Victoria
Diving in Phillip Island & Western Port
Phillip Island's Pinnacles at Cape Woolamai are granite towers with fur seals, bull rays and sponge walls in 20–38 m; Flinders Pier and Crawfish Rock in Western Port have seadragons and tidal sponge gardens; and the north coast of the island around Cowes and Ventnor has easy shore dives and the Kitty wreck.
THE LOCAL PLANNING BRIEF
Understand the options around Phillip Island & Western Port
What this regional directory records Counts describe published records, not bookable trips or confirmed open sites.
There are 27 published site records in Phillip Island & Western Port. The recorded categories include reef (10), shore/rock platform (5), jetty/pier (4), wreck (3). These categories reflect the database; they are not a ranking, a conditions report or an assessment of your suitability.
Use the Phillip Island & Western Port site cards to compare recorded access and depth, then open the individual pages for the map accuracy and source notes. Sites grouped in a region are not necessarily close enough to combine in one day.
Research operators in Victoria →Ask before booking
- Is this trip inside the bay, at the Heads or on the open coast?
- Who determines the current and weather window?
- Which exposure protection and equipment arrangements should we discuss?
Save the answers with the contact name and date. Separate confirmed arrangements from items still waiting for a reply.
Record your trip questions →Questions, answered
How do I choose a dive in Phillip Island & Western Port?
Begin with the individual site and its source notes, then discuss the proposed trip with a local provider. The 27 published records are research options, not a list of trips available today. Match the plan to your training, recent experience and the operator’s current requirements.
When should I visit Phillip Island & Western Port for diving?
Choose dates with a provider who runs the activity you want, then discuss seasonal patterns, recent conditions and alternative itineraries. A generic best-month claim cannot establish the conditions at your exact site or guarantee a wildlife encounter.
Can I use these maps to enter or navigate a dive site?
No. Recorded and approximate map positions support orientation only. Confirm the exact access, permissions, meeting point and route with the responsible local provider or manager.
Regional planning context: Visit Victoria — scuba diving ↗. Directory counts come from published YouDive records. Individual site claims remain subject to their source and review notes.
Dive sites in this region
WreckPhillip Island & Western Port
George Kermode
A 70 m steam bucket dredge scuttled in 1976 as Victoria's first artificial reef – huge boilers, giant cogs and dredge buckets in…
Shore/Rock PlatformPhillip Island & Western Port
Kitty Miller Bay
Phillip Island's most protected and most dived shore site – an easy seagrass-and-reef bay next to the Penguin Parade, with the…
Pinnacle/BommiePhillip Island & Western Port
The Pinnacles (Cape Woolamai)
Granite spires rising from 38 m to 9 m, coated in sponge and soft coral and thick with schooling fish, with seals from the Cape…
ReefPhillip Island & Western Port
Berrys Reef
Basalt platforms and seaward channels dropping to 12 m beneath Wild Dog Bluff with crayfish ledges and sponge walls; a scenic…
ReefPhillip Island & Western Port
Cape Woolamai Reef
Granite columns, boulders and swim-throughs at a comfortable 12–15 m directly under Phillip Island's highest cliffs; a reliable…
Jetty/PierPhillip Island & Western Port
Corinella Jetty
A sheltered, easy-access pier on Western Port's eastern shore known chiefly for bottle and relic fossicking at slack water.
Jetty/PierPhillip Island & Western Port
Cowes Jetty
Phillip Island's easiest and most reliable dive – a long Western Port pier with seahorses, crabs and octopus on the pylons, ideal…
ReefPhillip Island & Western Port
Cowrie Beach
Easy, west-facing reef and weed bay near The Nobbies that is diveable on easterly winds when Phillip Island's south coast is…
Shore/Rock PlatformPhillip Island & Western Port
Cunningham Bay
Multiple basalt reefs in 5–12 m below the Grand Prix circuit bluffs, with some shelter from south-westerly swell and almost no…
ReefPhillip Island & Western Port
Flynns Reef
A clear-water, colourful shallow reef on Phillip Island's sheltered western shore, with locally named bommies and 'Coral Gardens'…
ReefPhillip Island & Western Port
Gull Island (Bird Rock)
Sheltered, shallow rock in the lee of Cape Woolamai with colourful crevices and a circumnavigation any Open Water diver can…
Jetty/PierPhillip Island & Western Port
Newhaven Jetty
Short, current-swept pier dive on the Phillip Island side of The Narrows with pylon growth fed by six-knot tidal streams; a…
ReefPhillip Island & Western Port
Phillip Island Cray Reef
Long undercut ledges packed with crayfish and swell sharks off the tip of Cape Woolamai; one of Phillip Island's classic hunting…
WallPhillip Island & Western Port
Pyramid Rock
Columnar basalt walls dropping from a landmark sea stack to 15 m with kelp, sponge and strong fish life; one of Phillip Island's…
ReefPhillip Island & Western Port
Right Point, Cat Bay
Shallow basalt reef patches off a historic point named by George Bass, with old jetty pylons in Cat Bay as a bonus; an easy…
DriftPhillip Island & Western Port
San Remo Bridge Drift
A tidal reef under the Phillip Island bridge with invertebrate cover to rival an offshore pinnacle; ten minutes of slack water in…
Jetty/PierPhillip Island & Western Port
San Remo Jetty
The best pylon growth in Western Port's eastern arm, produced by 5–6 knot tidal streams, and a short, sheltered beach entry –…
IslandPhillip Island & Western Port
Seal Rocks (Phillip Island)
Australia's largest fur seal colony 1.5 km off The Nobbies – tens of thousands of animals, with juveniles that mob divers and…
Shore/Rock PlatformPhillip Island & Western Port
Smiths Beach
Bommies and undercut ledges with colourful sponge growth at 8–14 m off a well-serviced surf beach; a rewarding south-coast shore…
WreckPhillip Island & Western Port
Speke
The second-largest full-rigged ship ever built, wrecked in 1906 – her bow standing on the rocks at Watt Point and the eroded hull…
Shore/Rock PlatformPhillip Island & Western Port
Sunderland Bay
An easy, shallow basalt-reef shore dive and snorkel in a gap in the south-coast bluffs; close parking and a quick swim to gutters…
Shore/Rock PlatformPhillip Island & Western Port
Surfies Point
Extensive basalt platforms and gutters off a south-coast surf point; a shallow, adventurous rock-platform dive for flat,…
WreckPhillip Island & Western Port
TSS Coramba
A Western District coastal steamer lost with all 17 hands in a 1934 storm, found by Southern Ocean Exploration in 2011 lying…
ReefPhillip Island & Western Port
YCW Beach
Basalt swim-throughs, crevices and overhangs under Smiths Point at 5–14 m, with blue devils and resting sharks; a direct entry…