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Port Noarlunga Jetty is one of the most accessible dive sites in South Australia with proximity to the city and easy jetty access. A great night or day dive with depths under the jetty going up to roughly 8 meters. Commonly used as a training...

Rapid Bay Jetty is one of the best jetty dives in South Australia, with abundant growth on the pylons and large numbers of many species of fish under and around the jetty. Pedestrian access to the original jetty has been closed to fishermen and the...

To many a diver, this site is the best local site due to the abundance of fish and its relatively shallow depth. Seacliff reef is part of the old shore line from about 10,000 years ago. It's a reef approximately 1 metre high off the sand. It...

A common swimming hole for the locals in Mt Gambier and a common sinkhole for newer cave divers. More info can be found on the [ CDAA...

One of the best jetty dives in South Australia and a popular night dive with substantial marine diversity. Lots of nudibranchs and seahorses can be found under the jetty. The pylons are covered with sponges with purples and oranges. Usually there...

The place to go to see the Giant Cuttlefish migration every year from May - August. Cuttlefish migrate every year around this time to breed, with great numbers showing up, putting on a show for everyone. Cuttlefish here are fascinating to watch,...

The ex HMAS Hobart was a Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyer in the Royal Australia Navy (DDG 39), built in the United States of America and commissioned in 1965 in Boston. The vessel completed three tours of duty off Vietnam and in 1968,...

A very underrated jetty. Fish life is prolific. There are nudibranchs galore and this is a macro photographers paradise. You can always find plenty of pipefish near the start in the seagrass, with angler fish and blue rings making an appearance as...

The 133 foot South Australian, commonly known as the glenelg dredge, was built in Holland in 1911 and sailed to Adelaide arriving in 1912. The vessel was a self propelled cutter suction dredge that was used to dredge the Port river. The South...

There are 3 barges at this site that were sunk in 1954, one is 163x29 and the two measure 71 x 49. At 28m this is an advanced dive and bottom time is restricted. The barges form an artificial reef with plenty of fish life and lie approximately 5kms...

The Claris is a shipwreck site out west of Glenelg. This site sports two main bodies, with one wreck quite broken up and the other wreck upright in the shape of a small tugboat. There is a set of star droppers between both wrecks so you can easily...

Part of the Aldinga reef system closer in shore from the drop off. Spectacular dive with lots of swim throughs, overhangs, fish life and weed growth. The dive is in starts in only 8m of water so an extended amount of time can be spent exploring the...

It is part of the old shore line and is a reef approx 1m high lying in an east west direction. The reef is about 150m long and has numerous overhangs and a small cave, home to squid and cuttlefish. Other species of fish include blue devils, silver...

The Star of Greece was built in Belfast in 1868 and was a 1227 ton, three masted ship. The ship ran aground just north of Port Willunga in the early hours of 13 July 1888 having left Port Adelaide the previous afternoon. Despite being wrecked only...

The John Robb was built in Port Adelaide in 1879 and sank during a storm around 1910 and is in the outer shipping channel to Outer Harbour. The wreck is now nearly completely broken up with only the bow section recognisable sticking out of the sand...

Location: Trimmer Parade near Military Road, Tennyson The southern end of West Lakes is marked by a small carpark off Trimmer Parade. The reserve is named for the inlet where sea water enters the lake at high tide. The site is just 10-20m from the...

The dive site consists of a series of naturally formed gutters inhabited by a wide variety of fish and aquatic flora including sea tulips. The fish can be hand fed and on occasions great schools of sea pike visit the area, forming a seemingly...

Wallaroo Jetty is a working jetty on the west side of the Yorke Peninsula. The jetty is quite shallow at the start, but does get around to a depth of 8-10 meters at the end. Very much a macro well-kept secret, given the plethora of nudibranchs and...

The Glenelg tyre reef is a series of tyre tetrahedrons, set down as an artificial reef. Set up in 1983, 500m south east of the barge. As a fish breeding ground it has been very successful with large quantities of whiting, bullseyes, strongies,...

The Saurian is a shipwreck that sits in 25 meters of water just off of O'Sullivans Beach. Originally a dredger, the Saurian was deliberately scuttled on the 25th November 1954. Given the age of sinking there is some great growth on the wreck and...

A nicely underappreciated jetty which sports some great macro & fish life underneath. Quite a shallow jetty with the depth averaging around 4 metres at the end. Expect to see nudibranchs, sea horses, garfish & plenty of other marine life. Great...

Songvaar was built in 1884 in Stockton (Durham), England. The vessel was owned by Norwegian company Sven O. Stray and used on the Australian grain run. On 14 April 1912 Songvaar was preparing to leave Port Victoria, bound for Europe with 40,700...

The SS Clan Ranald is a steamship wreck off the coast of Yoirke Peninsula near Edithburgh and Troubridge Hill. The wreck is of unique historic importance: She is the only example in Australian waters of a turret deck ship: a type of steel-hulled...

The Shaft is a Sinkhole near Mt Gambier which has been involved in some high profile accidents in the 1970s and was one of the formative reasons for the creation of the CDAA. The sinkhole is on private property in a paddock, with a 1 meter hole for...

North Wall Corner is an amazing dive, situated at the northern end of the Lonsdale Wall in Port Phillip. Lonsdale Wall runs south to north, and at this point, it turns and runs west to east. At North Wall Corner the current has scoured quite a deep...

The Glenelg Barge was a hopper barge used by the South Australian (Glenelg Dredge) to take the silt dredged up from the Port River and dump it further out to sea. She was sunk in 1984 as an artificial reef. A star dropper trail has been set up to...

The NORMA was a steel 4 masted iron barque of 2122 tons, measuring 278 feet, that sank in the main shipping channel of Outer Harbour in 1907 when it was rammed whilst at anchor by the Ardencraig. The day after the sinking the Jessie Darling ran over...

Adrossan Jetty is an easy shallow dive which is good for beginners and sometimes picked as an alternative for OW certification dives. The jetty is rather shallow, roughly 1-2 meters, until the end steps, where it drops off to around 4-5 meters. ...

