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Sorrento Pier
Sorrento, Victoria, Australia
EntryShore
Max depth6 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyBass Strait
Water temp13–19°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Sorrento Pier is a reef dive site near Sorrento, Victoria, Australia, in the Bass Strait. It is reached from the shore with a maximum depth of about 6 m. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes nudibranchs, octopus, seahorses, 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
Common SeadragonPhyllopteryx taeniolatus
ParritTrygonorrhina dumerilii
Short-tail StingrayBathytoshia brevicaudata
Southern Blue-ringed OctopusHapalochlaena maculosa
Eastern Shovelnose StingareeTrygonoptera imitata- Spotted PipefishStigmatopora argus
Nearby sites
- 1Portsea Pier East Reef3.2 km
- 2Portsea Pier3.4 km
- 3Blairgowrie Pier3.4 km
- 4Portsea Pier West Reef3.5 km
- 5Portsea Hole3.9 km
- 6Chimanan's Hat5.5 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org