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Portsea Pier West Reef
Sorrento, Victoria, Australia
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyBass Strait
Water temp13–19°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Portsea Pier West Reef is a reef dive site near Sorrento, Victoria, Australia, in the Bass Strait. Generally suitable for beginners. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, cuttlefish, stingrays, seals, seahorses. 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
KelpieNotolabrus tetricus
Common SeadragonPhyllopteryx taeniolatus
ScalyfinParma victoriae
Senator WrassePictilabrus laticlavius
Magpie PerchPseudogoniistius nigripes
Old WifeEnoplosus armatus
Short-tail StingrayBathytoshia brevicaudata
Horse-shoe LeatherjacketMeuschenia hippocrepis
Nearby sites
- 1Portsea Pier0.2 km
- 2Portsea Pier East Reef0.5 km
- 3Portsea Hole0.6 km
- 4Sorrento Pier3.5 km
- 5Chimanan's Hat3.7 km
- 6Popes Eye4.7 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org