Geelong Baths

Shore Dive | Shore access

Geelong Baths | © Alex Passmore

Depth: 2 m (6.56 ft) to 5 m (16 ft)

Level: Open Water and beyond.

Ideal Conditions:
High tide gives extra depth under the walkway. See WillyWeather (Cunningham Pier) as a guide for the tide times and the height of the tide.

What To Expect:
Flathead, old wives, moonlighters etc. can be seen on the silty bottom.

The Geelong Sea Baths site is quite crap and the vis is often going to be atrocious. Lots of rubbish in the sea baths and it's quite icky. If you swim along the inside of the baths, the bars will bang against each other which is kind of freaky.

Not much sealife but that could be because of the bad viz. There are some sponge growths on the sea bath walls. Lots of relics to find that people have dropped in amongst the rubbish.

Location: Geelong, Bellarine Peninsula, Corio Bay.
MELWAY Ref: Page 452 E3

Weather Required: Protected from all winds other than NE winds, however, visibility will be ruined by any wind around Corio Bay as it is stirred up easily.

Access: Short walk from thecar park. Fee for the car park, but not sure how much.

Facilities: Toilets, cafe near by.

Corio Bay Map | #169; Parks Victoria

Wathaurong (Wadda-Warrung) country

Traditional Owners — This dive site is in the traditional Country of the Wathaurong (Wadda-Warrung) people of the Kulin Nation. This truly ancient Country includes the coastline of Port Phillip, from the Werribee River in the north-east, the Bellarine Peninsula, and down to Cape Otway in the south-west. We wish to acknowledge the Wathaurong 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.

 

Geelong Baths Location Map

Latitude: 38° 8.797′ S   (38.146614° S / 38° 8′ 47.81″ S)
Longitude: 144° 22.392′ E   (144.373192° E / 144° 22′ 23.49″ E)
Datum: WGS84 | Google Map | Get directions
Added: 2012-07-22 09:00:00 GMT, Last updated: 2022-03-22 14:18:34 GMT
Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Lightning, 843 m, bearing 302°, WNW
Bellarine Peninsula, Corio Bay.
Depth: 2 to 5 m.

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