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Part of the Moray Firth snorkel trail!
This is a pebble beach right outside Macduff Marine Aquarium, offering a great range of tide pools to explore.
While snorkelling in the lovely kelp gullies, look out for many colourful and interesting species – you might even see octopus, the aquarium occasionally releases them here!
Plan a visit
By road
Travel north through Macduff, heading to the coastline where Macduff Marine Aquarium is located.
From the aquarium car park, walk behind the sea wall and down to the rocky shore. Confident snorkellers can enter the water right off the pebble beach (note that the ground is uneven here, with large pebbles on a somewhat steep incline). For easier access to the water, walk west to reach the beginners snorkel zone.
Electric vehicle charging is available in the car park outside Macduff Marine Aquarium.
Access Google Maps location pin here (TBC).
By rail
The nearest train station is Keith (20 miles away) and Elgin (34 miles away).
By bus
Bus services are provided locally by Stagecoach North Scotland.
Provided by Google Maps
Here is the wind forecast and tide times for this snorkel site. It is your responsibility to assess whether these conditions are suitable for snorkelling.
Other considerations
Please be a responsible snorkeller; do not touch, take or tease wildlife.
This area is home to internationally important colonies of breeding seabirds (April-September) and seals (harbour seals June-July, grey seals August-December). Please behave responsibly and stay distant, wildlife should be left undisturbed. For more information see sealalliance.org and nature.scot. Avoid disturbing ground-nesting birds and livestock; follow the Outdoor Access and Marine Wildlife Watching codes.
Please read our top tips to being a safe and responsible snorkeller.
Share your snorkel stories #ScottishSnorkelTrails
We have worked hard with coastal communities and organisations across Scotland to create these snorkel trails, to:
We would therefore love to hear your feedback on how you’ve found using them! From photos, videos and artwork to posts, blogs and more – every piece of little or large feedback will be read and valued! You can share them with us via email (livingseas@scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk), Facebook (@Scottish Wildlife Trust) or Bluesky (@scotwildlife.bsky.social) – use the #ScottishSnorkelTrails.
FURTHER READING
Nearby reserves
Portknockie, Buckie
Portsoy Pool, Banff
Black Pots, Whitehills
Needle’s Eye / Tarlair Swimming Pools
Cullykhan Bay, Fraserburgh
Local group
Local Group 1
