Mornington Pier

★★★☆☆ (117)

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.

old wives, globe fish, crabs, seahorses, starfish, squid, gurnards and other pylon dwelling creatures.

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 300

Octopus

Octopus

5 Sightings
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1
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3
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Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

2 Sightings
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1
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1
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Total number of species approx.: 27

Barracuda

Barracuda

2 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 600

Wrasse

Wrasse

2 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 80

Stingrays

Stingrays

35 Sightings
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6
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6
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2
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4
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1
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2
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1
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4
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2
Common Seahorse

Common Seahorse

16 Sightings
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3
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2
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2
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1
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1
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1
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1
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4
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Total number of species approx.: 130

Pufferfish

Pufferfish

10 Sightings
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2
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1
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1
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Total number of species approx.: 120

Cuttlefish

Cuttlefish

5 Sightings
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2
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1
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1
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1
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species approx.: 3000

Nudibranch

Nudibranch

5 Sightings
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0
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1
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3
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Total number of species approx.: 9

Fur Seal

Fur Seal

4 Sightings
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Total number of species approx.: 7000

Crab

Crab

4 Sightings
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1
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0
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0
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0
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3
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0
Weedy Seadragon

Weedy Seadragon

3 Sightings
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1
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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D
1

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Total number of species approx.: 110

Snapper

Snapper

3 Sightings
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1
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1
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1
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Total number of species approx.: 8

Bannerfish

Bannerfish

3 Sightings
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3
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0
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0
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0
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Total number of species approx.: 3400

Shrimp

Shrimp

3 Sightings
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