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Freediving (or free-diving) is a form of underwater diving that relies on a diver's ability to hold his or her breath until resurfacing rather than on the use of a breathing apparatus such as scuba gear. Freediving equipment often differs from Scuba Diving and Snorkelling equipment in its design and materials.
Some freediving gear works well for other water sports, such as freediving masks and bi-fins. Other freediving equipment, such as monofins, work only for freediving.
Remember, that no equipment is mandatory for freediving, but some gear may be needed for specific freediving disciplines, or for diver comfort. The Scuba Doctor has available a wide range of masks, fins, suits, computers and other equipment designed to cater to the special needs of freedivers.
Whalers Reef
Reef Dive | 
Boat access
Depth: 4 m (13 ft) to 10 m (33 ft)
Level: Open Water and beyond.
Whalers Reef is a limestone reef which is a nice shallow boat dive, great for beginners, located off Whalers Point in Portland, in Portland Bay (aka Henty Bay) on Victoria's Discovery Coast.
This area is frequented by boats, so please make sure you display your dive flag in this area.
Location: Portland, Victoria 3305
Whalers Reef is accessed by boat from the Portland Harbour, Lee Breakwater Road North Ramp or the Portland Harbour, Lee Breakwater Road South Ramp.
Best dived in good conditions with a low swell with light north or northerly winds. See WillyWeather (Whalers Point) as a guide for the tide times and the height of the tide.
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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.
Whalers Reef Location Map
Latitude: 38° 20.184′ S (38.3364° S / 38° 20′ 11.04″ S)
Longitude: 141° 36.840′ E (141.614° E / 141° 36′ 50.4″ E)
Datum: WGS84 |
Google Map
Added: 2022-05-17 09:32:01 GMT, Last updated: 2022-05-24 07:38:07 GMT
Source: Navionics Chart
Nearest Neighbour: New Zealander, 372 m, bearing 239°, WSW
Portland Bay, Discovery Coast.
Depth: 4 to 10 m.
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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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