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DIVE SITE | Everyone The Peninsula offers something for everyone! It is the prime tourist destination in Tasmania with the convict ruins at Port Arthur, Devil's Kitchen, Tasman Arch and the Blowhole. For scuba diving, the Tasman Peninsula is the perfect venue for your home base. The area offers fabulous above-water scenery with massive cliff formations towering up to 277 metres above sea level. These walls continue underwater and combined with the rich invertebrate life provide spectacular diving. In addition, whales and dolphins are regularly sighted on this part of Tasmania's coast. DIVE SITE | Boat Or Shore Dives The area supports numerous giant kelp forests. Sites we dive frequently include Fortescue Bay, Deep Glen Bay and Shag Rock Bay. Superb forests of the giant Macrocystis kelp tower as much as 30 metres to the surface, These bays are also home to the Common Sea Dragon, Sea Horses, colorful Boxfish, schools of Jack Mackerel and Trevally. Access to all of these sites is by boat. The cliff formations make shore access impossible. Our vessel offers fast, reliable transport to all these sites. It is surveyed for seven divers plus coxswain/divemaster for these exposed waters.
The magnificent formations of the Sisters Rocks provides spectacular diving to depths of 40 metres. These rock columns are home to huge schools of fish such as Butterfly Perch, Long-finned Pike, Trumpeter and an abundant assortment of other life. Diving these columns at any depth provides excellent photographic opportunities and always an unforgettable dive!
DIVE SITE | Advance Sport, Experienced
Wreck Divers The SS Nord was built in 1900. She weighed 1057 tonnes net and measured 289.4 feet. She sank on November 8th, 1915. Her wreck is situated near a reef in 42 metres of water, a few miles from Tasman Island. The Nord is one of Tasmania's few "intact" shipwrecks. Although the superstructure has collapsed, she still resembles a ship. The wreck has attracted a variety of fish and is covered in colorful marine growth. There are still a number of artifacts to be seen on the wreck including brass fittings and Chinese crockery. The wreck of the SS Nord is now a protected site. DIVE SITE | Advance Experienced Divers The larger Hippolyte Rock supports a small seal colony. Apart from the seals, one can expect walls to 40 metres (and deeper) carpeted with sponges and yellow zoanthids. Needle Rock, between the Hippolyte Rocks, drops away from 4 metres to about 40 metres, the deeper part covered with sea whips. It is potentially a high current area and therefore is not for novices. Being out of the way and subject to current, it supports plenty of fish life. Email For More Details And Your Adventure Interests, Plus Dates Of Desired Travel/Dives
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