Peeping Tom

Bommie Dive | Boat access

Peeping Tom
© Google Earth (11/2004)

Depth: 3 m (9.84 ft) to 15 m (49 ft)

Level: Open Water and beyond.

Peeping Tom lies about 3.5 kilometres west of The Crags east of Yambuk and about 12 kilometres west of Port Fairy on Victoria's Discovery Coast. Peeping Tom is a series of bommies that break the surface about 300 to 400 metres offshore. It's a very exposed shore dive site, so it should only be dived when the seas are flat and calm with very little swell.

Dives at Peeping Tom will let you see invertebrate growth as rich and diverse as few other dive sites in Victoria. The second bommie from the east end is very good. The bases of the bommies have some very deep undercuts which provide shelter for plenty of marine life.

Access is by boat from the Port Fairy, Griffiths Street Boat Ramp. Best dived in good conditions with a low swell with light north or northerly winds. See WillyWeather (Pea Soup Beach) as a guide for the tide times and the height of the tide.

Abalone Dive Site
© Mark Norman, Museum Victoria

Divers have the opportunity to catch Abalone at this dive site. Remember your catch bag, legal abalone tool, current Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence, and abalone measure. Please abide by all current fishing regulations if you intend to catch abalone.

See article-catching-abalone for practical abalone hunting advice from The Scuba Doctor, plus melbourne-abalone-dives for a list of other Abalone dive sites near Melbourne.

Crayfish Dive Site | © Ian Scholey

Divers have the opportunity to catch Southern Rock Lobster (aka Crayfish) at this dive site. Remember your catch bag, current Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence, rock lobster measure, and cray tags. Once you get back to the dive boat, or shore, make sure you clip the tail and tag your Crayfish as per Fisheries requirements. Please abide by all current fishing regulations if you intend to catch crays. See article-catching-crayfish for practical cray hunting advice from The Scuba Doctor, plus melbourne-cray-dives for a list of other crayfish dive sites near Melbourne. For tips on cooking your Crays, please see article-cooking-crayfish.

Eastern Maar country

Traditional Owners — This dive site is in the traditional Country of the Eastern Maar people of south-western Victoria between the Shaw and Eumerella Rivers and from Yambuk in the south to beyond Lake Linlithgow in the north. This truly ancient Country extends as far north as Ararat and encompasses the coastal townships of Port Fairy in the west, Warrnambool, Peterborough, Port Campbell, Apollo Bay, Lorne, and Airies Inlet in the east, including the Great Ocean Road area. It also stretches 100 metres out to sea from low tide and therefore includes the iconic Twelve Apostles. "Eastern Maar" is a name adopted by the people who identify as Maar, Eastern Gunditjmara, Tjap Wurrung, Peek Whurrong, Kirrae Whurrung, Kuurn Kopan Noot and/or Yarro waetch (Tooram Tribe) amongst others. We wish to acknowledge the Eastern Maar as Traditional Owners. We pay respect to their Ancestors and their Elders, past, present and emerging.

 

Peeping Tom Location Map

Latitude: 38° 21.836′ S   (38.363939° S / 38° 21′ 50.18″ S)
Longitude: 142° 4.212′ E   (142.070206° E / 142° 4′ 12.74″ E)
Datum: WGS84 | Google Map
Added: 2021-07-03 12:24:58 GMT, Last updated: 2022-05-23 19:02:18 GMT
Source: GPS (verified)
Nearest Neighbour: The Crags, 3,554 m, bearing 104°, ESE
Discovery Coast.
Depth: 3 to 15 m.

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