The boat, originally named the Matsu Maru , was owned by a tuna fisherman from Port Lincoln who had obtained the boat from the Australian Government after it was confiscated while operating off Darwin. The owner planned to refurbish it for the...

Gull Rock is a small island close to shore at the southern end of Maslin's Beach. A reef extends out from the rock for several hundred metres. Access to the reef is by boat from O'Sullivan's Beach boat ramp or from the beach south of Aldinga Reef....

Pope's Eye is a semicircular, horse-shoe shaped ring of large basalt blocks on top creating an artificial reef. This provides a safe anchorage for pleasure craft as well as an immensely beautiful locale for snorkellers and scuba divers. The bluestone...

Blairgowrie Pier is the mecca of shore dives for nudibranch lovers on the Mornington Peninsula. Underneath the pier there are a plethora of different species of nudibranch, as well as sea horses, groups of rays and prolific fish life. Besides the...

Rye Pier is a great shore dive along the Mornington Peninsula. Rye Pier itself is roughly 500 meters long, but has a ramp at the end making this quite an accessible dive even on a low tide. Under the pier you will see plenty of starfish, globe...

Flinders Pier (aka Flinders Jetty) is a pier on the southern side of Mornington Peninsula, making it a great candidate for diving when stronger northerly winds are present and prevent diving at north-side sites. Flinders pier is roughly 330 meters...

Portsea Pier is a great "tank burner" dive if diving with some of the commercial boat operators on the Mornington Peninsula. You can easily jump in and have a look around after doing a few boat dives. Expect to see Weedy Sea Dragons, schools of...

Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Discovered and named by one of the great local diving identities, Lonsdale Arches is spectacular. Approximately one kilometre from the Point Lonsdale Light and clear of the shipping channel, just outside Port Phillip Heads in the Bass Strait,...

The top of the reef is at about 6 metres, and in places, it can get to around 23 metres deep. But the interesting stuff stops at about 16 metres deep. We recommend you head south-east from the shot line to explore the Zoo Reef. The area is marked on...

South Channel Fort, also known as South Channel Island, is Victoria's only artificial island. It's a 0.7 ha artificial island in southern Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, 6 km (3.73 mi) north-east of the town of Sorrento. It was part of a network...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

The quarantine station operated for over 100 years from the early 1850s to about 1950. During that time hundreds of ships anchored here for extended periods of time, to ensure that no communicable diseases were brought into the colony of Melbourne. ...

The Ulonga is the sister ship to the South Australian live aboard dive/fishing vessel, the Falie. She was originally a sailing ketch, was then converted to work on the river Murray, and then converted again, with an engine, to do short costal freight...

A small jetty which holds a lot of interesting nudibranchs & other small macro life. A rather shallow & short jetty, but makes for a great night dive, or alternative to the others nearby. Not too far away from Edithburgh Jetty if the wind is a...

The Gap is a part of the coast near marion bay, sporting some great reef walls and swim throughs and a big sea cave. The composition of the site is mostly rock & kelp, but drops down to the sand out around a depth 15 meters. Some parts of the wall...

With depths to 40m there are more than 50 great dive sites around the Island, with lots of different things to look at. There are 20metre + walls, reefs, 3 wrecks, a couple of seal colonies, Lots of crayfish, and abalone (in season). Most dives, you...

An active jetty built in 1920s and extended to include a T-Section in the 1960s. The main purpose is for delivering limestone to Port Adelaide. This site is not far from edithburgh so a good opportunity for an alternative site if you are diving...

It is a 50m diameter dome shaped reef. The is a surprising variety of sea life and residents include the leafy sea dragon.

Moorara was built in 1909 by Adolphus James Inches in Echuca. The double-ended, flat-bottomed vessel was originally a river barge, but converted to a 3-masted schooner in 1930, and operated as a local coaster out of Port Victoria, and as a lighter...

There is a reef approximately 500 metres off the shore of the Island, running parallel to it. It is a big wall, running the length of the island (more than a kilometre) with the sand at 22 metres, and the wall going up to about 10 metres in some...

The San Miguel was a three-masted iron barque built at Birkenhead, England in 1864. The vessel measured 160.6 feet (49.2m) in length, 26.7 feet (8.1m) in breadth, 17 feet (5.2m) in depth and was of 535 registered gross tons. A lot of steel frames...

An interesting dive site, with a vertical wall, from the bottom and usually an abundance of fish life. There is a fairly low rocky reef system, that heads out to sea from the wall.

This jetty gets a lush boost of nutrients at each tide from the small channel nearby which causes the visibility to be great and the sea life to flourish. However this does bring a strong current with it. If dived when there is no current, it is a...

Seagrass HQ, a very shallow dive but the home of many leafy seadragons.

A large rocky cliff face which descends into the ocean to a depth of 10 meters, the large boulders below the surface are covered in various forms of amber kelp. If you go a fair way south you will see some small canyons you can swim through. The...

On the southern side of the jetty are 2 small bays. A shore dive, entry can be made by walking around to the second bay. South of this bay and cut into the cliff face are 3 small caves including a swim through with a right angle in it. Fish life is...

Broken bottom is again part of the old shore line and consists of a series of naturally formed rock piles spread over a large area 2kms north west of Glenelg in 10m of water. Access is by boat from the West Beach boat ramp. Fish life is sparse to...

Man made reef. Made up of a series of squares of squares of old tyres laid down by the Fisheries Dept in the late 70's. Over the years the squares have split up and spread the tyres over a large area. The dive is interesting with a wide variety of...

Olivers Reef

Long reef in shallow water. AUSC explored this new site 13 Dec 2014. Entry approx 80m SSW of the reef breaking the surface. Followed a spur of reef heading SSW. Great little reef of depth 3.5-6m. Reef approx 1m high with plenty of shelves, holes etc....

