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Recent Dive Sites

The 10 most recent dive sites added to the list

Here are the ten most recent dive sites added to our list of Melbourne dive sites.

Lonsdale Wall		Boat access
Latitude: 38° 17.487′ S   (38.29145° S / 38° 17′ 29.22″ S) Longitude: 144° 37.797′ E   (144.62995° E / 144° 37′ 47.82″ E)
Datum: WGS84	Google Map
Added: 2019-03-15 22:04:51 GMT, Last updated: 2019-03-16 00:39:53 GMT Source: Packo
Nearest Neighbour: The Mall, 81 m, bearing 38°, NE
Depth: 12 to 38 m. Dive only on: SWF, SWE.
See the Lonsdale Wall dive site page
Norman Point, South		Shore access
Latitude: 39° 3.182′ S   (39.053032° S / 39° 3′ 10.92″ S) Longitude: 146° 19.351′ E   (146.322514° E / 146° 19′ 21.05″ E)
Datum: WGS84	Google Map
Added: 2019-03-14 06:33:44 GMT, Last updated: 2019-03-14 06:48:00 GMT Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Norman Bay, South, 744 m, bearing 348°, NNW
Depth: 15 m.
See the Norman Point, South dive site page
Norman Bay, South		Shore access
Latitude: 39° 2.788′ S   (39.046467° S / 39° 2′ 47.28″ S) Longitude: 146° 19.251′ E   (146.320858° E / 146° 19′ 15.09″ E)
Datum: WGS84	Google Map
Added: 2019-03-14 01:36:50 GMT, Last updated: 2019-03-14 06:48:00 GMT Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Norman Point, South, 744 m, bearing 168°, SSE
Depth: 18 m.
See the Norman Bay, South dive site page
Pillar Point, South		Shore access
Latitude: 39° 2.310′ S   (39.038493° S / 39° 2′ 18.57″ S) Longitude: 146° 18.452′ E   (146.307528° E / 146° 18′ 27.1″ E)
Datum: WGS84	Google Map
Added: 2019-03-14 01:26:11 GMT, Last updated: 2019-03-14 06:39:44 GMT Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Norman Bay, South, 1,453 m, bearing 127°, SE
Depth: 10 m.
See the Pillar Point, South dive site page
Picnic Bay, South		Shore access
Latitude: 39° 1.138′ S   (39.018967° S / 39° 1′ 8.28″ S) Longitude: 146° 17.337′ E   (146.28895° E / 146° 17′ 20.22″ E)
Datum: WGS84	Google Map
Added: 2019-03-14 01:03:55 GMT, Last updated: 2019-03-14 01:38:38 GMT Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Pillar Point, South, 2,700 m, bearing 143°, SE
Depth: 6 m.
See the Picnic Bay, South dive site page
Cheviot		Boat access
Latitude: 39° 4.800′ S   (39.08° S / 39° 4′ 48″ S) Longitude: 146° 26.400′ E   (146.44° E / 146° 26′ 24″ E)
Datum: WGS84	Google Map
Added: 2019-03-13 21:48:38 GMT, Last updated: 2019-03-13 21:57:45 GMT Source: Australian National Shipwreck Database
Nearest Neighbour: Lady Mildred, 2,224 m, bearing 180°, S
Wooden Sailing Barque. Built: 1827. Sunk: 24 March 1854. Depth: 5 m.
See the Cheviot dive site page
Refuge Cove, South		Boat access
Latitude: 39° 2.430′ S   (39.040508° S / 39° 2′ 25.83″ S) Longitude: 146° 27.810′ E   (146.4635° E / 146° 27′ 48.6″ E)
Datum: WGS84	Google Map
Added: 2019-03-13 20:53:00 GMT, Last updated: 2019-03-13 21:03:29 GMT Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Refuge Cove, North Wall, 673 m, bearing 49°, NE
Depth: 9 m.
See the Refuge Cove, South dive site page
Refuge Cove, North Wall		Boat access
Latitude: 39° 2.195′ S   (39.03658° S / 39° 2′ 11.69″ S) Longitude: 146° 28.165′ E   (146.469422° E / 146° 28′ 9.92″ E)
Datum: WGS84	Google Map
Added: 2019-03-13 20:34:13 GMT, Last updated: 2019-03-13 21:03:29 GMT Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Refuge Cove, South, 673 m, bearing 229°, SW
Depth: 14 m.
See the Refuge Cove, North Wall dive site page
Sealers Cove		Boat access
Latitude: 39° 1.049′ S   (39.017475° S / 39° 1′ 2.91″ S) Longitude: 146° 26.714′ E   (146.445237° E / 146° 26′ 42.85″ E)
Datum: WGS84	Google Map
Added: 2019-03-13 20:17:21 GMT, Last updated: 2019-03-13 21:03:29 GMT Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Refuge Cove, North Wall, 2,980 m, bearing 135°, SE
Depth: 15 m.
See the Sealers Cove dive site page
Tin Mine Cove		Shore access
Latitude: 38° 48.235′ S   (38.803917° S / 38° 48′ 14.1″ S) Longitude: 146° 25.215′ E   (146.42025° E / 146° 25′ 12.9″ E)
Datum: WGS84	Google Map
Added: 2019-03-13 07:50:21 GMT, Last updated: 2019-03-13 20:59:11 GMT Source: Google Earth
Nearest Neighbour: Tomatin, 6,060 m, bearing 85°, E
Depth: 15 m.
See the Tin Mine Cove dive site page

Total of 10 dive sites.

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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.

If you don't understand the differences between the different ways coordinates are given, plus how different datum come into play, you might find the article GPS Conversions by Lloyd Borrett (100 Kb, 5 pages, Adobe PDF) a useful read. It describes the problems associated with locating dive sites using a GPS receiver.

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Scuba Doctor Dive Map KML File

In the true spirit of making it easy to obtain, utilise and share the information for non-commercial purposes, you can now Download/view the Scuba Doctor Dive Map GPS Marks (KML file | 237.16 KB | 16-Mar-2019) in the Keyhole Markup Language (KML) file format used to display geographic data in an Earth browser such as Google Earth and Google Maps.

Some marine GPS units can import the information from a KML file. For others you can use use a file translate program (e.g. GPSBabel) to convert the KML file into an import file format (e.g. GPX) supported by your GPS unit.

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Please Help Us To Correct GPS Marks and Add More Melbourne Dive Sites

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