Short Point Bommie is a boat dive off Short Point, just north of Merimbula town. The Marine Life Network lists it at 15–20 m with pelagic fish and sea dragons. It is a short run from the Merimbula bar and offers a change from the shore dives at the wharf and Short Point beach.

Bommies on this coast are rocky outcrops rising from sand, with kelp on their tops and sponges, sea squirts and gorgonians on their sides. Their isolation attracts fish: schools of yellowtail and sweep around the bommie, with kingfish, trevally, salmon and bonito passing in the blue, particularly in summer and autumn. Weedy sea dragons forage over the kelp on the top and around the sand edges. Blue groper, red morwong, leatherjackets and wrasse are common residents, and wobbegongs and Port Jackson sharks may be found under ledges.

The site suits Open Water divers comfortable at 15–20 m, and Advanced divers looking for pelagic action. The published description is brief and no GPS has been published, so ask Merimbula Divers Lodge for details and the mark. The dive combines well with a shallower dive on the Empire Gladstone or a night dive at Merimbula Wharf. Summer water temperatures here are typically 18–20 °C, but upwelling can suddenly drop them by several degrees, so a hood is worth bringing even in summer. Salmon schools can be large in winter and spring, sometimes swirling around divers in their hundreds. Dolphins are also common around the Merimbula bar and may appear on the boat ride out or back.

Boat access only. Merimbula Divers Lodge runs its boats from Merimbula; private boats launch at the Merimbula ramps inside the lake and cross the Merimbula bar (8-knot limit on the lake). The bommie is off Short Point, just north of the Merimbula Lake entrance, so it is a short run of 5–10 minutes after crossing the bar.

No public mark has been published.

An offshore bommie off an east-facing headland, exposed to swell from north-east to south-east. Dive with swell under about 1.5 m and moderate winds. The Merimbula bar crossing depends on swell and tide.

Visibility falls after rain and on outgoing tides from the lake. Morning dives avoid summer sea breezes.

Descend onto the bommie and circle it at 15–20 m, watching the blue for pelagic fish, then come up onto the top to search the kelp for sea dragons before returning to the anchor. Ascend on the anchor line with a safety stop.

Listed by the Marine Life Network as a Merimbula boat dive; dived by Merimbula Divers Lodge when conditions suit.