Arranmore Island

Bloody Foreland (Gweedore)

Dunfanaghy Bay

Fanad Head & Laurentic Wreck

Killybegs & St. John’s Point

Malin Head – Garvan Isles

Malin Head – Torpedo Alley (Inishtrahull Sound)

Sliabh Liag (Slieve League)

SS Empire Wessex Wreck (Killybegs)

Donegal is proud of its Atlantic catch and lamb. Try fresh crab, prawns, haddock, smoked fish, brown bread and the famous Donegal oyster. Killybegs is a working fishing port with excellent seafood, and the west-coast cafés serve chowder after a dive. Local ingredients and simple preparation let the pure Irish flavours shine through in every meal.

Rathmullan House

McGrorys Hotel

The Central Hotel

Malin Hotel

Donegal is the wild heart of the Wild Atlantic Way, where remote headlands, islands and deep sea lochs shelter some of Ireland’s most significant wreck diving. Malin Head’s Torpedo Alley off Inishtrahull Sound is a graveyard of WWI and WWII ships, including the SS Empire Heritage, HMS Audacious, SS Justicia and U-2506, all technical-class dives. Fanad Head guards the Laurentic, a White Star liner with a gold-bullion history, and Mulroy Bay offers sheltered reefs. Sliabh Liag drops as Europe’s highest sea cliffs, Arranmore holds kelp forests and basking sharks, and Killybegs and Dunfanaghy add macro and training. Rugged, weather-beaten and unforgettable, Donegal is for committed, guide-led diving.

Donegal & North-West (Wild Atlantic Way)

Fly into Derry (LDY) or Dublin then drive north; Donegal Airport (CFN) serves some routes. Dive bases sit in Malin Head, Buncrana, Fanad, Killybegs and Dunfanaghy, with boats to Inishtrahull and the islands.

Dive Sites in Donegal & North-West (Wild Atlantic Way)