Wreck of Lady Mary

Protected Area

Lamlash Bay

Why dive here

With 112+ marine species recorded in the area - including blue whales, dolphins, dwarf minke whales, humpback whales and ocean sunfish (mola mola) - Wreck of Lady Mary offers some of Scottish West Coast's richest wreck diving.

Marine lifeBlue Whales, Dolphins, Dwarf Minke Whales, Humpback Whales and Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola) · 112+ species recorded

CharacterWreck dive

StandoutRich in charismatic marine life

Lady Mary is a proper old girl, settled on her side, a real photographer’s dream when the viz is playing ball. Dropping down to her, you get that immediate sense of history, the steel plates draped in dead man’s fingers and hydroids. Our favourite part is nosing around the stern, where the prop shaft still points defiantly to the surface. You’ll often find conger eels tucked into the deeper recesses, just their heads peeking out, and we’ve seen some hefty lobsters marching across the deck. It’s a site that really comes alive with a torch; the colours are subdued in the ambient light, but hit those anemones and soft corals, and they just pop. Definitely one for the drysuit brigade, and probably best avoided if you’re not comfortable with a bit of ambient gloom – it’s the West Coast, after all, not the Caribbean. For those who appreciate a good story and don’t mind a bit of a chill, she’s a beauty.