Bremer Bay – Fishery Beach & Glasse Island

Meet the site

Bremer Bay's coast is a series of granite headlands, coves and small islands, and beyond the famous seadragon trail at Little Boat Harbour there is a wider set of sites around Fishery Beach and the islands off the bay entrance, including Glasse Island.

The underwater habitat is typical of the Bremer coast: granite boulders and gutters draped in kelp, with sponges, sausage corals, gorgonian fans and patches of plate coral in shaded areas, and sand and seagrass between reefs. Bremer Bay's community resource centre highlights an abundance of sponge life, nudibranchs, tube worms and basket stars, weedy and leafy seadragons, morwong, damselfish and harlequin fish, with occasional seals, stingrays and dolphins. The islands add Australian sea lions and bigger fish such as blue groper and samson fish.

Fishery Beach is an easy, sheltered shore option for snorkellers and divers staying in town, while the islands give more adventurous boat dives on calm days. Both are best explored with local knowledge, as sites shift with wind direction.

Bremer Bay is also the base for orca expeditions to the Bremer Canyon from December to April, and a stay of several days allows divers to combine the town's shore sites, a boat dive or two, and a day on the canyon. Tank fills, hire gear and up-to-date site advice are available from Bremer Bay Dive, and the town has a supermarket, fuel and accommodation ranging from caravan parks to resort units.

What you might see

Weedy and leafy seadragons, blue groper, harlequin fish, morwong, damselfish, samson fish, Australian sea lions, stingrays, dolphins, sponges, sausage corals, tube worms, basket stars, plate corals

Location

Granite reefs and small islands around Fishery Beach and the entrance of Bremer Bay, including Glasse Island, dived from shore or small boat.

Facilities nearby

Fishery Beach parking; toilets and shops in Bremer Bay; Bremer Bay boat harbour ramp.