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Shore Dive | Shore access
Depth: 10 m (33 ft)
Level: Open Water and beyond.
Royal Beach at Mornington is out the front of the old Royal Hotel. It's a small pocket beach, just 150 metres long, lying between two 10 to 20 metres high, red sandstone bluffs, and backed by grassy bluffs and the Esplanade. The narrow beach looks attractive at high tide, but at low tide exposes a continuous rock and reef flat, with deep water only out beyond the rocks.
Access is down a short scrambly sloped track opposite the end of Canterbury Street. Off the beach, there is a wide rubble and rock-strewn seafloor with small fish and crustaceans. A good beginner's dive.
See WillyWeather (Royal Beach) as a guide for the tide times and the height of the tide.
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.
Royal Beach Location Map
Latitude: 38° 13.066′ S (38.217763° S / 38° 13′ 3.95″ S)
Longitude: 145° 1.987′ E (145.033114° E / 145° 1′ 59.21″ E)
Datum: WGS84 |
Google Map
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Added: 2012-07-22 09:00:00 GMT, Last updated: 2022-03-22 15:35:34 GMT
Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Schnapper Point, Mornington Pier, 557 m, bearing 354°, N
Mornington, Mornington Peninsula, Port Phillip.
Depth: 10 m.
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