SS Australian was built in Dundee, Scotland, in 1879. The vessel worked as a steam coaster carrying wheat from and between South Australian outports. On its final voyage the vessel was carrying 3,300 bags of wheat from Elliston, Eyre Peninsula, to...

MacIntyre was built at Echuca, Victoria, in 1877, originally as a composite barge, but later converted to a schooner-rigged screw steamer. MacIntyre was outward bound from Port Victoria after having topped up its cargo of wheat, which had been loaded...

Your standard York Peninsula jetty. Wooden pylons are covered in growth, mostly a sandy bottom under the jetty with seagrass either side. There is a sunken car at the end of the jetty, reportedly a Ford Telstar, but this is hard to tell with all the...

Beautiful clusters of reef which stretch out either side of the jetty. The reef is surrounded by shallow white sands.

Aagot was built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1882, and was originally named Firth of Clyde. On 11 October 1907 Aargot departed Semaphore for Port Victoria to load wheat. After rounding Corny Point on Yorke Peninsula, Aaagot set a course that that the...

Monarch was built in Moreton bay, Queensland, in 1871. Monarch left Port Victoria at about 5am on 1 April 1909 bound for Warrens Beach at Cowell with a crew of six and no cargo. While trying to sail around the southern part of Wardang Island and head...

Investigator was built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1882, and operated by the Adelaide Steamship Company when it was lost. On 24 April 1918 Investigator was on a voyage between Port Pirie to Port Victoria with a cargo of about 200 tons of superphosphate...

Notre Dame D’Arvor was built in 1902 by Antel & Chant De La Loire of Nantes, France. The barque left France in ballast to load wheat at Port Victoria. On 20 March 1920 the barque was approaching Port Victoria in strong southwest to southeast...

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This location is just out of Edithburg at the KI side of lighthouse,,As you drive around past the light look for off shoot of track to small carpark area ,Will take quite a few cars It overlooks the sandslope going down to entry point .. Word of...

Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Banksia Point is an interesting diving and snorkelling site at Ricketts Point, Beaumaris facing south-west into Port Phillip. It's part of Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary, a 115-hectare area located at Black Rock and Beaumaris, in north-eastern Port...

Barwon Bluff South (aka Point Flinders and Barwon Heads Bluff) is a diving and snorkelling site with many interesting options on the southern side of the pincer shaped reef that juts out into the sea. Barwon Bluff is located at the end of the Barwon...

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Berrys Beach is 1 kilometre long and faces south-west. It is backed by grassy bluffs, with Redcliff Head and extensive reefs bordering the eastern end, and Berrys Reef and Wild Dog Bluff at the western end. Native Dog Creek also drains out at the...

Bird Rock is at the western end of Jan Juc Beach, just 100 km south-west of Melbourne, on Ocean Boulevarde, between Bells Beach and Torquay. Bird Rock lies on Victoria's Surf Coast, facing south-east into Bass Strait. Bird Rock is backed by 20 high...

Black Rock Schoal is an interesting reef dive site off Black Rock in Port Phillip. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

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Boat Bay is a shore diving and snorkelling site, located between Peterborough to the east and Warrnambool to the west, off of the Great Ocean Road (B100) on Victoria's Shipwreck Coast. Boat Bay forms a part of the Bay of Islands Coastal Park, a 32...

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The Bay of Islands forms a part of the Bay of Islands Coastal Park, a 32 kilometre stretch of coastal reserve on the Shipwreck Coast of Victoria along the Great Ocean Road between Peterborough and Warrnambool. It's an irregular, semi-circular bay...

Access is from the end of Daveys Bay Road where public parking is available. A track leads from the car park down to the beach. There is a beacon to the north-west marking the Beacon Reef. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from [ The Scuba...

Beware Reef is a diver's paradise. An isolated rock covered in life of every conceivable shape and colour, it rises abruptly out of the sandy East Gippsland seafloor. The tip of the reef rises above the surface, a favourite resting place for passing...

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Bum Rock on the western side of Dannevig Island at Wilsons Promontory is hard to miss. The massive smooth granite boulder has a large crack in the centre, causing it to look just like its name. The crack continues underwater and inwards about 10...

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One of the first vessels to be lost in the Western District was the wooden barque Children, a coastal trader owned by the Henty family of Portland. The Children was wrecked on 14 January 1839 when the vessel ran ashore in hurricane-force winds at the...

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Bells Beach is a shore diving and snorkelling site just 100 km south-west of Melbourne on Victoria's Surf Coast, between Anglesea and Torquay, within Point Addis Marine National Park, facing south-east into Bass Strait. Bells Beach is world famous...

Big Reef is a boat diving site which lies about 1.2 kilometres south of Point Danger, near the city of Portland, on Victoria's Discovery Coast. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from [ The Scuba...

Half Moon Bay, home to the Black Rock Yacht Club and the Half Moon Bay Lifesaving Club, is the crescent-shaped small sandy shallow area to the left of the car park. It is an excellent night dive especially in spring when the phosphorescence is at its...

Blanket Bay, north-east of Cape Otway on Victoria's Otway Coast, comprises a small collection of fishing and holiday shacks, and the Blanket Bay Campgrounds, located at the end of the circuitous Blanket Bay vehicle track, that runs off the Cape Otway...

Drift diving in Port Philip is a little different to drift diving in other areas because of strong currents and the amount of boat traffic. Typically divers are split into separate groups, depending on numbers, with each group given a long length of...

Brads Bommie is a boat dive site on the western side of Point Danger, in Grant Bay, six kilometres south of Portland on Victoria's Discovery Coast. Dive Type: Bommie Dive Imported from [ The Scuba...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

The Buninyong was a popular passenger vessel in her time operating on the Melbourne to Sydney run. The Buninyong shipwreck lies with her bow facing toward Barwon heads at a depth of 54 m (177 ft), and is a popular dive for mixed gas divers. There...

