Horn Point

Reef Dive | Boat access

Depth: 2 m (6.56 ft) to 25 m (82 ft)

Level: Open Water and beyond.

Horn Point, on the eastern side of Wilsons Promontory, is a safe site suitable for scuba diving from a boat and snorkelling from the shore. Horn Pointe lies in the Wilsons Promontory Marine Park facing east into Bass Strait.

Diving and Snorkelling at Horn Point

At Horn Point a rocky wall drops down to a rocky and sandy bottom at 20 metres. The bottom is covered in large sponges, nudibranchs, sea spiders and basket stars. The fish life includes Morwong, Leatherjackets, Boxfish, Old Wives and Boarfish. Weedy Seadragons, Southern Coral Fish and many other novel species are occasionally encountered.

Ideal Conditions: Horn Point is best dived with calm seas, no swell and no wind. Light offshore north-westterly to south-westerly winds may be acceptable. Avoid strong onshore north-easterly to southerly winds. See WillyWeather (Horn Point) as a guide for the tide times and the height of the tide.

Bass Strait Warning: Always keep an eye on sea conditions throughout any shore or boat dive in Bass Strait on Victoria's coastline. Please read the warnings on the web page diving-in-bass-strait before diving or snorkelling this site.

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.

 

Horn Point Location Map

Latitude: 39° 1.577′ S   (39.026283° S / 39° 1′ 34.62″ S)
Longitude: 146° 28.605′ E   (146.476755° E / 146° 28′ 36.32″ E)
Datum: WGS84 | Google Map
Added: 2022-04-22 14:22:36 GMT, Last updated: 2022-04-22 14:24:02 GMT
Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Refuge Cove, North Wall, 1,308 m, bearing 208°, SSW
Wilsons Promontory Marine Park.
Depth: 2 to 20 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.

The marks come from numerous sources including commercial operators, independent dive clubs, reference works, and active divers. Some are known to be accurate, while others may not be. Some GPS marks may even have come from maps using the AGD66 datum, and thus may need be converted to the WGS84 datum. To distinguish between the possible accuracy of the dive site marks, we've tried to give each mark a source of GPS, Google Earth, or unknown.