Whale Bones
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About this site
Whale Bones is a reef in Encounter Bay at Victor Harbor, South Australia. Follow the road to the bluff and turn off at the hospital, and the reef lies in front of and to the right of where the road meets the beach. The name comes from the whale bones that were once found here, because whalers dumped carcasses in the area.
It is a big system of limestone caves, undercuts, swim-throughs and reef, a honeycomb of caves and passages. The reef has holes in the top that lead down into the caves. A drop-off out to sea also leads into the caves.
You can go in from shore over about 100 metres of knee-deep water, or by boat from the nearby Bluff boat ramp.
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