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Huge boulders the size of houses are scattered over the area, lying where the ancient Yarra River deposited them. Midwater, large fish can often be spotted as they make their way into Port Phillip, and if you are lucky seals and dolphins are also...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Brirdrock Beach is located opposite the end of Birdrock Avenue, Mount Martha, Victoria 3934 on the Mornington Peninsula, in Julljul Bay on the eastern side of Port Phillip. It's named after a flat-topped sandstone reef (also known as Shag Rock)...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

The Bob's Rock dive site is named after the late Bob Ussher, who was a well know Portland abalone diver and pioneer of the industry. Legend has it that Bob tried diving for abalone here once. He was excited by what he saw when he hit the bottom in 20...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Buckleys Cave at the foot of Point Lonsdale lighthouse on the Bellarine Peninsula is named after William Buckley, an escapee from Sorrento who was reputed to have lived in the cave from 1803 until his return to white civilisation in 1835. This is...

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Christmas Bommie lies near the shipping channel, inside the entrance to Port Phillip. Dive Type: Bommie Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

The Conside (aka SS Conside) shipwreck is historically significant for being the earliest screw steamer wreck in Victoria. The Conside was the first screw steamer to travel between Sydney and Melbourne and is likely to have been the first steamship...

Bridgewater Bay lies on the back beaches at Blairgowrie on the Mornington Peninsula. At the eastern end of Bridgewater Bay is 'The Bridge'. At the western end is 'Koreen Point' (aka 'Graham's Reef') which leads you further west around Koreen Point...

Buckley Park Reef is a reef system off of the Buckley Park Foreshore Reserve on the Barwon Coast. An absolutely delightful spot to dive. Heaps of fish and other marine life. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from [ The Scuba...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

It was headed for Point Nepean and, seeing white water, Captain Olsen immediately ordered full speed astern when a large wave swept the vessel on to the reef. With large waves crashing over the decks, the crew at first attempted to launch the ship's...

This Cape Schanck Cray Reef is a dive site located North West of the Cape Schanck Lighthouse out from The National Golf Club in Bass Strait where crays are there for the catching. If hunting for rock lobster isn't your scene then this will still be a...

Cape Woolamai Reef is located off Cape Woolamai at Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. With a backdrop of the magnificent towering columns of granite of Cape Woolamai, the underwater terrain is awesome with massive boulders and swim throughs....

Castle Rock is located outside Port Phillip Heads on the south-west, Point Lonsdale side in approximately 20 m (66 ft) of water. It rises majestically out of a limestone and sandy bottom to around 12 m (39 ft) on top. The walls of this bommie have...

The name Catch Bag Reef Drift originates back in the mists of time. The story goes that one day a cray diver of great notoriety had the largest cray he had ever seen in his catch bag. Unfortunately as he handed his gear to the boat the catch bag was...

Cathedral Rock, Lorne (aka The Springs) lies on the Great Ocean Road (B100) between Lorne (to the west) and Aireys Inlet (to the east) on Victoria's Surf Coast, facing south-east into Bass Strait. Cathedral Rock is another of the prime surfing spots...

Cattle Jetty Drift is an interesting drift dive near the remains of the Cattle Jetty used to land livestock destined for the Quarantine Station facilities at Point Nepean, inside Port Phillip. This facility was dedicated to confining new stock...

The Channel Bay dive site on the southern side of Lady Julia Percy Island gets its name from the long thin channel that runs between the cliff face and the reef platform to the north-east. It is only about 6 metres deep but a fascinating snorkel...

The wreck is heeled over on its port side. There were no anchors at the bow, suggesting it sank while anchored in a SW wind. Little remains of the stem and the outline of the bow area is indistinguishable or buried, a couple of very large copper...

Childers Cove itself is another small, embayed beach. It is 100 metre long with a bluff crossing the western end of the beach. It is backed by 30 metre high, grassy bluffs, and 40 metre high, red headlands guarding the cove. The beach is low and...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Cowes Jetty (aka Cowes Pier) faces due north and lies on the northern side of Phillip Island at the northern end of Bass Avenue and The Esplanade in Cowes. It is flanked by sheltered beaches which are a popular attraction for families. Mussel Rocks...

Crawfish Rock lies 1.5 kilometres north of Scrub Point in the main tidal channel of the North Arm of Western Port off the north-western tip of French Island. It features deep reefs, pinnacles, canyons and underwater channels. Access is by boat and...

Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Blacknose Point (aka Black Nose Point) is a 20 metre high basalt headland that forms the northern border of the 400 metre long, east facing Crumpets Beach that is partially protected by Point Danger. A vehicle track leads down the backing bluffs and...

Cunningham Bay is located at the southern end of the Phillip Island Reacetrack, looking out into Bass Strait. Tucked in at the base of the 40 metre high bluffs are two narrow sand platform beaches in Cunningham Bay, called The Gap (east) and...

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Chimney Rock, off Barwon Heads, is a swiss cheese of reef with lots of marine life. It's a weird rock reef area with ledges, overhangs, windows and holes with a sort of chimney hole in the top and an old cray pot under it. It is part of a reef full...

Chinaman's Hat is a popular destination for scuba divers, snorkellers and tourists. Dive charter boats, snorkelling and tour operators, operating out of Sorrento, Portsea and Queensliff all have regular trips out to the site. Dive Type: Other ...

The wreck of Clarence is the best preserved example of an early Australian built schooner found in Australian waters. Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Clifton Springs, Old Swimming Baths is a delightful shore dive, also suitable for snorkellers. A nice night dive site. It's a shallow dive, best done at high tide. Best to use a dive float with a dive flag. Bottle hunting here is popular but...

It was later used within Port Phillip as a coal hulk and was also acquired for defence use as a block ship. Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

After years of searches for the site in August 1997 a large steel wreck believed to be the City of Rayville was verbally reported to Heritage Victoria to have been found in the shipping lane off Cape Otway by technical diver Barrie Heard. Apollo Bay...

The Coramba (aka TSS Coramba) is socially and historically significant, as one of Victoria's worst shipwreck tragedies in living memory. Relatives of those who were lost are still alive, and the tragedy claimed the lives of fathers and breadwinners...

