Point Gellibrand
Shore Dive | 
Shore access
Point Gellibrand | © Phil Watson
Depth: 2 m (6.56 ft) to 5 m (16 ft)
Level: Open Water and beyond.
Along the Port Phillip side of Williamstown the shoreline is a continuous series of rock ledges and outcrops. The Point Gellibrand rock pools, Battery Road, Williamstown, are initially shallow and rocky underfoot, but the bottom slowly deepens out into a broad area of reef. There is a good quantity of fish life out here including some very big colourful nudibranchs. It can be a very rewarding area for macro photography very close to the city of Melbourne.
Free parking at either end of Battery Road. The car park at the playground is closest to accessing the rock pools. This site is also known as Bunbury Rockpools.
Sea Urchin Dive Site
© Julian Finn, Museum Victoria
Divers have the opportunity to catch Sea Urchin at this dive site. Remember your catch bag, dive gloves and Victorian Recreational Fishing Licence. Please abide by all current fishing regulations if you intend to catch Sea Urchin.
See article-catching-sea-urchin for practical Sea Urchin catching advice from The Scuba Doctor, and melbourne-sea-urchin-dives for other dive sites where you can catch Sea Urchin near Melbourne.
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.
Point Gellibrand Location Map
Latitude: 37° 52.283′ S (37.871381° S / 37° 52′ 16.97″ S)
Longitude: 144° 54.308′ E (144.90514° E / 144° 54′ 18.5″ E)
Datum: WGS84 |
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Added: 2012-07-22 09:00:00 GMT, Last updated: 2022-05-03 16:34:38 GMT
Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Albert William, 465 m, bearing 100°, E
Williamstown, Port Phillip.
Depth: 2 to 5 m.
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