Dive Review of Divelocker in
Australia/Perth shore diving

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Divelocker: "Challenging and sometimes rewarding shore-diving around Perth", Jan, 2023, by Keith Willmott, FL, US ( Sr. Contributor 23 reports with 12 Helpful votes). Report 13054.
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Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation	N/A	Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	We spent a week staying in Fremantle doing a mix of shore dives (mainland) and boat dives (Rottnest, described in another report). Logistically, attempting to do this over New Year was a nightmare, most dive shops/operators were shut for days on end, if not over the entire Xmas/New Year period. We rented tanks and, importantly, weights for the week from Divelocker, rates were reasonable, otherwise rental rates for weights at other dive centers were so high we considered paying for an extra hold bag on our trans-Pacific flight just to bring our own weights. An INVALUABLE source of information for shore-diving in the area is Howie’s Scuba: [howiesscuba.com link]. Some general comments about the area: there are a couple of wrecks, piers, and rocky reefs to dive; shark sightings are common (though we didn’t see any), get local advice; weather at least during our stay was very predictable - relatively calm early morning, but wind swinging round and blowing relentlessly on shore from mid-morning on, often reducing vis to 1-2 ft or less. Bulk Jetty: this is a long jetty known for macro-life, we tried a night dive. Parked and walked 50m or so over beach, swam maybe 50m out to start of jetty, vis about 1-2 ft; plenty of colorful sponges, soft corals, anemones, crabs, 3 species of nudibranchs; increasingly poor vis and cold (22 C), we abandoned the dive. Tried again several nights later but abandoned for similar reasons. Likewise, were unable to dive another jetty to the north. Gareenup Wreck, North Mole Lighthouse: A 20m long collapsed barge N of the jetty. As usual, wind was strong and shifted from SE (good) to SW (bad) through the morning, but N of the jetty was calm. There’s a sloping stretch of concrete to scramble down, then over some large rocks to enter, ok really. A bearing of 355 degrees and 200 fin kicks miraculously brought us to the wreck, which sits on sand at 8 m. The wreck is quite colorful with sponges and soft corals, schools of small reef fish, a couple of nudibranchs. Robb’s Jetty: our favorite shore dive in the area despite the few hundred yards hike over the so-called Dune of Death between the car park and beach, but partly because it was our one calm day in a week of diving. The site consists of the remnant pylons of an old jetty, which are entirely submerged; we swam at 295 degrees from the shore nearest the car park, finning over sand for 5 mins before spotting the first pylon. With vis of 5 m and pylon spacing often further than this, it’s easy to miss, we then used bearing of 245 degrees to follow the pylons out from shore, max depth 7 m. A few sponges, little soft coral, plenty of colorful sea cucumbers, a great diversity of fish (Cardinalfish, Western Talma, Dusky Morwong, Rough Bullseye, Shaws Cowfish, Globefish, Western King Wrasse, etc). An enormous Sryinx aruanus in silty sand, + octopus. We returned for a night dive, sea a bit choppier, added nudibranchs, batfish, seahares, baler shells, volutes, Star Octopus, Southern Bobtail (tiny cuttlefish), Western Shovelnose Stingray. Point Peron: a park in Rockingham, south of Perth, we swam a bit N of west out from shore by the car park, max depth 4 m, vis 5-8 m. Large rocks, kelp, some swim-throughs, small caves, diverse fish species, several baler shells, urchins, overall a colorful and interesting dive. More info on all these sites and many more on the excellent Howies Scuba site. Despite the variable conditions we saw many species we didn’t see boat diving, and with 5-7 mm wetsuits the experience would have been much more comfortable.
Websites	Divelocker
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Florida, Belize, Panama (Coiba, Pearl Is) St Vincent and Grenadines, UK, Red Sea (Sharm), Myanmar, Sulawesi (Wakatobi), Philippines (Mindoro, Palawan), Solomons (Guadalcanal), New Zealand (Poor Knights), Papua New Guinea, west Australia
Closest Airport	Perth	Getting There	International/national flight to Perth
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy, no currents
Water Temp	20-22°F / -7--6°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	1-20 Ft/ 0-6 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	Variable vis and diverse small creatures favor macro.

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Dive Review of Divelocker in Australia/Perth shore diving

Divelocker: "Challenging and sometimes rewarding shore-diving around Perth", Jan, 2023,

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Dive Review of Divelocker in
Australia/Perth shore diving