Scuba Diving in Victoria.

If you're into scuba diving in Victoria you'll certainly find something exciting and worthy enough to explore underwater.

Found on the southeast corner of Australia, the waters of Victoria are considered one of the best kept secrets of the continent.

Victorian waters house the richest underwater treasures that are teeming with marine life from the various fish species to sharks and whales, from dolphins to various reptiles.

Many of the more popular scuba diving sites in Victoria offer wonderful enjoyment for beginner and experienced diver alike.

The Mornington Peninsula offers an exciting array of diving sites that are never short of challenges or fun.

There's Port Phillip Bay, which is home to over 60 century-old shipwrecks and where soft corals and seahorses thrive.

Wall diving is the thing in this Bay, starting at about 12 metres and beyond 90 metres deep.

The Portsea Pier is the location for people who wish to learn scuba diving in Victoria; come here and join up for diving lessons.

It is the most popular dive site off shore with sea dragons, nudibranchs, otherwise known as sea slugs, and rays meeting you underwater.

Another popular scuba diving site in the Mornington Peninsula is the Rye Pier, which is the home of Victoria's first underwater trail.

From the time you go into the water you will be treated to some delightful marine life, with many species of fishes and corals alike.

Kelp Beds Reef offers spectacular underwater cliffs, caves, and ledges.

It has very shallow sections, which are interestingly covered with kelp, hence its name and colourful reef sponges and hard corals also adorn its walls.

The Great Ocean Road offers some of the greatest scuba diving in Victoria as well.

Port Campbell, which is the home of the very popular Loch Ard wreck, is in the Great Ocean Road region.

Old moorings and old engine blocks and gearboxes can be seen here along with the many species of fish.

The Warrnambool, on the other hand, is one of the most frequented sites for people who love off shore scuba diving.

The Gippsland coastline, although rugged, is an equally good spot with underwater reefs and rock platforms that cover the 17-kilometre long haven.

The rocky escarpments and outcrops of the diving spots here can be a major drawback.

You may even find it exciting that you can shift into snorkeling gear whenever the tide is low.

With its numerous sites, scuba diving in Victoria is one thing that any diver visiting Australia should include in his diving itinerary.

In Melbourne divers can choose from over 15 diving locations: 12 lb Reef, Boarfish Reef, Capt’n Nitros, Foggy Reef, Nepean Wall, Spectacular Reef, The Maze, 10m Reef, Anchor Wall, Breakers Reef, Cattle Jetty Drift, Cottages By The Sea, Lonsdale Wall, Rip Drift, The Corner, and Torpedo Reef and Warrnambool should not be forgotten when it comes to outstanding diving sites.

This city boasts the Penguin and Middle Islands, Eagle Rock, Helen Rock, Pickering Point, Stingray Bay, The Banks, Thunder Point, and The La Bella Wreck.

If you want an accessible diving area, the Penguin and Middle Islands is definitely the place to go just a stone’s throw away from the breakwater, this diving site is famous for sightings of stingrays, moray eels, harmless sharks, and crayfish.

Wherever you decide to go scuba diving in Victoria......enjoy,

John.

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