Dive Sites Near Melbourne

12 dive sites in and around Melbourne, VIC, nearest first, with the depth, skill level and conditions for each one.

HMAS J2 Submarine

Bass Strait, VIC

Advanced18-27m

RAN J-class submarine scuttled in 1926 and now lying broadly intact in 27 metres of Bass Strait water off the Mornington Peninsula coast.

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HMAS J4 Submarine

Swan Bay, VIC

Intermediate10-17mLive viz

RAN J-class submarine scuttled in Swan Bay in 1924, lying in shallow sheltered water - the most accessible of the four dive-able J-class wrecks.

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Pope's Eye

Port Phillip Bay, VIC

Beginner2-15mLive viz

Unfinished 19th-century colonial fortification ring inside Port Phillip Bay near the Heads, now a Marine Sanctuary and one of Victoria's most dependable shallow dives.

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Portsea Pier

Mornington Peninsula, VIC

Beginner3–10mLive viz

One of Victoria's most popular and accessible night dives, with a richly encrusted pier structure hosting sea horses, sea dragons, and prolific nudibranch li...

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Lonsdale Wall

Port Phillip Heads, VIC

Advanced12-40mLive viz

Tide-driven vertical wall on the western side of Port Phillip Heads, dropping from 12 metres past 30 onto a rich sponge-garden slope - one of Victoria's signature advanced dives.

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Blairgowrie Pier

Mornington Peninsula, VIC

Beginner3-8mLive viz

Mornington Peninsula shore dive that is one of the most consistent weedy seadragon sites in Australia, with dense macro life along and beneath the marina pylons.

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Rye Pier

Mornington Peninsula, VIC

Beginner2-7mLive viz

Beginner-grade Mornington Peninsula shore dive under the Rye Pier and across the adjacent reef. A common training site for Open Water students from Melbourne.

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Ex-HMAS Canberra

Ocean Grove, VIC

Advanced8-28mLive viz

Victoria's first purpose-built dive wreck, a 138-metre guided missile frigate scuttled off Ocean Grove and now a sponge-encrusted reef in Bass Strait.

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HMAS J1 Submarine

Bass Strait, VIC

Advanced20-28mLive viz

Royal Navy / RAN J-class submarine scuttled off Barwon Heads in 1926, lying broadly intact in 28 metres - the deepest of the four dive-able J-class wrecks.

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HMAS J5 Submarine

Bass Strait, VIC

Advanced20-30m

RAN J-class submarine scuttled in Bass Strait off the Mornington Peninsula in 1926, lying in 30 metres of exposed open-coast water.

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Flinders Pier

Mornington Peninsula, VIC

Beginner2-8mLive viz

Melbournes most popular shore dive featuring a pier structure that attracts unique marine life. Excellent for night diving and macro photography.

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Wreck of the Alert

Phillip Island, VIC

Advanced18–33mLive viz

The broken remains of an iron-hulled sailing vessel wrecked in 1893 on the rocky coast of Phillip Island, colonised by kelp and home to a productive reef com...

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