Experience Charters

Ask most divers about diving on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula and they will immediately think about Pope's Eye and Portsea Hole and Port Phillip Heads - all sites they have dived (yawn) many, many times before. However, if they look towards the other side of the Peninsula they will find that they can obtain dive charters from Flinders that offer truly spectacular ocean and bay diving which leaves Port Phillip Bay floundering in its own slack water.

The Phillip Island - Flinders - Cape Schank Coastline provides the bored diver a new lease of life with drop-offs, walls, huge bommies, seals (not just a handful but thousands of them), crayfish, wrecks, the occasional pod of playful bottlenose dolphins and clear fresh ocean water. And when the strong northerly winds blow out Portsea the conditions around the Flinders Pier are usually superb with crystal clear visibility and calm conditions.

From Flinders it is but a short, comfortable boat ride to the Nobbies and Seal Rocks found at the western end of Phillip Island. A little further on is the awesome Three Sisters site. Pyramid Rock and Victoria's best wreck dive, the Geo. Kermode. The Pinnacles, situated off the island's southeastern extremity, is Victoria's premier dive location.

Combine this dive as a double with the Geo. Kermode and you have found diver's heaven.

Heading west from Flinders towards Cape Schank you pass by some of the most spectacular and rugged scenery you can imagine. This above water scenery continues underwater offering the diver magnificent reefs and walls with many ledges and gutters to explore. Sites like Flinders Rock, Lady Face Point, the awesome Dungeons and of course the Schank itself are loaded with all manner of submarine creatures and plant life including Zooanthids, Ascidians, Blue-devils, Abalone and Crayfish.

The following is a brief run down on the sites that can be dived from on board the M.S.V Stuart Douglas which operates out of Flinders on a regular basis including midweek, weekends and evenings. Note that all day parking is available at the Flinders Pier car park, which means there is only a short walk from your car along the pier to the boat.

Affiliation:

TDI

Training Level:

Dive Master

Boat Description:

Our vessel has been surveyed to 2c from Marine Safety Victoria.

• There are 2 exits into the water from openings on the port & starboard sides of the vessel.
• The Vessel is equipped with VHF & HF radios so that we can maintain a constant watch on weather conditions.
• There is a toilet on board for life's little emergencies.
• We have a deck wash for rinsing your masks.
• There is an on board safe for your valuables.
• There will be complimentary tea coffee & soup available after your dive .

Sites Visited:

Reefs & Wrecks.