Rip Bank

A fantastic underwater cliff just outside Port Phillip Heads. The currents through here dictate this dive and it can only be conducted on slack water at the end of the ingoing or flood tide, and even then, only when conditions are calm outside the Bay. The passage of the current here runs along the wall and can be extremely fast. There are a lot of crayfish to be caught along the top of the wall. The wall itself is very steep with large overhangs and beautiful colours. The other great thing about this dive is that during almost every dive you get to see sharks swimming along the wall. They tend to swim about 10 to 15 metres from the wall and just cruise past checking things out. The sharks are seven gill and are listed as harmless. They look a little like grey nurse sharks and can grow up to 3 metres long.