A Rear or Back inflation BCD is more streamlined and in most cases more comfortable than your jacket/vest type BCDs. Let us help you decide which one is for you!
We prefer Rear Inflation BCDs over Jacket BCDs because we think they provide a better solution, especially for those who regularly do both recreational and technical diving. The rear/back bladder of rear inflation BCDs make them a crossover between a full-jacket style BCD and the harness and wing style BCD most often used by technical divers. With rear inflation jacket BCDs, divers used to a recreational jacket style BCD can get closer to the added benefits of better trim and stability a rear inflation harness and wing BCD provides.
For information about BCD features please read our advice on choosing the right BCD for you in our Trusted Advice section.
Reef Dive | Boat access
Depth: 8 m (26 ft) to 16 m (52 ft)
Buckley Park Reef is a reef system off of the Buckley Park Foreshore Reserve on the Barwon Coast. An absolutely delightful spot to dive. Heaps of fish and other marine life.
Bass Strait Warning: Always keep an eye on sea conditions throughout any shore or boat dive in Bass Strait on Victoria's coastline. Please read the warnings on the web page diving-in-bass-strait before diving or snorkelling this site.
Traditional Owners — This dive site is in the traditional Country of the Wathaurong (Wadda-Warrung) people of the Kulin Nation. This truly ancient Country includes the coastline of Port Phillip, from the Werribee River in the north-east, the Bellarine Peninsula, and down to Cape Otway in the south-west. We wish to acknowledge the Wathaurong as Traditional Owners. We pay respect to their Ancestors and their Elders, past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Bunjil the Creator Spirit of this beautiful land, who travels as an eagle, and Waarn, who protects the waterways and travels as a crow, and thank them for continuing to watch over this Country today and beyond.
Buckley Park Reef Location Map
Latitude: 38° 16.994′ S (38.283233° S / 38° 16′ 59.64″ S)
Longitude: 144° 32.936′ E (144.548933° E / 144° 32′ 56.16″ E)
Datum: WGS84 |
Google Map
Added: 2012-07-22 09:00:00 GMT, Last updated: 2022-04-06 15:48:43 GMT
Source: GPS
Nearest Neighbour: Collendina Beach, 1,072 m, bearing 13°, NNE
Ocean Grove, Barwon Coast.
Depth: 8 to 16 m.
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DISCLAIMER: No claim is made by The Scuba Doctor as to the accuracy of the dive site coordinates listed here. Should anyone decide to use these GPS marks to locate and dive on a site, they do so entirely at their own risk. Always verify against other sources.
The marks come from numerous sources including commercial operators, independent dive clubs, reference works, and active divers. Some are known to be accurate, while others may not be. Some GPS marks may even have come from maps using the AGD66 datum, and thus may need be converted to the WGS84 datum. To distinguish between the possible accuracy of the dive site marks, we've tried to give each mark a source of GPS, Google Earth, or unknown.
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