Dive Sites Near Melbourne

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

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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HMAS J4 Submarine

Bass Strait, VIC

Advanced19-28 mLive viz

WWI J-class submarine that sank at Williamstown in 1924, was raised and scuttled on 28 April 1927 in the Ships' Graveyard outside Port Phillip Heads; 19 to 28 m, bow broken off to expose the torpedo tubes.

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HMAS J2 Submarine

Bass Strait, VIC

Advanced31-39 m

WWI J-class submarine scuttled on 1 June 1926 in the Ships' Graveyard about 3 km south of Point Lonsdale; the hull is broken near the conning tower and lies in 31 to 39 m.

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HMAS J5 Submarine

Bass Strait, VIC

Advanced25-40 m

WWI J-class submarine scuttled on 4 June 1926 three miles off Barwon Heads in the Ships' Graveyard outside Port Phillip Heads; sits upright in about 36 m with the conning tower at 30 m; known as the Yellow Submarine.

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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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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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SS Alert

Cape Schanck, VIC

Advanced73-80mLive viz

Iron coastal steamer lost off Cape Schanck in a gale on 28 December 1893 with 15 of 16 aboard, now upright at 73 to 80 m inside a permit-only protected zone.

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