H.M.S. Martin

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What you'll see (20)

Atlantic Beadlet AnemoneActinia equinaseen 11× near here

Facelina annulicornisseen 11× near here

Dahlia AnemoneUrticina felinaseen 7× near here

Orange-clubbed Sea SlugLimacia clavigeraseen 7× near here

Two-spotted GobyPomatoschistus flavescensseen 7× near here

snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridisseen 6× near here

Crowned AeolisFacelina auriculataseen 6× near here

Common Sea StarAsterias rubensseen 5× near here

Sap-sucking SlugElysia viridisseen 5× near here

Spiny StarfishMarthasterias glacialisseen 5× near here

Blue-rayed LimpetPatella pellucidaseen 4× near here

Longspined BullheadTaurulus bubalisseen 4× near here

Spiny Squat lobsterGalathea strigosaseen 4× near here

Sea LemonArchidoris pseudoargusseen 3× near here

Purple TopshellSteromphala umbilicalisseen 3× near here

Grey TopshellSteromphala cinerariaseen 3× near here

Spotted SeahareAplysia punctataseen 2× near here

By-the-wind SailorVelella velellaseen 2× near here

Common PeriwinkleLittorina littoreaseen 2× near here

Blue MusselMytilus edulisseen 2× near here

Planning a trip

8–12 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

11,439km from Singapore — about 24h each way, so two of those days are travel. the only logged site in the area.

When people dive it

Busiest Jul · almost nobody dives it Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

From 311 logged sightings — when divers are in the water, which is not quite the same as when visibility is best.

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Moon and tides

Waning gibbous

71% lit · day 20 of the lunar month

Neap tides

Neap tides — the smallest range of the month, so the weakest currents. Easy conditions and usually the clearest water, though a drift site may barely drift.

New 10 Oct Full 26 Oct

Phase computed here, not fetched. This is the spring/neap cycle, which sets how hard the water moves — not a tide table: no free source publishes high and low water for Southeast Asian reefs, and the range peaks a day or two after the moon does, by an amount that varies with the coast. For times on the day, ask the operator.

Getting there

~23h 3m

door to water, each way · 4 legs

FlightDublin (DUB)~17h 27mFlight time plus the airports at both ends. A connection adds to it.Find flights →
Transferthe jetty~3h 6mRoad transfer to the coast, usually arranged by the resort or liveaboard.Directions →
Ferrythe crossing~2hAt this distance the last stretch is a scheduled crossing rather than a dive boat, so book it before the flight — a missed sailing usually costs a day. Which crossing it is has been worked out from the distance and not from a timetable; ask the operator.
Dive boatH.M.S. Martin~30 minThen the dive boat out from the island.

📍 H.M.S. Martin on Google Maps 🧭 Route from Dublin

Times marked ~ are estimated from straight-line distance and will be roughly right at best. The road legs are the ones Google Maps answers properly; it will not plan the ferry or the dive boat at all. A dive site's coordinates put a pin in open water, so the map link drops you on the site, not on a jetty.

Details

Island: Bishop's Island
Country: Ireland
Marks: 52°41.100'N 9°40.150'W
Position: 52.6850, -9.6692

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Where it is

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Sightings and photographs from iNaturalist contributors, research-grade records within 6km, under Creative Commons licences. Counts are what divers and snorkellers have bothered to log — a common fish with few records is common all the same.