Fish Eyes is a cliff-side reef near Bremer Bay named for its most striking feature: a sculpted hole in the granite in the shape of an eye socket. Marine Life Network describes the dive as following the cliffs eastward from the water entry around Black Point to a point about halfway along, where granite boulders in 14-16 m are covered with hard coral, soft coral and sponges.

The site is known for leafy seadragons, which drift over the weed-fringed boulders, and for visits from Australian sea lions and, occasionally, turtles carried south in warm water. The boulders shelter harlequin fish, blue groper, western blue devils, morwong and schools of sweep, and the coral and sponge growth – including patches of plate coral – is lush for this latitude.

The dive is more committing than the Bremer Bay shore trails: the swim along the cliffs is long, the site is exposed to swell, and the entry and exit are on rock. It suits experienced divers on a calm day, ideally with local guidance.

Little else is published about the site, and its exact location is best confirmed with the Bremer Bay dive shop, which can also advise whether a boat drop-off is more practical than the long surface swim along the cliffs. Carry a torch to look into the eye itself and the undercuts nearby, where crayfish and cardinalfish shelter.

Bremer Bay is about 180 km (2 hours) north-east of Albany and 500 km (5-6 hours) south-east of Perth via the Albany Highway and Borden-Bremer Bay Road, or via the South Coast Highway and Bremer Bay Road. Air fills, hire gear and guided dives are available from Bremer Bay Dive in town. Fish Eyes is reached by entering the water at the Black Point entry and following the cliffs eastward about halfway along; Bremer Bay Dive can advise on the exact entry and whether a boat drop is preferable.

The swim is long, so most divers use a guide or small boat.

Cliff sites around Black Point are exposed to ocean swell, so Fish Eyes needs small swell (under about 1 m) and light winds, typically calm summer or autumn mornings. Swell creates surge along the cliffs and makes shore exits hazardous. Easterly sea breezes on summer afternoons add chop; check with the dive shop, which chooses sites daily according to which headland is sheltered.

Enter at the Black Point entry, follow the cliffs east at 10-15 m until you reach the eye-shaped hole about halfway along, explore the boulders, then turn and return along the cliff, or be collected by boat.

Bremer Bay Dive may guide on request; otherwise private divers.