Windy Point is a less-known neighbour of Oak Park, reached from Rostrevor Street via a small path between houses, and it offers a surprisingly varied easy dive. The rock platform has a couple of good entry points into small inlets, but the water close in is shallow, so divers flop in rather than giant stride. Offshore, the terrain is convoluted: large rocks and reef, kelp-covered sections at around 9 m, sand edges at 8 m deepening to about 11 m near the cave and 12 m at the main sand edge, a couple of small swim-throughs and an island-like reef further out.

Because the underwater layout winds around, McFadyen recommends compass bearings – 160° towards the cave and 340° to return. There are three main routes: south-west along the sand edge to the cave (about 20 minutes), east along the sand edges with several small wall drops, or a longer swim to the main sand edge. The marine life list is long for such a shallow site.

McFadyen reports lots of weedy sea dragons, fiddler rays, shovelnose rays, eagle rays (four on one dive), angelsharks, Australian salmon, squid, eastern rock blackfish, wobbegongs, Port Jackson sharks and luderick, plus sweep, ladder-finned pomfret, yellowtail and seapike, and octopus and cuttlefish of all sizes. It is a nice, easy dive and good at night, and in the right current it can be done as a drift to Oak Park. Conditions are the limitation: it needs calm seas, typically on strong westerlies, and north-easterly winds make exiting difficult.

It suits Open Water divers comfortable with a rock-platform entry and some navigation, and sea-dragon hunters.

Head past Cronulla as if going to Oak Park: drive down Ewos Parade past Shelly Park and turn left into Rostrevor Street. Park near the end and walk down the small access path between the houses to the waterfront. There are a couple of good entry and exit points depending on the tide – small inlets or the small point between them – plus a flattish rock to the north-east as an alternative exit.

Check conditions for exit before gearing up.

Needs calm seas, which usually come with strong westerly winds. It faces Bate Bay and is open to easterly and south-easterly swell, and north-easterly winds make the exit particularly difficult, so inspect the platform before gearing up. After heavy rain, stormwater and Port Hacking outflow reduce visibility.

Summer afternoon north-easterlies make the platform rough, so morning dives are best.

Route 1: south-west along the sand edge towards the cave (bearing 160°) at 11 m, about 20 minutes, returning on 340°. Route 2: east along the sand edges with several wall drops. Route 3: out to the main sand edge at 12 m and the island-like reef.

The dive can also be run as a drift to Oak Park.

St George Scuba Club and Pro Dive Cronulla run occasional shore and night dives, including the drift to Oak Park; otherwise independent divers.