Scuba Diving Point Phillip Bay Victoria

Portsea Hole

Maxdepth: 12m-34m
Experience: Level: 1-2

Site layout:

Around 500m from Portsea Pier -Top of the hole starts around 12m. -The northern side is an almost vertical wall dropping to 27m then tapers off in a sand bowl to 34m at the bottom -Wall is made up of a number of small overhangs -Best diving 12-25m, beyond this only sand

Points of interest:

Formed where there was a bend in the Yarra River, before sea levels rose around 10,000 years ago, forming Port Phillip Bay -On top of the hole are several rock bommie's around which are found hundreds of fish species

Blue Devil fish, rosy wrasse, leather jackets -Sponges, bryozoans, corals, anemones -A small wreck sits on the sand at 26m, about 50m from the wall -One of the most popular dives in the bay