Portroe Quarry

Portroe Quarry has a lot to offer for both scuba and free divers. Depth ranges from 6m to 40m and great visibility, usually with more than 10m allows to perform interesting dives all year round. The quarry has many underwater attractions including cars, boats, mirrors, internet cafe and even a bar!

Portroe Quarry is very much an artificial dive site so lots of things to see but life is few and far between. There are on odd occasions life introduced to the quarry so it can depend.

Level

Level

  • Beginner
  • Advanced
Visibility

Visibility

  • 10 m
Current

Current

  • Light Current
  • No Current
DIVE TYPES

DIVE TYPES

  • Night Dive
  • Snorkel Diver
  • Wall/Drop Off
  • Cavern/Cave
  • Wreck Dive
  • Quarry

Temperature & Visibility

Wildlife Diversity

Affiliated Training Center

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Middle Rock

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Outer Rock

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Trá an Dóilín

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UC42 Cork

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Santos (Wreck)

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The Chicago

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