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Kayaking is growing in popularity for many reasons.
- The price of Fuel and environmental awareness is turning many power boaters towards the more Eco-friendly sport.
- Fitness awareness “Other than doing Pilate's and aerobics, its also one of the best workouts.”
- With a little instruction, "people can have a very positive experience the first time out”.
- “No petrol, no boat licence, no ramp fee's or queue.
- It also has little environmental impact. Working with nature not against it”.
The sport is now more accessible to all.
Kayaks are now made of rotomoulded plastic, Kevlar and fiberglass that greatly reduces the need for exceptional upper body strength in order to move and carry boats. A kayak they can handle on and off the car, and they can use it without anyone around to help them.
Kayak diving and fishing.
Dive boats and RIB's certainly have their place (we've got one) but there are many advantages to diving/fishing from a kayak. Conventional shore diving/fishing can be limiting and frustrating because there are many excellent dives that are just offshore, on reefs, islands, wrecks and at the base of cliffs, that can only be reached by boat. Most of these can be reached on a Kayak.
You can either paddle, pedal or sail out, moor up or drag the kayaks ashore for a shore dive, or use an anchor for diving/fishing offshore.
You have to be organised with regard to equipment etc. Kayaking fishing, like diving is a wet environment susceptible to change, specialist waterproof equipment is required to survive these harsh wet elements. Diving equipment is designed for this.
The Passage Bommie
Bommie Dive | 
Boat access
Depth: 3 m (9.84 ft) to 20 m (66 ft)
Level: Open Water and beyond.
The Passage Bommie is a boat dive site which lies in the Southern Ocean, south-south-west of Point Danger, near the city of Portland, on Victoria's Discovery Coast.
Diving at The Passage Bommie
The Passage Bommie can be easily overlooked (on the way to somewhere else), but it offers a vast array of interesting dive opportunities. The exposed location has resulted in some dramatic underwater topography from gnarly gutters near the Bommie (3–10 metres), to deeper gorges (15–20 metres) at the eastern approach.
The Passage Bommie was once massive contributor to the commercial abalone catch in the area. That is sadly no longer the case, but there is still plenty to see (both marine life and underwater scenery) on the right day.
Location: Portland, Victoria 3305
Ideal Conditions: This dive site is very weather dependant. Best dived in good conditions with a low swell with light winds. See WillyWeather (Point Danger) as a guide for the tide times and the height of the tide.
Boat Launching: Access is by boat, taking about 15 minutes from the Portland Harbour, Lee Breakwater Road North Ramp or the Portland Harbour, Lee Breakwater Road South Ramp.
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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.
Gunditjmara country
Traditional Owners — This dive site is in the traditional Country of the Gunditjmara people of far south-western Victoria which continues over the state border into a small part of south-east South Australia and is bordered by the Glenelg River to the west and the Wannon River in the north. This truly ancient Country extends 100 metres out to sea from low tide and also includes Deen Maar (aka Lady Julia Percy Island) where the Gunditjmara believe the spirits of their dead travel to wait to be reborn. We wish to acknowledge the Gunditjmara as Traditional Owners. We pay respect to their Ancestors and their Elders, past, present and emerging.
The Passage Bommie Location Map
Latitude: 38° 24.193′ S (38.403215° S / 38° 24′ 11.57″ S)
Longitude: 141° 38.909′ E (141.648478° E / 141° 38′ 54.52″ E)
Datum: WGS84 |
Google Map
Added: 2021-07-23 02:25:50 GMT, Last updated: 2022-05-24 16:39:46 GMT
Source: GPS (verified)
Nearest Neighbour: Big Reef, Portland , 160 m, bearing 161°, SSE
Portland, Discovery Coast.
Depth: 3 to 20 m.
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