Shoulder-Deep in the Sea to Reach One of Scotland’s Natural Wonders: The Spar Cave, Skye

追加: 2026-05-09

[00:00:00]It's accessible for an hour either side of low tide, but it's currently 4 hours before low tide. But I've got my wets suit on, so I'm going to just swim or or walk around in the sea to it. Oh, I can feel the cold water going in.

[00:00:20]Oh, it's getting cold.

[00:00:24]It is quite deep.

[00:00:30]That's the water going in. Oh, actually, it is a little bit deeper than I thought it was going to be.

[00:00:50]My phone is in the rucks, but my phone is in a completely waterproof case.

[00:00:57]that my torch, my big torch is water resistant but not fully waterproof.

[00:01:04]Anyway, some cold water is going in. It's quite wavy.

[00:01:12]How about we look underwater?

[00:01:22]I can largely walk around on these rocks here and there's barnacles to stop me falling in. Let's give this a try. If I fall in, I've got my wet suit on.

[00:01:37]The important things are waterproof.

[00:02:00]This is actually no problem at all cuz I could walk around this ledge.

[00:02:22]I made it round the first bit.

[00:02:30]I don't mind going into the water myself. I just don't want my torch to get wet. And on the way out, it's not the end of the world if my torch gets wet cuz I think it will dry out, right?

[00:02:45]But obviously, I can't really go into the cave unless my torch is working.

[00:02:51]I'm willing to sacrifice my torch on the way back if I absolutely had to. But I mean, the tide's going out all the time.

[00:03:03]The tide is Okay, that is the worst part over.

[00:03:15]Here we are. I have to clamber over here. I think I can put this back on my on my back now and just hope hope that the torch is still working. I mean, I've got my head torch.

[00:03:30]It's just the head torch doesn't do a great job of illuminating the cave.

[00:03:47]I think the best way is to walk across there.

[00:03:55]Right. in case I fall in again.

[00:03:58]Going to lift this up. Right.

[00:04:07]Luckily, these rocks are covered in barnacles, which means they're not slippy. Oh, look. There's like giant underwater stepping stones.

[00:04:35]This is I would never do this if the tide was on its way in, but because I know the tide is on its way out, it can only get better. Right, the cave is up here.

[00:04:52]I think I can walk most of the way along this walkway here.

[00:05:07]The water is mostly inside my my wets suit now, so I'm actually feeling kind of warm.

[00:05:18]The tricky bit is going to be getting around there.

[00:05:28]Right.

[00:05:30]I wonder. It's hard to tell how deep that is. I think what I'm going to do is leave my stuff on the rock and check how deep that is. Cuz it doesn't matter if I go in right up to my shoulders. I can just swim. Um, my GoPro is waterproof and and it's on a waterproof handle.

[00:05:47]Once I know that I can I'm within my depth, I could I can get my stuff there.

[00:05:56]Can I cross here without?

[00:06:06]Yes, I can. Right. Keep this stuff. I'm just trying try and keep it out of the water. I'm going to try and keep this stuff out of the water. I just need to get over there.

[00:06:28]I just about fell in, but I saved my stuff. Right, we're almost there.

[00:06:41]The trouble is it's very slippy.

[00:06:57]I got to get my stuff.

[00:07:05]I think it's I'm just out of my depth.

[00:07:09]Leave my stuff there and just I'm slightly out of my depth. But what I'm going to do is just hold on to rocks and move my stuff along.

[00:07:23]Oh no, I can I can stand or I standing on a rock.

[00:07:28]It's just this last this last bit.

[00:07:31]There's nowhere to put my stuff and I don't know if I'm going to be I can't swim and hold my stuff out of the water.

[00:07:40]I don't know if it's going to have to try. Can I walk experiment? Can I walk all the way in my depth?

[00:08:01]Yes, I can. Right. get the stuff.

[00:08:08]It's just this very bit at the start here. But the time I come out of here, oh, by the time I come out, the tigles have gone down. It's going down like by the minute right up above our heads. There's some boulders I can stand on.

[00:08:29]Right.

[00:08:34]Oh, tripping over boulders. There we are. I think that's me.

[00:08:42]Hope my torch has taken a couple of dunkings. So, I hope it's survived it.

[00:08:49]I'll uh There we are. Look, we've made it.

[00:08:57]Oh, look at the prim roses. Isn't that pretty? Wow.

[00:09:12]That's a dead end there.

[00:09:16]The spar cave is down here.

[00:09:20]I've been all blas cuz I have been into it before. But when you get to it, you see that dark gaping entrance. It is nerve-wracking.

[00:09:30]Let me let me just check that my torches are working.

[00:09:37]Oh no, it hasn't. It's not working, is it? Oh, it is working. Oh, thank God for that.

[00:09:46]Here we are. I'm going to put my head torch on as well in case one of them fails. Right. How fast can we get up here?

[00:10:13]It's incredibly steep, but the rocks are very grippy. Your feet just grip onto them. It looks treacherously slippy, but it's actually not. It's a long way up though. It's quite terrifying to see it.

[00:10:31]I'm going to stick to the edge cuz See how slippy it looks, but your feet just stick to it.

[00:11:13]Man, it's so steep though.

[00:11:23]Right, that's the top the top cavern.

[00:11:42]Look at the formations on the wall.

[00:11:45]There's some stallites growing up there.

[00:11:49]My breath. It's cold in here.

[00:11:56]There's a pool of water down there.

[00:11:59]Let's go down to the pool of water.

[00:12:14]Good boys.

[00:12:29]This is treacherously steep as well. But again, feet just stick to it.

[00:12:48]little steps.

[00:12:51]So much easier with a wet suit on.

[00:13:36]That's That's kind of the end of it. I think it just turned into a dark, muddy tunnel down there. So, I'm not going to go any further. That's far enough.

[00:14:19]Right, time to get out of here.

[00:14:27]Um, the last time I was in here, I left my phone at the top in its waterproof case when I went down to swim and a lot of people said, "Never leave your phone.

[00:14:36]Never leave your phone." But there's absolutely no phone signal in here, and there'll be no satellite connectivity either. So, this is a proper dead zone.

[00:15:16]Right. We need to get back there, then back to our car. What better way to warm up after that swim than some Cullen skink from the shellfish shack outside Broadford.

[00:15:36]It's so good. And there's so much fish in it.

[00:15:44]£550 for a huge bowl. Look at all the fish and potato in there.