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3941 RYE
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★★★☆☆ Mornington Pier
First built in the 1850s, Mornington Pier and Jetty is a regularly used dive training site and a relaxing after work night dive site for many Melbourne based divers. A site which is usually diveable when the wind is up just a bit.
★★★★☆ Popes Eye
Pope’s Eye is a sandy shoal with a partially completed bluestone fortification called the Annulus. It was to be the foundation of an island fort in the 1880’s to protect the bay.
★★★★☆ Blairgowrie Pier
Blairgowrie Pier is located in Camerons Bight on the southern shore of Port Philip between Sorrento and Rye, on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. There is so much to see in this constantly changing, colorful environment across all of the different habitat types.
★★★★☆ Rip Bank
Rip Bank is an impressive underwater cliff just outside the south-east side of Port Phillip Heads. This site should only be dived at slack water at the end of the flood tide, and only in calm conditions, as the current travels along the wall and can become extremely fast.
★★★★☆ Portsea Pier
Accessible, full of life, and consistently rewarding, Portsea Pier captures the very best of Mornington Peninsula diving. It’s the perfect site for relaxed dives, photography, and unforgettable encounters with Victoria’s famous Weedy Seadragons, amongst numerous other marine species.
★★★★☆ Rye Pier
Rye Pier is an L-shaped pier approximately 500 meters long. It was built in 1860 to service the lime trade. The pier points North-Northeast so it is not diveable in strong northerly winds. A long walk to the lower landing located 50 meters from the end of the pier. Much better dive at night as more things come out then.
★★★★☆ Portsea Hole
Portsea Hole is about 500m from the Portsea Pier and is a remnant of the old Yarra River. The top of the hole is at 14m and to the north there is a vertical wall approximately 75m(250ft) long which drops to sand at 27m (90ft), then into a sand bowl which bottoms at 33m(110ft).
★★★★☆ Lonsdale Wall
Lonsdale Wall is the remains of an ancient Yarra River gorge formed when sea levels were lower during the ice age. Now flooded between Point Lonsdale and Point Nepean, the one kilometre wall offers divers overhangs, canyons and ledges filled with diverse fish and invertebrate life.
★★★★☆ J4 Submarine Wreck
The J4 Submarine is a WWI wreck in the Victorian Ships’ Graveyard, lying north–south on a rocky seabed. Divers can enter through several hatches, though the shallow depth makes it prone to strong surge. When conditions are right, the clear, silt-free interior offers one of Melbourne’s best dives.
★★★★☆ Lonsdale Bommies
Discovered and named by one of the great local diving legends, this dive site is spectacular. Approximately 1 kilometer from the Point Lonsdale Light and clear of the shipping channel, just outside Port Phillip Heads, is an amazing area of bommies, or underwater rock formations.
★★★★☆ Eliza Ramsden, wreck
Constructed in Glasgow Scotland in 1874 for Samuel Ramsden of Melbourne and named after his wife, this ship cost 10,000 pounds. She was a three-masted iron barque 151 ft long and 27 ft wide with a gross tonnage of 415 tons. The vessel sunk in 1875 on her first voyage out of Melbourne when she struck Corsair rock.
★★★★☆ Flinders Pier
Flinders Pier is the perfect alternative when Port Phillip is blown out due to northerly winds. This site is protected from these winds and is best dived during high tide. There is very little depth at low tide.
★★★★☆ SS Coogee, wreck
The Coogee shipwreck lies about 4 km offshore between Point Lonsdale and Barwon Heads on a flat limestone and sand seabed. Facing north toward shore, the bow rests at 33 m and the stern at 35 m. The bow and stern remain intact, while much of the midships section is flattened or missing.
★★★★☆ Foggy Reef
Foggy Reef sits at the southern-most end of the Lonsdale wall system. The top of the wall is a great dive for beginners as it is around 8 meters deep. If you swim northeast you will find the edge of the wall. This site is part of the Port Phillip Heads Marine National Park.
★★★★☆ Castle Rock
Castle Rock is located outside the Port Phillip Heads in approximately 18 metres of water. It sits on a sandy bottom and rises to around 12 metres. The rock is around 200m in circumference, has many overhangs, walls and swimthroughs, and can be circled several times in a dive.
Opening Hours
| Monday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Sunday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
Opening Hours
| Monday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Sunday | 09:00 - 17:00 |