Tech Tip:
Take Only What You Need, No More and No Less

New divers have a tendency to use equipment to replace skills, which is a reasonable approach to maximise enjoyment of the early dives. However, we have seen divers looking like they walked through a dive shop with a magnet and we wonder who recommended all that stuff.

Experienced divers know that every tool, gadget or feature they add to their configuration increases the complexity and also increases failure points. As the diver develops improved skills, they begin to shed gear and elaborate features in favor of streamlined high-quality equipment configurations. The huge knife strapped to the leg disappears along with the snorkel, instrument console and retractor, most of the lead, tank banger, eventually the jacket style BC and even the split fins.

When gearing up, the experienced diver will take only the tools really needed for the specific dive. They know that simple and quality equipment together with practiced skills are the most elegant and reliable configurations.

Whisky Bay

Reef Dive | Shore access

Whisky Bay

Depth: 1 m (3.28 ft) to 12 m (39 ft)

Level: Open Water and beyond.

Whisky Bay is suitable for both snorkelling and scuba diving from the shore or boat. Whisky Bay is where Whisky Creek flows into the sea at the 200 metre long Whisky Bay Beach with the small Picnic Point to the south, in Wilsons Promontory Marine Park.

There is a great big long rock wall running for about 300 to 500 metres out from shore. Keep the massive rock wall on your left and you'll see more fish than you'd think possible. Wrasse, trevally, stingrays, mullet, schnapper, abalone, crayfish, kelp forrests, nudibranchs, sea dragons, blackfish, zebra fish, port jackson sharks, and whiting.

Minimal current, maximum enjoyment and once your air runs out you can snorkel.

Location: Wilsons Promontory, Victoria 3960

Parking: There is a parking for cars at the end of Whisky Bay Carpark Road, off Wilsons Promontory Road (C444). Follow the track from Whisky Bay Carpark for some 400 metres along Whisky Creek before passing over the sand dunes onto the picturesque Whisky Bay. Granite boulders, distinctive of the Prom, frame this sheltered beach.

Entry/Exit: From Whisky Bay Beach.

Ideal Conditions: Whisky Bay Beach faces west and is best dived with a light offshore easterly wind and calm seas with no swell. See WillyWeather (Whisky Bay) as a guide for the tide times and the height of the tide.

Depth: 2 m (6.56 ft) to 15 m (49 ft)

Level: Open Water and beyond.

Sealers Cove at Wilsons Promontory is a safe site suitable for scuba diving from a boat and snorkelling from the shore. It features small boulders gently sloping down to a sandy bottom at a depth of 15 metres.

Sealers Cove lies in the Wilsons Promontory Marine Park facing north-east into Bass Strait. It was named by George Bass in January 1798 because it was used by sealers.

Diving and Snorkelling at Sealers Cove

Sealers Cove is an easy and often sheltered site. Along the southern side of the bay there is a fringing reef consisting of a gently sloping boulder field. The usual reef fish can be seen and there is some attractive marine invertebrate growths in the crevices. The site is known for its large populations of boarfish and leatherjackets. The location can get silty and is easily stirred up by bad weather.

Ideal Conditions: Sealers Cove is best dived with calm seas, no swell and no wind. Light offshore westterly to southerly winds may be acceptable. Avoid strong onshore north-easterly to easterly winds. See WillyWeather (Sealers Cove) as a guide for the tide times and the height of the tide.

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.

Boon Wurrung / Bunurong country

Traditional Owners — This dive site is in the traditional Country of the Boon Wurrung / Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. This truly ancient Country includes parts of Port Phillip, from the Werribee River in the north-west, down to Wilson's Promontory in the south-east, including the Mornington Peninsula, French Island and Phillip Island, plus Western Port. We wish to acknowledge the Boon Wurrung 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.

Boon Wurrung / Bunurong country

Whisky Bay Location Map

Latitude: 39° 0.773′ S (39.012875° S / 39° 0′ 46.35″ S)
Longitude: 146° 17.425′ E (146.290409° E / 146° 17′ 25.47″ E)
Datum: WGS84 | Google Map | Get directions
Added: 2022-03-31 19:38:05 GMT, Last updated: 2022-04-22 03:43:14 GMT
Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Picnic Bay, South, 689 m, bearing 190°, S
Wilsons Promontory Marine Park.
Depth: 1 to 12 m.

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