anchors and artefacts from some of these shipwrecks are now dotted around Kilmore Quay village. A blade of the propellor from the SS Lennox is mounted in the Memorial Garden and the anchor from the SS Idaho is located neat the gate of the marina. 

“it’s important that we take responsibility for our environment. It’s the only one we have. If we don’t look after it for future generations, no one will. Every club, organisation or individual has to play their part” - Ivan Donoghue

W.S.A.C. have been involved with An Taisce Cleancoast and Wexford County Council National Spring Clean campaigns since 2007.