Fishermans Haul is a small bay just south of Lucas Point, between Tinderbox and the southern end of the Kingborough coast. The Marine Life Network guide describes it as a shallow snorkel or dive in 2-5 m with a nice kelp garden on Lucas Point and general marine life. Access is the main challenge: from the clifftop car park a steep dirt track descends to the rocks, entry is awkward at high tide or in heavy seas, and the climb back up is hard work with dive gear.

Once in the water, the kelp garden offers a pleasant shallow reef with wrasse, leatherjackets, magpie morwong, sea stars and the other common reef species of the channel, with the chance of seahorses and weedy seadragons in the weed. Being close to the Tinderbox Marine Nature Reserve, the area may benefit from the spillover of fish from the no-take zone. The bay is exposed to south-easterly swell, so it is best visited on calm days with westerly winds.

For most divers the nearby Tinderbox reserve offers easier access and better facilities; Fishermans Haul is an alternative for those wanting a quieter spot and willing to carry gear down a track. If you do make the effort, plan the dive around a calm, low-to-mid tide window, scout the entry without gear first, and have the fittest member of the group carry the heaviest items back up the track. A mask, snorkel and fins are enough to enjoy the kelp in the shallows, which makes the site a sensible choice for a lightweight snorkel rather than a full scuba dive.

The views from the clifftop over the channel to Bruny Island are a bonus.

From Kingston drive south through Blackmans Bay and along Tinderbox Road towards Tinderbox; the Marine Life Network guide describes a parking area at the cliff top above the bay south of Lucas Point. From there a steep dirt track leads down to the rocks. Entry is from the rocks and becomes difficult at high tide or in heavy seas, and the climb back up in gear is strenuous.

The D'Entrecasteaux Channel is sheltered from ocean swell by Bruny Island, but strong northerly and southerly winds funnel along it and raise a steep chop. Southerly swell entering from the Southern Ocean affects the southern channel sites. Visibility is moderate and often green-tinged from Huon River and local runoff, dropping after heavy rain; the Marine Life Network notes a possible slow tidal current at some sites.

Calm mornings in late summer and autumn are best; the channel can be dived year-round. The Marine Life Network notes the bay is exposed to south-easterly swell.

Enter from the rocks at mid to low tide, swim to the kelp garden on Lucas Point and explore it in 2-5 m, then return to the same exit.

No operator trips; independent shore divers and snorkellers.