Rip Bank

Rip Bank is an impressive underwater cliff just outside the south-east side of Port Phillip Heads. This site should only be dived at slack water at the end of the flood tide, and only in calm conditions, as the current travels along the wall and can become extremely fast.

Marine life at this site

Southern Rock Lobsters are common along the steep wall with overhangs and Blue Devils. Divers often see harmless Sharpnose Sevengill Sharks cruising 10–15m off the wall

Based on open species observationswithin ~5 km — likely to see, not necessarily confirmed at the site itself.

Warty Ear Shell

Haliotis rubra6 obs.

Biscuit Star

Tosia australis5 obs.

The Interwoven Purpura

Dicathais orbita2 obs.

Western Pacific purple sea urchin

Heliocidaris erythrogramma1 obs.

Brown Fur Seal

Arctocephalus pusillus1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Zafra1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Siphonariidae1 obs.

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Green-lip Abalone

Haliotis laevigata3 obs.

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Feather Star

Cenolia trichoptera2 obs.

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Tiny Hermit Crab

Micropagurus acantholepis1 obs.

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Hydroide

Eudendrium ramosum1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Mitrella1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Quadrimaera viridis1 obs.

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Seastar

Nectria multispina1 obs.

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Hairy Three-Area Mussel

Gregariella barbata1 obs.

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Ridged Ear Shell

Haliotis scalaris1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Tenellia anulata1 obs.

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Blæksprutte

Ascarosepion novaehollandiae1 obs.

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Søstjerne

Nectria ocellata1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Macroschisma tasmaniae1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Chondrochelia billambi1 obs.

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Net Lepsiella

Phycothais reticulata1 obs.

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Søstjerne

Meridiastra gunnii1 obs.

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Skallus

Acanthochitona pilsbryi1 obs.