Licensed charter boats operate from both Eyemouth and St. Abbs and they do not normally require a full complement of twelve divers before they will make a trip. Distances are short - and so therefore are journey times - which reflects in the cost (and the comfort factor when it is a bit swelly!). If you bring your own boat, there are 2 slipways in Eyemouth and one in St. Abbs, allowing access across the full tidal range.

Following the underwater cliff face of Hairy Ness makes a nice easy dive for divers of any level. On the seaward side of this site the current can be quite strong, but by planning the direction of your dive you can make this work for rather than against you. The walls of the cliff face are completely covered in dead men's fingers.

Directly below Fort Point is Luff Hard Reef, a group of intersecting gullies with gravely bottoms. The seaward side of the site forms a steep vertical undercut wall covered in soft corals, some big dahlia anemones and often large sea slugs. At the shallow shoreward side of the reef are mussel beds and large shoals of fish. Gray seals lurk in the kelp beds close to shore. This is a slack water dive as the current can be very strong on around the point.

The Hurkers, near the entrance to Eyemouth Harbour, are rated the best boat dive in the south of the marine reserve. This site, with its steep sided and undercut gullies, is one of the best places to see large areas of dead men's fingers, huge plumose anemones, light-bulb sea-squirts and starfish. The site demands some respect and is a slack water dive; SMBs should be used to avoid boat traffic. To the north is Buss Craig with the boiler from the wreck of SS. Mauritania, a wooden steam-driven fishing boat.

Known locally as Podley Peaks, this site is seldom dived because it is not an easy site to find; an echo sounder will help you. Fold Buss is the home of the largest edible crabs in the area, as well as large spider crabs and wolf-fish. The local fishermen use this site as a dumping ground, giving it the feel of a wreck site and probably accounting for the profusion of large marine scavengers.

The Glanmire lies a few minutes from St. Abbs harbour in approximately 30m of water. A lot of the wreckage is covered in white and orange soft corals with many other invertebrates established between them. Huge shoals of coalfish hang just above it and make a superb sight if you happen to be there when the visibility is good. Usually, there are plenty of big pollack; wary cod and ling hang about under the wreckage. This is also an excellent place for finding big, mature wolf fish and the occasional conger. Bib (pouting) congregate in small groups in the shelter of the wreckage. Take a good lamp.