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Elsa's Reef
Rye, Victoria, Australia
Max depth10 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyBass Strait
Water temp13–19°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Elsa's Reef is a reef dive site near Rye, Victoria, Australia, in the Bass Strait. It has a maximum depth of about 10 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, octopus, seahorses, stingrays, cuttlefish. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 13 to 19 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Coral NudibranchPhyllodesmium serratum- Big-belly SeahorseHippocampus abdominalis
- Pale OctopusOctopus pallidus
ParritTrygonorrhina dumerilii
Short-tail StingrayBathytoshia brevicaudata
Globe FishDiodon nicthemerus
Southern Blue-ringed OctopusHapalochlaena maculosa- Southern Bobtail SquidEuprymna tasmanica
Nearby sites
- 1Elsa's Reef 20.8 km
- 2Rye Pier0.9 km
- 3Blairgowrie Pier4.4 km
- 4South Channel Fort6.3 km
- 5Sorrento Pier7.4 km
- 6Portsea Pier East Reef10 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org