Diving in Melbourne

[elan]

My family and I are going to visit my friend and we plan to go to Cairns for some reef diving.

So now the question. What is a temperature like near Melbourne now? I'm just taking my warm gear and I only have a 5/4 wetsuit.

If 7 mil is required can you recommend a place that rents out 7mils and tanks.

If anyone would like to buddy up with a "canuck" for a couple of dives I would treat with a cup of coffee

I just want to use a chance and dive there.

Thanks in advance.

 

[sipadiver]

Seems like you're not getting any luck. You can try the diveoz board

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For Diving in Melbourne, I can tell you from my limited experiences that Victoria's waters in October/Nov are roughly around 15C- 17C ? Its pretty cold.

There are a few dive operators around the Peninsula Mornington area who can help you out. Off hand I can't remember their names. I only went scuba diving in the waters in Feb/March when the waters were a bit warmer at 18C+. It was still very cold.

There are plenty to places to snorkel - search for places like Bushranger Bay, and Beach 16 in Rye (Marcia Road). If you wanna chill out I can highly recommend going to Sandy Point and staying at the Iluka Cottages. The beach there is very very pretty, very large, pristine, and quiet.

 

[Tortuga68]

http://www.divevictoria.com.au/

 

[franny]

Elan,

sorry must have missed that post. Where are you staying?

Water temperature at the moment is around 16-17C. depending on how much you feel the cold, I would suggest at least using a 7mm wetsuit

There is lots of great diving in and around Melbourne. If you have time to drive to either the Mornington or Bellarine peninsulas then you could jump on a Dive Vic boat for a boat dive. They have hire gear you can use.

If not, there are a number of reputable local shops, that you should be able to use. Let me know if you need anything else.

 

[elan]

Thanks Franny, we finally decided to limit our diving with a Cairns trip and we skipped diving in Melbourne as we were quite tired and had tight schedule, my wife has decided that she wanted to go to Sydney too and I did not have an option to say no

But thanks anyways for the info I hope it will not be our last time in Australia and we dive in the area.

 

[cam_snapper]

Elan, so when are we going diving in Sydney then? As for all other things, so for diving - it's better in Sydney than Melbourne.

 

[elan]

Elan, so when are we going diving in Sydney then? As for all other things, so for diving - it's better in Sydney than Melbourne.

Likely sooner than later; Coming back to Canada I cannot drink that crap that is called coffee here after drinking coffee in Australia. I do not understand why but even the one made in a coffee machine on a gas station is way better than the one served in a "not so cheap cafe" here

Im depressed because I cannot now drink it here.

 

[sipadiver]

Haha, nothing to stop you from buying coffee beans, grinding them and making your own brew mate. Maybe you can start your own coffee chain and make a fortune after it gets bought out by Starbucks.

 

[elan]

This is what I do at home , but you know sometimes you want to hung out with friends at some coffee shop I now even started bringing beans to work