Scuba Culture

Rickett’s Point is a vibrant, shallow shore dive ideal for all experience levels. Explore kelp-covered reefs, colourful sponges, stingrays, and playful fish as you navigate calm conditions and photogenic rock formations—perfect for relaxed underwater exploring, training, and macro photography.

Mordialloc Pier, located on Beach Road lays at the entrance to Mordialloc Creek, and is fairly close to Melbourne and has similar marine life to Mornington Pier, but not nearly as interesting.

Frankston Pier Type: Shore Dive - Pier Depth: 0 - 5 metres Rating: Open Water Snorkel: Yes Night Dive: Yes Access: Either by shore under the pier or off the lower landing. Best Conditions: Easterly winds. Worst conditions westerly winds. Critters: Smooth Rays, Goatfish, Hulafish, Wrasses, Nudibranchs. Dangers: Fishermen, Boats, Jet Skiers, Kids jumping off the pier. Details: Has reef balls off the end of the pier.

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.

The Ozone wreck is located off the coast of Indented Head, Victoria, Australia . It is a retired Port Phillip paddle steamer that was sunk in 1925 to form a breakwater The wreckage of the Ozone remains visible about 50 meters offshore at Indented Head and is an easy shallow dive 3. It is a distinctive landmark.

St Leonards Pier (aka St Leonards Jetty and Breakwater) is rated as the best pier dive on the Bellarine Peninsula. With plenty of colour and growth on the pylons, this dive site is well worth a visit day or night either diving or snorkelling. Great site for macro photography.