Harbours and moorings

Eyemouth harbour

On the south east coast of Scotland, Eyemouth harbour provides safe berthing for fishing and leisure boats and all essential services and supplies are readily available. It is just off the A1, an hour (by road) from Edinburgh, and an hour and a half from Newcastle.

There is a fishing fleet of approximately 20 vessels, ranging from small creel boats to larger trawlers. During the summer the fleet may double in size when visiting fishing boats from the east coast of England come north for the summer fishing season.

The harbour is popular with touring leisure craft and there is a fully serviced pontoon with disabled access on the Middle Pier. 

St Abbs harbour

St Abbs has facilties for diving and boat hire. The harbour is the true heart of the village. And it's a great place to spend some time watching the boats coming and going. Its clear waters and the spectacular underwater scenery resulted in Britain's first Voluntary Marine Reserve being established at St. Abbs. The Marine Reserve was established on 18 August 1984 by David Bellamy. Shore diving to a depth of about 15 metres is possible from the rocks on the outside of the harbour wall. It is common for trainees to do initial sea dives here.

The double archway at "Cathedral Rock" is just 50 metres from the shore. Several small, nearby rocky islands, such as "Big Green Carr", "Broad Craig" and "Little Carr" are near to the harbour and easily can be circumnavigated underwater.

There is free parking at the top of the brae overlooking the harbour.