Snorkel-Friendly Dive Sites in Victoria
Sites that work for snorkellers as well as divers: shallow reefs, lagoons, piers and sheltered bays where a non-diving companion can join in. Many are also the best first dives.
130 sites · the first 48 shown as cards, the rest listed by state below
Victoria 82
- Eagles Nest (Inverloch) · Max 15 m · Bass Coast
- Empress of the Sea · Max 7 m · Port Phillip Heads
- Flat Rocks (Inverloch) · Max 10 m · Bass Coast
- Flynns Reef · Max 8 m · Phillip Island & Western Port
- Fossil Beach, Mornington · Max 8 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Frankston Pier · Max 6 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Frankston Reef, Olivers Hill · Max 6 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Gabo Island (Santa Barbara Bay) · Max 20 m · East Gippsland
- Governor Reef · Max 4 m · Geelong & Bellarine
- Green Point, Brighton · Max 5 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Gull Island (Bird Rock) · Max 8 m · Phillip Island & Western Port
- J7 Submarine (Sandringham) · Max 3 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Jawbone Marine Sanctuary · Max 6 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Kerferd Road Pier · Max 5 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Kitty Miller Bay · Max 12 m · Phillip Island & Western Port
- Lagoon Pier · Max 4 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Lorne Pier · Max 6 m · Surf Coast & Great Ocean Road
- Lydia · Max 3 m · Shipwreck Coast & Warrnambool
- Marina Cove, Mornington · Max 8 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Middle Brighton Baths · Max 6 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Middle Brighton Pier · Max 8 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Mordialloc Pier · Max 6 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Mount Martha, Burdoo Way · Max 5 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Mount Martha, Deakin Drive · Max 5 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Mount Martha, Hearn Road · Max 5 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Mount Martha, Ian Road · Max 5 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Mount Martha, Stanley Crescent · Max 5 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary · Max 12 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Nepean Bay Inner East – Radar · Max 5 m · Port Phillip Heads
- Nepean Bay Inner West · Max 5 m · Port Phillip Heads
- New Zealander & Lighthouse Reef, Nuns Beach · Max 4 m · Portland & the West
- Norman Bay, South · Max 18 m · Wilsons Promontory
- Norman Point, South (Little Oberon Bay) · Max 18 m · Wilsons Promontory
- Number Sixteen Beach, Rye · Max 5 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Ocean Drive & Pea Soup, Port Fairy · Max 20 m · Shipwreck Coast & Warrnambool
- Pearses Beach, Blairgowrie · Max 10 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Pelican Point Reef, Daveys Bay · Max 5 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Picnic Bay, South · Max 6 m · Wilsons Promontory
- Pillar Point, South · Max 10 m · Wilsons Promontory
- Point Bunbury, Apollo Bay · Max 7 m · Surf Coast & Great Ocean Road
- Point Cooke Beach · Max 5 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Point Danger Marine Sanctuary (Torquay) · Max 8 m · Surf Coast & Great Ocean Road
- Point Gellibrand · Max 5 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Point Leo · Max 8 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Point Lonsdale Light · Max 5 m · Port Phillip Heads
- Point Ormond Reef · Max 5 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Port Campbell Bay · Max 12 m · Shipwreck Coast & Warrnambool
- Port Campbell Jetty · Max 8 m · Shipwreck Coast & Warrnambool
- Port Fairy Lighthouse Reefs (Griffiths Island) · Max 30 m · Shipwreck Coast & Warrnambool
- Portarlington Pier · Max 5 m · Geelong & Bellarine
- Ranelagh Beach, Mount Eliza · Max 6 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Refuge Cove, North Wall · Max 20 m · Wilsons Promontory
- Refuge Cove, South · Max 9 m · Wilsons Promontory
- Right Point, Cat Bay · Max 8 m · Phillip Island & Western Port
- Rippleside Jetty, Geelong · Max 5 m · Geelong & Bellarine
- Rippleside Pier, Geelong · Max 5 m · Geelong & Bellarine
- Rosebud Pier · Max 8 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Royal Beach, Mornington · Max 10 m · Mornington Peninsula
- Salmon Rocks / West Cape (Cape Conran) · Max 10 m · East Gippsland
- Sandringham Pier Breakwater · Max 6 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Sea Scouts Jetty, Beaumaris Bay · Max 5 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Seaford Pier · Max 5 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Seaholme Reef, Altona · Max 5 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Sealers Cove · Max 15 m · Wilsons Promontory
- Shack Bay · Max 12 m · Bass Coast
- Shortland Bluff · Max 15 m · Geelong & Bellarine
- Socrates · Max 3 m · Shipwreck Coast & Warrnambool
- South Road Reefs and Bommie · Max 6 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- SS Barwon & Horseshoe Reef, Cape Bridgewater · Max 8 m · Portland & the West
- SS Orungal · Max 10 m · Surf Coast & Great Ocean Road
- St Kilda Pier · Max 8 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Steeles Rocks, Portarlington · Max 5 m · Geelong & Bellarine
- Sunderland Bay · Max 5 m · Phillip Island & Western Port
- The Caves (Bunurong) · Max 8 m · Bass Coast
- The Jawbone, Williamstown · Max 6 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- The Pipelines, Indented Head · Max 4 m · Geelong & Bellarine
- Thistle, Port Fairy · Max 3 m · Shipwreck Coast & Warrnambool
- Tin Mine Cove · Max 15 m · Wilsons Promontory
- Walkerville South (Lime Kilns) · Max 10 m · Bass Coast
- Whisky Bay · Max 12 m · Wilsons Promontory
- Williamstown Beach Breakwater · Max 5 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay
- Williamstown Beach Rotunda · Max 6 m · Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay