Sponge Garden Drift
Drift Dive | 
Boat access
Depth: 12 m (39 ft) to 20 m (66 ft)
Sponge Hollows, by Jane Headley.
Sponge Garden Drift takes you over massive sponge gardens and shallow reefs inside Port Phillip. It's the colours of the sponges that make this dive stunning. As in any drift dive, the terrain is always changing and you originally start drifting over an area of shallow reefs then over the sponge gardens and finally over larger reefs and Bommies.
The fish life on these dives varies just as much as the terrain and of course, there is always the chance of coming across old bottles and other collectable artefacts.
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.
Sponge Garden Drift Location Map
Latitude: 38° 16.501′ S (38.275017° S / 38° 16′ 30.06″ S)
Longitude: 144° 39.971′ E (144.666183° E / 144° 39′ 58.26″ E)
Datum: WGS84 |
Google Map
Added: 2012-07-22 09:00:00 GMT, Last updated: 2021-12-20 19:45:08 GMT
Source: GPS (verified)
Nearest Neighbour: Torpedo Reef, 286 m, bearing 215°, SW
Depth: 12 to 20 m.
Dive only on: Ebb.
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