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The shipwreck of the Craigburn is archaeologically significant for its remains of a typical 19th-century iron sailing barque. As a dive site set amongst typically spectacular Mornington Peninsula underwater topography and marine life, it also has...

Crofts Bay lies 4 km west of Peterborough. The Great Ocean Road runs behind the low bluffs and dunes that back the 1.2 km long bay. There is a car park at the western end of the bay. The western car park has steps down the bluff to the beach. The...

Curlewis (aka Grand Scenic Beach) is a delightful shore diving and snorkelling site near the locality of Curlewis, Victoria, 3222, south west of Geelong on the Bellarine Peninsula. The waters are generally calm and sheltered and it's a nice night...

Devil's Drop Off (aka Devil's Dropoff) is one of the most popular dive sites on Lonsdale Wall. This site begins with a huge drop-off from 12 to 30 metres and continues with a series of ledges, overhangs and swim throughs. If you are certified to go...

The Diana shipwreck lies about 100 metres from the shore in Port Fairy Bay on Victoria's Shipwreck Coast. Port Fairy Bay is notorious for vessels dragging and parting with their anchors when southerly and south-easterly gales prevailed. A total of 30...

Dromana Pier lies on the Mornington Peninsula at the northern end of Pier Street, Dromana between Rosebud (to the west) and Safety Beach (to the east). It faces north-west and extends about 200 metres into the waters of Port Phillip with two metres...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Clifton Springs, Short Pier is a delightful shore dive, also suitable for snorkelers, on the eastern side of the Clifton Springs Boat Harbour. The waters are generally calm and sheltered and it's a nice night dive site. It's a shallow dive, best done...

Clifton Springs, Steamship Pier (also known as Clifton Springs Pier) is a delightful shore dive, also suitable for snorkellers. A nice night dive site. It's a shallow dive, best done at high tide. Best to use a dive float with a dive flag. Dive...

The Collendina Beach diving and snorkelling site lies towards the western end of Collendina Beach, Ocean Grove on Victoria's Barwon Coast facing into Bass Strait. On a very calm day with no wind and no swell it is an amazing snorkelling and diving...

Coral Cove (aka Coral Beach, formerly known as Mariner's Cove) is located in Mornington, opposite the intersection of Coral Road with the Esplanade, on the Eastern side of Port Phillip. The Esplanade runs along the top of the 20 to 30 metre high...

Corinella Jetty (aka Corinella Pier) is located at the end of Peters Street, Corinella, Victoria, on the eastern side of Western Port. It's a sturdy platform made from concrete and wood. At the end of the jetty, the structure takes a right-hand turn...

Cottage by the Sea Reef is considered by many to be the best shore diving and snorkelling location on the Bellarine Peninsula. The beach here faces south-west into Lonsdale Bay, Port Phillip. It's at the end of Swanston Street, Queenscliff not far...

Cowrie Beach lies on the western side of Phillip Island between Point Grant to the south and Point Sambell to the north in the Phillip Island Conservation Reserve. It's a nice area for diving and snorkelling. This area is more sheltered from...

The main Crayfish Bay Beach, west of Seal Point, is 150 metres long, and faces south into Bass Strait and is backed by a strip of flat land below the bluffs. The beach is steep, with no bar and deep water lying between the beach and the reefs 50...

In the central harbour area of Geelong there is the historic Cunningham Pier. It features mostly introduced marine pests and stinking anerobic mud. The depth under the pier is 3 metres, dropping down to dredged 10 metres on each side. The pylons have...

The sea life in this is area is prolific with Crayfish, Blue Devils, Abalone, and much more. The soft calcium that comprises most of the terrain in this area has eroded into lots of little swim throughs valleys and overhangs, all topped off with a...

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Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

The name Corsair Rock has sent shudders down the spine of many a seaman navigating Port Phillip Heads. The rock has been responsible for a large number of shipwrecks and strandings. Corsair Rock is a submerged rock pinnacle that marks the...

The Dannevig Island North East dive site is at the North East tip of Dannevig Island in the Glennie Group of islands at Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia. The dive site is between one rock that is exposed at low tide and another rock under...

Diamond Bay, named after the Diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria, is a popular family beach of Sorrento on the back beaches of the Mornington Peninsula surrounded by impressive sandstone cliffs. Diamond Bay faces south-west into Bass Strait. It has...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Between Eagle Rock and Table Rock at the mouth of Aireys Inlet, the coast is composed of 20 to 30 metre high bluffs, fronted by rock platforms, reefs and sea stacks. Standing at 20 metres above sea level, Eagle Rock is a spectacular feature of the...

Eastern View Reef is a diving and snorkelling site on the Great Ocean Road (B100) just west of Aireys Inlet on Victoria's Surf Coast facing south-south-east into Bass Strait. It's at the coastal hamlet of of Eastern Creek, with the hamlets of Moggs...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Fingal Beach is located on the Back Beaches of the Mornington Peninsula about two kilometres north of Cape Schanck, on its western side. Fingal Beach faces south-west into the full force of the westerly winds and waves. It's a long hike down from...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Devils Kitchen is a boat dive site on the eastern side, near the tip of Cape Nelson, ten kilometres south-west of Portland on Victoria's Discovery Coast. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from [ The Scuba...

Half Moon Bay Beach and Hood Bight Beach are two east facing beaches, bordered by low rocky points. The Esplanade runs behind both beaches, with a narrow foreshore reserve between the road and the beaches. The reserve increases in width on the...

Dromana Shellfish Reef is a newly build cluster of five shellfish reef sites that lie under 10 metres of water offshore from Dromana in Eastern Port Phillip. The Dromana Shellfish Reef site was chosen through an extensive site selection process,...

Eagle Nest Reef is a diving and snorkelling area at Aireys Inlet off the Great Ocean Road (B100) on Victoria's Surf Coast. It lies offshore from Boundary Road facing east into Bass Strait. Eagle Nest Reef is a sandstone reef backed by 30 to 40 metre...

