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About this site
Rye Pier sits on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia, on the Port Phillip Bay side, and is a popular shore dive accessed directly from the pier structure. It reaches a maximum depth of around 5 metres, making it a beginner-friendly site well suited to shallow, relaxed diving. A single source reports globefish and smooth stingray as hazards to be aware of, and the same source lists marine life including crocodilefish, dolphin, nudibranchs, octopus, seahorses, squid, stingrays, and wrasse around the pilings.
AI overviewMarine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
WrasseWrasseReported here · unconfirmed
StingrayStingrayReported here · unconfirmed
CrocodilefishCrocodilefishReported here · unconfirmed
DolphinDolphinReported here · unconfirmed
Bigbelly SeahorseHippocampus abdominalisReported here · unconfirmed
Great spider crabLeptomithrax gaimardiiReported here · unconfirmed
Pale OctopusOctopus pallidusReported here · unconfirmed
Short-tailed CeratosomaCeratosoma brevicaudatumReported here · unconfirmed
GlobefishDiodon nicthemerusReported here · unconfirmed
Eleven-armed Sea StarCoscinasterias muricataReported here · unconfirmed
Tasmanian BlennyParablennius tasmanianusReported here · unconfirmed
Bluespotted GoatfishUpeneichthys vlamingiiReported here · unconfirmed
Shorthead SeahorseHippocampus brevicepsReported here · unconfirmed
SeahorseSeahorseReported here · unconfirmed
OctopusOctopusReported here · unconfirmed
NudibranchNudibranchReported here · unconfirmed
SquidSquidReported here · unconfirmed
Durable tips from divers — access, hazards, marine life, facilities. For day-of conditions, use the report tool in the conditions card above.
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