Crumpets Beach

Reef Dive | Shore access

Crumpets Beach, Portland
© Google Street View

Depth: 1 m (3.28 ft) to 8 m (26 ft)

Level: Open Water and beyond.

Crumpets Beach (aka Crumpet Beach and Blacknose Point Beach) is located to the south-east of Portland, just south of Blacknose Point, on Victoria's Discovery Coast. The beach is on the Alcoa Side Track, off Madeira Packet Road, not far from the Portland aluminium smelter.

Blacknose Point (aka Black Nose Point) is a 20 metre high basalt headland that forms the northern border of the 400 metre long, east facing Crumpets Beach that is partially protected by Point Danger. A vehicle track leads down the backing bluffs and runs the length of the beach to a car park at the southern end. The beach is composed of basalt cobble and boulders, with a wide, shallow sand bar exposed at low tide, particularly to the south. Waves average about 1 metre.

Diving and Snorkelling at Crumpets Beach

Crumpets Beach has left and right hand reefs at each end of the beach. There are often large amounts of kelp to be be found in the shallows. If you can get through the kelp the dive is enjoyable and Abalone and Crayfish can be found. There is a variety of growth and fish life.

Location: Alcoa Side Track, Maderia Packet Road, Portland, Victoria 3305

Parking: The Alcoa Side Track, off Maderia Packet Road, leads down the backing bluffs and runs the length of the beach to a car park at the southern end. Before gearing up check out the water. If you see lots of white water, head on home.

Safety First: This area is frequented by boats, so please make sure you display your dive flag in this area.

Entry/exit: You enter and exit the water from Crumpets Beach.

Ideal Conditions: Crumpets Beach faces east and is sheltered from offshore south-westerly to north-westerly winds. Moderate to strong onshore northerly to south-easterly winds are not favourable at this location. Best dived with low swell for the best visibility.

See WillyWeather (Blacknose Point) as a guide for the tide times and the height of the tide.

Abalone Dive Site
© Mark Norman, Museum Victoria

Divers have the opportunity to catch Abalone at this dive site. Remember your catch bag, legal abalone tool, current Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence, and abalone measure. Please abide by all current fishing regulations if you intend to catch abalone.

See article-catching-abalone for practical abalone hunting advice from The Scuba Doctor, plus melbourne-abalone-dives for a list of other Abalone dive sites near Melbourne.

Crayfish Dive Site | © Ian Scholey

Divers have the opportunity to catch Southern Rock Lobster (aka Crayfish) at this dive site. Remember your catch bag, current Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence, rock lobster measure, and cray tags. Once you get back to the dive boat, or shore, make sure you clip the tail and tag your Crayfish as per Fisheries requirements. Please abide by all current fishing regulations if you intend to catch crays. See article-catching-crayfish for practical cray hunting advice from The Scuba Doctor, plus melbourne-cray-dives for a list of other crayfish dive sites near Melbourne. For tips on cooking your Crays, please see article-cooking-crayfish.

Gunditjmara country

Traditional Owners — This dive site is in the traditional Country of the Gunditjmara people of far south-western Victoria which continues over the state border into a small part of south-east South Australia and is bordered by the Glenelg River to the west and the Wannon River in the north. This truly ancient Country extends 100 metres out to sea from low tide and also includes Deen Maar (aka Lady Julia Percy Island) where the Gunditjmara believe the spirits of their dead travel to wait to be reborn. We wish to acknowledge the Gunditjmara as Traditional Owners. We pay respect to their Ancestors and their Elders, past, present and emerging.

 

Crumpets Beach Location Map

Latitude: 38° 22.865′ S   (38.381076° S / 38° 22′ 51.87″ S)
Longitude: 141° 38.478′ E   (141.641297° E / 141° 38′ 28.67″ E)
Datum: WGS84 | Google Map | Get directions
Added: 2022-05-17 11:36:59 GMT, Last updated: 2022-05-24 07:32:51 GMT
Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Brads Bommie, 1,453 m, bearing 162°, SSE
Portland, Discovery Coast.
Depth: 1 to 8 m.

DISCLAIMER: No claim is made by The Scuba Doctor as to the accuracy of the dive site coordinates listed here. Should anyone decide to use these GPS marks to locate and dive on a site, they do so entirely at their own risk. Always verify against other sources.

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