North Wall

Wall Dive | Boat access

Depth: 19 m (62 ft) to 60 m (197 ft)

North Wall | © Ian Scholey

North Wall is located on Spectacular Reef between the Captain Nitro Drop Off and Spec Reef dive sites. The top of the wall is in about 19 metres and the wall drops of to over 60 metres.

The wall has large overhangs, small caves, swim throughs and lots of crevices to explore. At the top of the wall Southern Rock Lobster (Crays) can be found.

North Wall is a slack water dive and it is also in the shipping channel. You cannot anchor and you must get a shipping report from Point Lonsdale or the Seapilot Station prior to diving. This site is diveable in most weather conditions, however big seas will reduce viz to a couple of metres.

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.

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.

North Wall Location Map

Latitude: 38° 17.335′ S (38.288917° S / 38° 17′ 20.1″ S)
Longitude: 144° 39.786′ E (144.6631° E / 144° 39′ 47.16″ E)
Datum: WGS84 | Google Map
Added: 2012-07-22 09:00:00 GMT, Last updated: 2022-03-22 17:41:37 GMT
Source: Power House Underwater Club
Nearest Neighbour: Captain Nitro Drop Off, 102 m, bearing 275°, W
Port Phillip.
Depth: 19 to 60+ m.

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