At the very northern end of the Lonsdale reef system in Port Phillip lies Easter Bommie, also known as Sue's Grotto. No one really knows where the name originated, but everyone who has dived it knows it is a wonderful dive. Only diveable at slack...

The lime trade carried out along the Mornington Peninsular and on the shores of Corio Bay and Stingaree Bay was a thriving industry with huge profits made. The lime produced from primitive kilns was in demand in Melbourne and the lime trader sailing...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

A the time there was a great deal of public criticism at the slow and disorganised rescue attempt to save those on board. This shipwreck is archaeologically significant as the wreck of a typical 19th-century international sailing ship with cargo. It...

The Geelong Sea Baths site is quite crap and the vis is often going to be atrocious. Lots of rubbish in the sea baths and it's quite icky. If you swim along the inside of the baths, the bars will bang against each other which is kind of freaky. Not...

The shifting sands offshore from this entire stretch of beach offer fascinating snorkelling opportunities. Shark teeth are a common find for those with a sharp eye, as well as all sorts of other fossilised bones. The sand and weed beds extend well...

The Earl Of Charlemont shipwreck lies on the southern side of Barwon Bluff, Barwon Heads on Victoria's Surf Coast in Bass Strait. The Earl of Charlemont struck what is now known as Charlemont Reef, about one mile south-west of Barwon Heads, then was...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

The Essington shipwreck lies in Port Fairy Bay off Battery Lane on Victoria's Shipwreck Coast. When the gale and the sea moderated, attempts were made to unload the cargo, but the water continued to gain on the pumps. A kedge anchor was run ashore...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

The wreck of an unidentified Ferro Cement Yacht that lies in the waters of Port Phillip out from Frankston. Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Fairey Firefly 2 was a Second World War-era, carrier-borne, fighter aircraft that was lost on 20 July 1947 in an accident. As the British aircraft carriers HMS Theseus and HMS Glory were departing on Sunday 20th July 1947 after their visit to...

Fishies Beach Reef lies offshore from Fishermans Beach and Royal Beach, Mornington in Port Phillip. The reef is in an area with a maximum depth of about 13 metres. This is a popular boat and kayak fishing spot. Please carry a good dive knife and/or...

This Flinders Cray Reef is a dive site located outside of the Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctury off of the Flinders Back Beach in Bass Strait where crays are there for the catching. If hunting for rock lobster isn't your scene then this will still be a...

Coal was becoming an indispensable commodity in Victoria from the 1850s onwards with the development of the railways and the new steamships that were becoming increasingly popular and Foig-a-Ballagh was a coal-carrying trader. Foig-a-Ballagh ...

Entrance Deep is the very deepest dive spot known of anywhere in Victoria, being the bottom of the ancient River Yarra just inside the Port Phillip Heads in the main shipping channel. The actual Entrance Deep spot where 103 metres deep has been...

Fenwick Bight is an interesting dive site at the southern end of Wilsons Promontory, with South Point marking the western end of the bight. It faces south into the often wild seas of Bass Strait, and is located within the Wilsons Promontory Marine...

Fairey Firefly 1 was a Second World War-era, carrier-borne, fighter aircraft that was lost on 20 July 1947 in an accident. As the British aircraft carriers, HMS Theseus and HMS Glory were departing on Sunday 20th July 1947 after their visit to...

Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Shore Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

At the very Southern end of the Lonsdale wall system sits Foggy Reef. As you may have guessed this site was named as the fog rolled and this amazing part of the wall was found. The top of the reef is around 8 m (26 ft). Swimming north to east from...

On 20 July 1947 this Fairey Firefly Second World War-era, carrier-borne, fighter aircraft crashed into the sea off Frankston, Victoria as the result of a collision between another Fairy Firefly at 1500 feet. We have the GPS marks and details for...

Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

The First Cave dive site lies at Cape Frederick, the north-eastern tip of Lady Julia Percy Island. It's only a small and shallow feature but worth seeing on the right day. Perhaps only 4–6 metres deep, First Cave runs through the north-east point...

Flat Rock is a boat dive site on the eastern side of Cape Nelson, nine kilometres south-west of Portland on Victoria's Discovery Coast. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from [ The Scuba...

Flynns Reef lies on the western side of Phillip Island between Flynns Beach (at the northern end of Cat Bay) and Farm Beach. Flynn's Reef attracts divers of all kinds, from novice to advanced. Visibility of up to 20 metres and mild currents make...

The Formosa (aka SS Formosa) was a combination iron hulled coaster, three-masted schooner and twin screw steamer, built in 1868. The Formosa lies at the Portsea Back Beach in Bass Strait, 3 miles east of Point Nepean, The Formosa shipwreck is...

Fossil Beach is located between Mornington and Mount Martha on the Eastern side of Port Phillip. It's not a sandy swimming beach but a narrow rocky beach where fossils are found. In 1854, geologist A.R.C. Selwyn reported a multitude of fossils in...

Fosters Beach in Mornington is a fairly narrow, steep, rocky, west facing beach on the Eastern side of Port Phillip. It's only 80 metres long and the cliffs are steep and unstable so keep to the tracks. There is deep water close inshore at high tide...

Frankston Pier runs 220 metres in a north-westerly direction out into Port Phillip waters from the Mornington Peninsula. Originally built closer to the base of Oliver's Hill in 1857, the pier was constructed at its current site and extended into...

Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Gem Pier, in Williamstown, is 145 metres in length, and one of Victoria's oldest marine constructions. The visibility is usually pretty dirty and with fine mud on the bottom, you need to stay at least a metre above it. Dive Type: Pier Dive ...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Grant Bay, also known as Crayfish Bay, is located between Point Danger to the east and Cape Sir William Grant to the west. Grant Bay Beach is accessible from Quarry Road, Portland. A car park is located above Grant Bay Beach at the southern end of...

