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No life to see but brilliant visibility make this worthwhile.
Introduction
What a forbidding place! The journey is harrowing but the dive site is good. Diving is free but you do need permission to dive there - phone the warden on 0194 6726296. Max depth is said to be 76 meters.
The Diving
 Visibility is brilliant (20m +) but there is little to see, other than other divers. It is deep, the maximum recorded depth is about 73m and the silt can be kicked up very easily so be careful.
The seems to be two popular dives here, the pinnacles and the bomber.
The main dive is the pinnacles, enter the water and follow the blue rope for about 150m to the top of the pinnacles which is about 13.5m deep. At the top there are a number of plaques commemorating some late divers. You can then descend down the pinnacles. The bottom was reported to be about 46m but other reports suggest it is much deeper. There is supposed to be gnome garden at the bottom.
The second dive is at the SW end where apparently a WWII bomber crashed. The depth at this end is about 10m. I have seen the tail plane and the engine block but other than that nothing!
Services
Some parking, otherwise none. Lovely scenery.
How to get there
 There are several ways to get there, the most popular is across the top of Lake Windermere to Ambleside on the A592 and then across the across the Wrynose and Hardknott Pass via the A593. Be warned though, you need a good map, a good car with good brakes and good weather to cross it safely.
There are some very 'hair-raising' turns and drops. Also it is quite elevated so bear that in mind if you return this way after a dive. [Map].
The pictures were taken from the pinnacles entry point, (marked 'P' on the map).
B=Bomber P=Pinnacles (parking nearby) Y=YCA
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