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HOOKAH DIVING
Hookah diving systems, also known as Surface Supply Diving Systems, provide a lightweight, low-hassle alternative to traditional scuba gear. The quality hookah dive equipment and hookah accessories available from The Scuba Doctor Dive Shop ensure recreational and commercial divers can get the most out of their surface-supplied air equipment.
Please read Introduction to Hookah Diving for more information about things you need to consider with a hookah diving setup.
We strongly recommend that all Hookah divers take an Open Water Scuba Diving course and become a certified diver. All of the safety precautions that apply to scuba diving also apply to hookah diving. You need to learn and understand things like decompression stops, how to use compressed air and dive computers, and other safety factors. Decompression sickness (DCS), commonly called 'the bends', happens when a diver comes to the surface too quickly. It's a serious health and safety issue and can happen with hookah diving. You should also read books on the subject of underwater diving safety and study them thoroughly. This will further familiarise you with the rules of the deep.
Nelson Bommie
Bommie Dive | 
Boat access
Depth: 2 m (6.56 ft) to 20 m (66 ft)
Level: Open Water and beyond.
Nelson Bommie is a boat diving and snorkelling site which lies offshore from the shifting Glenelg River mouth, south of the Nelson township, near the South Australian border, on Victoria's Discovery Coast. This is the western most dive site in the listings.
Diving and Snorkelling at Nelson Bommie
Location: Nelson, Victoria 3292
Ideal Conditions: Diving Nelson Bommie requires calm conditions and a very low swell. See WillyWeather (Glenelg River Offshore) as a guide for the tide times and the height of the tide.
Boats can be launched at the Glenelg River - Kellett St Boat Ramp, the Glenelg River - Old Bridge Rd Boat Ramp, the Glenelg River - Isle Of Bags Boat Ramp, or the Glenelg River - Simsons Landing Rd (Waterski club) Boat Ramp.
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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.
Nelson Bommie Location Map
Latitude: 38° 3.987′ S (38.066454° S / 38° 3′ 59.23″ S)
Longitude: 140° 59.003′ E (140.983378° E / 140° 59′ 0.16″ E)
Datum: WGS84 |
Google Map
Added: 2022-05-19 12:18:09 GMT, Last updated: 2022-05-23 16:08:40 GMT
Source: Peter Ronald GPS
Nearest Neighbour: The Boatshed, Cape Bridgewater, 50,638 m, bearing 132°, SE
Nelson, Discovery Bay, Discovery Coast.
Depth: 2 to 20 m.
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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.
