Land's End
Land's End is an excellent place to take the club boats for a long weekend. The range of diving available means that all levels of diver can be accommodated, and most dive sites can be geared towards both inexperienced and more advanced.
Historically, accomodation is provided by Tower Park (?) Campsite (£4 per night per tent) in St Buryan, a small village a few miles from the launching slip at Porthgwarra. St Buryan boasts a small supermarket and a few reasonable pubs which do good food.
Porthgwarra is a steep slip that is pretty much inaccessible for RIBs but perfect for the club boats. It costs £10 a day to launch from there and permission has to be obtained from the Harbour Master. It is also possible to leave the boats tied down on the slip using the rings on the right hand side (looking seawards). Care needs to be taken as Porthgwarra beach is quite popular with holidaymakers during the summer. At the top of the slip is a small teashop providing excellent pasties and cream teas. Pictures of Porthgwarra can be found [1].
The Diving:
1. Seggy Rock
Seggy Rock lies just to the east of Logan Rock and is a very rewarding dive. The SE side of the rock drops down to about 15m, and further out consists of large bouldery slopes with patches of coarse sand. Between the boulders are plenty of swimthroughs and tunnels which can be great fun to to dive through (with care) - the depth can get down to about 25m. Due to the sandy patches, the dives are usually very bright with vis of 8-10m not uncommon. The life is prolific boasting shoals of cuckoo wrasse, ballan wrasse, pollack and poor cod, as well as loads of colourful jewel anenomes and squidgy things that have latin names. The western side of the rock is not just as interesting but still can provide a pleasant dive - it's shallower here, about 12m with much more kelp however if conditions allow, a full circumnavigation of the rock is well worth it. Seggy Rock is diveable at all states of the tide.
2. Logan's Gully.
Logan's Gully lies of the SW tip of Logan Rock and is a very easy dive. Mostly at 10m, although depths of 15m are possible, the coarses and settles quickly allowing fantastic visibility, this dive is great for beginner photographers with plenty of life on show. Time can be spent observing the predatory nature of the pollack rounding up sand-eels before fixing themselves a tasty lunch. Logan's gully is diveable at all states of the tide.
3. The Runnel Stone.
Plenty has been written about diving the Runnel Stone and the City of Westminster which lies nearby.
4. Wolf Rock
Wolf Rock lies about 7 miles south of Porthgwarra and can only be dived if the conditions allow.
5. Longships Lighthouse
This is possibly the best dive in Cornwall! Often overlooked as it can be difficult to get to (indeed, not much information exists on the web), it is a must if conditions allow. Longships is a large group of rocks 2 km west of Land's End. Starting off on the W side of the Lighthouse in 10m, the vis can get up to 15m with sandy areas surrounded by 6m high sheer walls and a lot of life - basking sharks have been seen here in recent years. Moseying down to 30m should bring you to the fabled canyons that make Longships such a dramatic dive. Care needs to be taken as the currents can be ferocious and experienced boat handlers are needed. Apparently there are 7 currents that meet at Longships, so it's never really slack - great care needs to be taken.
Getting there:
Get onto the M5 to Exeter, then take the A30 until the B3283 (Penzance Rd) which will take you into St Buryan.