The St Abb’s and Eyemouth Voluntary Marine Reserve was officially opened by David Bellamy when he jumped off the harbour wall at St Abb’s into the sea in August 1984. Since that day the coast between St Abb’s and Eyemouth has been under the watchful eye of a few dedicated trustees. The protected dive sites around here boast some of the most-unusual and beautiful marine life in the UK, with the kelp forests and rock formations providing shelter to octopus, lumpsuckers, butterfish and sunsta