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Rye Pier
Rye, Victoria, Australia
EntryBoat
Max depth6 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyBass Strait
Water temp13–19°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Rye Pier is a dive site near Rye, Victoria, Australia, in the Bass Strait. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 6 m. Commonly reported marine life includes nudibranchs, seahorses, octopus, cuttlefish, stingrays. 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 Reef0.9 km
- 2Elsa's Reef 21.7 km
- 3Blairgowrie Pier4.5 km
- 4South Channel Fort7.1 km
- 5Sorrento Pier7.7 km
- 6Portsea Pier East Reef11 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org