Woody Point Jetty is a long, notably wide timber jetty on the southern shore of the Redcliffe Peninsula, looking across Bramble Bay towards Brisbane. It is primarily a fishing jetty, with shelters and fish-cleaning stations along its length, and is popular with anglers and cast-netters chasing mullet, bream and whiting; interpretive signs at the landward end tell its history. It is not a well-known dive site and no dive-specific guide to it was found during research, so it should be treated as an occasional muck dive for local divers rather than a destination.

The appeal, as with many South East Queensland jetties, lies in the pylons. Oysters, sponges and ascidians coat the timber and concrete, and in the shallow, sheltered water around them small creatures can be found by patient divers: nudibranchs, pipefish, small crabs and shrimps, gobies, juvenile fish and occasional octopus. Fish commonly seen from the jetty include bream, mullet and whiting, and visitors regularly report turtles surfacing beside it.

The major constraints are visibility and tide. Bramble Bay is shallow and muddy, and even on a good high tide visibility is often only a couple of metres; after rain the water turns brown. The jetty is also heavily fished, so divers must watch for lines, hooks and cast nets and should avoid peak fishing times.

For divers living on the northside who want a short critter hunt without a boat, it is worth a look on a clear, calm high tide in winter; for everyone else, the Gold Coast Seaway or the Tangalooma Wrecks offer much better shore diving.

From Brisbane take the Gateway Motorway north and the Houghton Highway/Ted Smout Bridge onto the Redcliffe Peninsula, then follow Oyster Point Esplanade to Woody Point (about 35-40 minutes from the CBD). Park on the Esplanade or in the parking near the jetty and the Belvedere Hotel; the carry to the beach is short. Enter from the beach beside the jetty rather than jumping – the water is shallow – and fin out along the pylons at high tide.

Exit the same way. Anglers use the jetty day and night, so stay well clear of lines and cast nets.

Bramble Bay is shallow, muddy and heavily influenced by the Pine River and Brisbane River outflows, so visibility is usually 1-3 m and falls to near zero after rain. Dive only at the top of the high tide, which brings the cleanest water and enough depth; at low tide the jetty stands over mudflats. Southerly and south-easterly winds over about 15 knots make the site choppy and stir the silt.

Tidal flow along the jetty is mild to moderate.

Enter at the top of the tide beside the jetty, surface-swim out to where it is 2-3 m deep, descend and work slowly out along one row of pylons and back along the other, staying a metre off the silt and searching the pylons and debris for critters.

No regular operator; occasional local muck and critter dives by Brisbane divers and photographers. Brisbane Dive Academy or Brisbane Scuba for air fills.