Gull Island (aka Bird Rock) is located on the eastern side of Phillip Island near Cape Woolamai. It is a large rocky outcrop situated in a bay normally sheltered from adverse south-westerly weather. It features small crevices and overhangs with some...

Hastings Pier (aka Hastings Jetty) is located on a crescent-shaped bay opening onto Western Port on the Mornington Peninsula. It is protected from prevailing winds. Located off Skinner Steet, Hastings Pier provides many opportunities for diving and...

Helena Street Reef lies offshore from Hawker Beach, Mount Martha on the Mornington Peninsula in Port Phillip. The scattered reef with sandy patches is in an area with a maximum depth of about 6 metres. Just north of where Helena Street intersects...

Horn Point, on the eastern side of Wilsons Promontory, is a safe site suitable for scuba diving from a boat and snorkelling from the shore. Horn Pointe lies in the Wilsons Promontory Marine Park facing east into Bass Strait. Dive Type: Reef Dive ...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

The J2 Submarine shipwreck, also known as the J2 Sub, 39 Metre Sub, 130 Foot Broken Sub, Broken Sub or Deep Sub, lies on its keel running North-South with its bow pointing out to sea. During its scuttling the bow section broke off, exposing the...

The J7 Submarine at Sandringham Yacht Club is a unique visible feature of the marina, and is historically significant as one of the Royal Australian Navy's earliest submarines, predated only by the AE-1 and AE-2. The J-7 differed from the other...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Geoffs Hole was discovered and named after one of the great local diving identities, Geoff Cross. This dive site is close inshore to Point Nepean and can only be dived on slack water. The shallowest section runs south-west to north-east with the...

Discovered and named by a Seinfeld fan who when 'sounding' over this area did a great Kramer impersonation and yelled Giddiup! when he noticed this dive site's spectacular looking formations. The name stuck. Giddiup is approximately 1 kilometre from...

Golden Arch, also known as Cuttle Arch, is a very nice reef dive site. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Grant Bay, also known as Crayfish Bay, is located between Point Danger to the east and Cape Sir William Grant to the west. Grant Bay faces south into the Southern Ocean. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from [ The Scuba...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

The Haystack dive site lies in Prop Bay (aka Seal Bay), between West Cape to the north and Pinnacle Point to the south, on the eastern side of Lady Julia Percy Island. Large stingrays are often seen here, many with their tails missing for some...

The crew (and the ship's cat) had to wait until 12.30 pm the next day before they could be rescued. Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Horse Beach, 13th Beach lies towards the western end of Thirteenth Beach, Connewarre and west of Barwon Heads on Victoria's Surf Coast facing south into Bass Strait. This site makes for exhilarating snorkelling and diving when conditions permit....

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

The J3 Yellow Submarine, originally HMS J3, later HMAS J3, also known as the Swan Island Sub, is one of the J class submarines designed and built during WW1 by the British Royal Navy. The J3 submarine, lies in 5 to 8 metres with parts of the hull...

Dive Type: Shore Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

On the south side of the wreck site remains of the ship's rigging, the anchor chain and rope can be seen. An information plinth has been placed on the site. With increased demand from the growing building trade, local lime was used to supplement the...

The Joseph H. Scammell was a Canadian three-masted, wooden ship, built for the Scammell Brothers for the East Indies Trade. On her final voyage the Joseph H. Scammell left New York bound for Melbourne. The ship was forced ashore, on 7 May 1891, onto...

The goal on a drift dive at Geoff's Scallop Hole is to enable enough ground to be covered to ensure you can fill your catch bag with great big fat juicy scallops. The scallop beds move around a little, and there is no guarantee you will see them...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Golden Bommies is located south of Pyramid Rock, off the southern side of Phillip Island, Victoria in Bass Strait. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Governor Reef is a natural subtidal reef offshore halfway between Indented Head and St Leonards in Port Phillip that is popular as a whiting and squid fishing spot. It's also a good site to go snorkelling from a boat. We've been told some adventurous...

This is a convenient place to dive where you can transit the point and back as shown. From the beach, head out west-south-west. Then follow the edge of the reef as you head north. If you venture over the reef, be aware that it can get quite shallow,...

The Hanging Gardens dive site can be found on the southern side of Nepean Wall near The Rip, just outside The Heads of Port Phillip on the Point Nepean side. The site features ledges forming a wall starting around 20 metres and going down to 60...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Inner Corsair Wall is a very spectacular wall dive with lots of ledges, caves and drop-offs. The top of the wall starts at 10 metres and bottoms out at over 60 metres. The wall is a good cray spot and good crays have been caught at 38 metres. Inner...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Jubilee Point is best as a boat dive, however, there are intrepid souls who like to dive and snorkel from the shore here. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

The Glaneuse Reef is situated at the western extremity of the Point Lonsdale section of the Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park. It can be accessed from either walking over the dune from the track at Ocean Road (opposite Winterly Road), or...

Golfies is a shore diving and snorkelling site, between Killarney to the east and Port Fairy to the west, off the Princes Highway on Victoria's Shipwreck Coast. This site is at the eastern end of Port Fairy East Beach, just to the west of the Port...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

The Gulf of Carpentaria is historically significant as the wreck of an international cargo and passenger ship, and for its role as a link between Britain and her colonies. It's archaeologically significant as it was wrecked without having been...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Helen Rock (aka Helens Rock) is located about 1 km offshore from Tower Hill, in Armstrongs Bay, between Warrnambool to the east and Killarney and Port Fairy to the west, on Victoria's Shipwreck Coast. It's about 270 km west of Melbourne. The water...

Hopkins Reef is an exposed reef located directly out from the mouth of the Hopkins River, east of Warrnambool, on Victoria's Shipwreck Coast. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from [ The Scuba...

A pretty reef system with plenty of soft coral and bommies off of Shortland Bluff, inside Port Phillip, Victoria. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

The J1 Submarine (aka Deep Sub, J1 Sub, 38 Metre Sub, 125 Foot Sub, or New Deep Sub) shipwreck is part of our very own piece of WWI maritime history and an exciting deep adventure for scuba divers. Scuttled in 1926, she was rediscovered in October...

