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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!
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.
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.
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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.
Look out for the following species on your snorkel...
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
