Norman Point is the granite headland that separates Norman Bay, the Tidal River campground's beach, from Little Oberon Bay to the south, and Scuba Doctor lists two shore dives on it – this one on its southern, Little Oberon Bay side, and Norman Bay South on its northern side. The point is named for Captain William Norman, who brought Governor Hotham to Melbourne in 1854. The dive is a reef of small granite boulders sloping to a sandy bottom at 5–18 m, with abundant fish and small marine invertebrates: kelp and mixed algae on the boulder tops, sponges, ascidians and anemones under them, wrasse, leatherjackets, morwong, old wives, sweep and zebrafish above, bullseyes and blue devils in the gaps, crayfish and abalone in the deeper crevices (fully protected here, inside the marine national park), and stingarees and flathead on the sand.

Weedy seadragons are recorded around Norman Point and are worth searching for along the kelp edge. The water on the western Prom is strikingly clear on calm days – 15–20 m is normal – and the setting, under the granite slopes of Norman Point with Little Oberon's white beach curving away to the south, is as fine as any shore dive in Victoria. The difficulty is effort and exposure.

It is a long walk from the car park in full scuba gear, which is why Scuba Doctor recommends a boat and why most people snorkel or freedive it instead; and the coast faces the prevailing swell, so it is only calm on easterly days. Strong surge and current develop off the tip of the point and the dive should stay on the bay side. For campers at Tidal River with an easterly forecast, the southern side of Norman Point is one of the best shore snorkels on the mainland coast and a rewarding scuba dive for those prepared to carry or boat their gear.

Tidal River is 220 km (3 hours) from Melbourne via the South Gippsland Highway and Wilsons Promontory Road, with a park entry fee. From the Norman Bay car park take the Little Oberon Bay track over the shoulder of Norman Point (about 1.5–2 km, 40 minutes each way), descend to the northern end of Little Oberon Bay and then pick along the granite towards the point until a gutter gives a safe entry. Scuba Doctor calls it a long walk in full gear and recommends a boat for scuba – a boat from the Tidal River beach launch is at the point in five minutes.

Snorkellers and freedivers manage it on foot.

The western Prom faces the prevailing south-westerly, so the site needs calm seas with no swell and is only workable on easterly or light northerly winds; avoid moderate to strong onshore south-westerly to north-westerly winds. Strong surge and currents develop away from the shoreline, especially at the tip of the point, and slack water is best (Norman Point tide predictions). Summer and autumn easterly days.

Enter from a gutter on the Little Oberon Bay side of the point, drop onto the small granite boulders at 5–8 m and follow them seaward and around towards the point, keeping the rock on one shoulder, to a maximum of 15–18 m where the boulders meet sand. Turn before the tip where current and surge build, come back along the boulders at 5–8 m and exit at the same gutter; snorkellers stay in the first 100 m of the bay.

No operator. Shore dives and snorkels done by campers at Tidal River and by clubs (Dive La Trobe, VSAG, Melbourne University Underwater Club) on Prom camping trips; No air fills at Tidal River or Port Welshpool; the nearest compressor is roughly 100 km away (Melbourne's south-east or Inverloch/Leongatha area by arrangement) – bring all cylinders or a portable compressor