The J5 Yellow Submarine, originally HMS J5, later HMAS J5, is one of the J class submarines designed and built during WW1 by the British Royal Navy. The J5 Submarine is popularly known as the 36 Metre Sub, the 120 Foot Sub, the Yellow Submarine due...

The goal on a drift dive at JL's Scallop Beds is to enable enough ground to be covered to ensure you can fill your catch bag with great big fat juicy scallops. The scallop beds move around a little, and there is no guarantee you will see scallops...

The goal on JL's Scallop Drift dive is to enable enough ground to be covered to ensure you can fill your catch bag with great big fat juicy scallops. The scallop beds move around a little, and there is no guarantee you will see them straight away....

Jones Bay is a boat dive site on the western side of Cape Nelson, ten kilometres south-west of Portland on Victoria's Discovery Coast. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from [ The Scuba...

This dive site is fairly well sheltered from the prevailing westerly winds. The rocks in the area form crevices and gullies which are interesting to explore if you can take your attention away from the seals. The rocks feature a very thick covering...

Fossilised lovenia (heart urchins) are often found here, plus it is rumoured, other finds. It is a shallow and interesting dive, with a small wreck littered beach. Dive Type: Shore Dive Imported from [ The Scuba...

Killarney Beach is located between Warrnambool to the east and Port Fairy to the west, just over one kilometre from the Princes Highway (A1) on Victoria's Shipwreck Coast. Killarney Beach is known for its beautiful swimming beach protected by...

Knawesome Bommie, also known as Al's Bommie (after Allie Beckhurst), is located inside the bay on the top North East section of the Lonsdale Wall system. This large bommie rises from 40 metres to 22 metres with lots of other smaller ones scattered...

The Lady Face Point dive site area lies on the southern coast of the Mornington Peninsula towards Cape Schanck from Flinders. The headland is off the old bluestone quarry and separates Simmons Bay (to the west) and Cairns Bay (to the east). It's...

The best entry and exit points for a shore dive are on the northern side of the lake from Sadlers Road. Park in one of the car parks and walk to the shore. Care needs to be taken on entry and exit. Light Northerly or North Westerly winds are best. ...

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

SOE first believed it to be a temporary channel marker or possibly a temporary replacement for the Hovell Light. SOE had initially named the site "The Light Ship" as it was thought it may have been a barge. SOE now know it to be a built structure and...

Salvage was hampered by the vessel being stuck in four metres of mud. The wreck was eventually blown up, but parts of the mast, bridge and bow still remain. Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from [ The Scuba...

Katie Cove (aka Bunbury Pools and The Bunburys) ia a shore diving and snorkelling site located off the Esplanade at the end of Cole Street, Williamstown. Katie Cove lies between Williamstown Beach (to the west) and Point Gellibrand (to the east),...

The historic Kerferd Road Pier juts 250 metres from the foreshore at Albert Park, off Beaconsfield Parade, opposite Kerferd Road, roughly 20 minutes drive from the Melbourne CBD. Constructed in 1889, it's a popular spot with close by cafes and shops....

Kitty Miller Bay lies on the south coast of Phillip Island, between Watt Point to the east and Kennan Head to the west, looking out into Bass Strait. This secretive splash spot is directly adjacent to the world-famous Phillip Island Penguin Parade....

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

It's a quirky little pier, much narrower than others around Hobson's Bay, with an interesting curve to it. Great for snorkelling. Lagoon Pier was named because of the lagoon that ran a considerable way into Port Melbourne. It was gradually filled in...

Larkin Cove, on the eastern side of Wilsons Promontory, is a safe site suitable for scuba diving from a boat and snorkelling from the shore. Larkin Cove lies in the Wilsons Promontory Marine Reserve facing north into Bass Strait and receives only low...

On the 9th December 1867, while off the Cape of Good Hope, a foretopmast and royal mast were lost when the foremast backstay eyebolt broke, severely injuring one seaman and causing three seamen to be lost overboard and drowned as they were furling...

Little Reef is a boat diving site which lies about 850 metres south-south-east of Point Danger, near the city of Portland, on Victoria's Discovery Coast. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from [ The Scuba...

The London Bridge area is the most northern beach in the Mornington Peninsula National Park and borders Point Nepean National Park. This famous arch landform is composed of sandstone and has been formed through weathering action of thousands of years...

This dive site is fairly well sheltered from the prevailing westerly winds. The rocks in the area form crevices and gullies which are interesting to explore if you can take your attention away from the seals. The rocks feature a very thick covering...

Approximately midway between Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff is an area, which is marked on Admiralty charts as the Kelp Beds. Once upon a day, large strands of kelp extended up from a bottom of 15 metres to the surface where the fronds spread out...

Killer Waves is a boat dive site on the eastern side of Cape Nelson, 8 kilometres south-west of Portland on Victoria's Discovery Coast. Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from [ The Scuba...

Koonya Ocean Beach (aka Koonya Beach) is an open sandy beach dominated by rocks and reefs at Sorrento (on the border with Blairgowrie) on the Back Beaches of the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. There are extensive, deeper reefs off the beach. The...

This Lady Julia Percy Island dive site has simply been picked in Google Earth as a relatively sheltered site on the leeward side of Lady Julia Percy Island. There may be nothing much there, but given how amazing the underwater terrain is all of the...

The banks of Lake Purrumbete are heavily weeded at places. In some places around the lake edge, the depth drops sharply once away from the bank. The maximum depth is 45 metres out in the middle of the lake. The visibility can be poor and it gets dark...

The Leopard Seal Reef dive site on the southern side of Lady Julia Percy Island gets its name from the visible triangular reef coming out from the cliff. There is an above water cave immediately to the north. Around the reef edge there are some...

Dive Type: Reef Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor

Dive Type: Wreck Dive Imported from The Scuba Doctor