Co. Donegal Donegal has many fine dive sites, but none better than the sites around Aran Island near Burtonport. Have a look at the chart of Aranmore and you will see that there will always be sheltered shores. Burtonport has a lot going for it.
Accommodation is relatively plentiful and the large slipway is good at any state of the tide.
As a general rule if you can get access to the exposed Western side of Aranmore go there, keeping the sheltered sites for when the Westerlies blow. Tomeady Point Plenty of sheer faces and overhangs coupled with lots of fish made this a popular dive. The North face with depths of 35m is the more dramatic side. Keep an eye out for Alcyonium Glomerutum, the red dead men's fingers, which are quite scarce this far North. Cavern Halfway along the narrow channel between Tomeady and Aran is an entrance to Paradise Cavern.