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Port Phillip Bay

Victoria, Australia
Depth
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197ft
Visibility
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8ft - 25ft
Entry
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boat
Experience Level
Experienced

About Port Phillip Bay

Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay is home to some of the best temperate water snorkelling and diving in the world. Our rocky shores have some of the most diverse and unique animals and plants in the world, 90% found nowhere else! The area in and around Port Phillip Bay supports a variety of habitats from rocky sponge covered reefs at the heads, sandy flats and kelp forests. There is excellent variety of amazing shore dives especially on our piers and ocean beaches. In addition Victoria is home to an astounding range of shipwrecks, which cater for all levels of diver including snorkellers. Uniquely there are a fleet of J-Class submarines, steamships and sailing vessels waiting to be discovered and experienced. The diving opportunities exist for snorkellers with shallow sites like the Pope's Eye and Ricketts Point Marine Parks, The shipwreck "Ozone" and the piers allow for an accessible underwater adventure. For the more advanced divers the wall dives at Port Phillip heads range down to 100m and there is a huge selection of wrecks in the Ships graveyard at depths varying from 27 -60m.

Port Phillip Bay Dive Info: Key Characteristics and Details

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Terrain and Features: Drift, Drop Off, Deep, Shark, Reef, Wall, Wreck, Other, Night, Rock
Entry Type:Boat
Max Depth:60m
Visibility Range:3m - 8m
Experience Level:Experienced
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