Cunningham Bay

Shore Dive | Shore access

Cunningham Bay | © Unknown

Depth: 2 m (6.56 ft) to 12 m (39 ft)

Cunningham Bay is located at the southern end of the Phillip Island Reacetrack, looking out into Bass Strait. Tucked in at the base of the 40 metre high bluffs are two narrow sand platform beaches in Cunningham Bay, called The Gap (east) and Racetrack (west).

At the southern end of Gap Road, Phillip Island you can make your way down to Cunningham Bay and enter the water. There are multiple reefs to exlore in the 5 to 10 metre deep water.

Location: Ventnor, Phillip Island, Victoria 3922
MELWAY Ref: Page 731 K7

Ideal Conditions: The beach faces south so best dived with an offshore northerly wind. However, the angle of the coastline and being in the lee of Pyramid Roack peninsula, provides some protection from south-westerlies. Best at high tide. See WillyWeather (Cunningham Bay) as a guide for the tide times and the height of the tide.

See also, Cunningham Bay in "Shore Dives of Victoria" by Ian Lewis, 3rd edition page 146.

Boon Wurrung / Bunurong country

Traditional Owners — This dive site is in the traditional Country of the Boon Wurrung / Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation. This truly ancient Country includes parts of Port Phillip, from the Werribee River in the north-west, down to Wilson's Promontory in the south-east, including the Mornington Peninsula, French Island and Phillip Island, plus Western Port. We wish to acknowledge the Boon Wurrung as Traditional Owners. We pay respect to their Ancestors and their Elders, past, present and emerging. We acknowledge Bunjil the Creator Spirit of this beautiful land, who travels as an eagle, and Waarn, who protects the waterways and travels as a crow, and thank them for continuing to watch over this Country today and beyond.

 

Cunningham Bay Location Map

Latitude: 38° 30.486′ S   (38.5081° S / 38° 30′ 29.16″ S)
Longitude: 145° 14.395′ E   (145.239917° E / 145° 14′ 23.7″ E)
Datum: WGS84 | Google Map | Get directions
Added: 2019-06-09 11:50:39 GMT, Last updated: 2022-03-14 14:56:46 GMT
Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: YCW Beach, 970 m, bearing 67°, ENE
Phillip Island.
Depth: 2 to 12 m.

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