St Leonards Pier

St Leonards Pier (aka St Leonards Jetty and Breakwater) is rated as the best pier dive on the Bellarine Peninsula. With plenty of colour and growth on the pylons, this dive site is well worth a visit day or night either diving or snorkelling. Great site for macro photography.

Critters at this site

You will find plenty of colourful sponge growth on the pylons. The sponges along with the variety of kelp and other underwater growth make this a colourful dive. Octopus can be found as well.

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

Sea Potato

Echinocardium cordatum3 obs.

Krebsdyr

Photis1 obs.

polychaete worms

Dorvilleidae1 obs.

European ascidian

Ascidiella aspersa1 obs.

Børsteorm

Diplocirrus1 obs.

polychaete worms

Opheliidae1 obs.

polychaete worms

Capitellidae1 obs.

Børsteorm

Aricidea1 obs.

Dixon's Stingaree

Urolophus paucimaculatus1 obs.

Spaghetti Worm, Spaghetti Mouth Worm

Terebellidae1 obs.

Banjo ray (Southern fiddler)

Trygonorrhina dumerilii1 obs.

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Børsteorm

Nephtys inornata2 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Ampelisca euroa2 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Paranchialina angusta2 obs.

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Børsteorm

Harmothoe1 obs.

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Musling

Chioneryx cardioides1 obs.

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Tasmanian Dog Whelk

Nassarius nigellus1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Amaryllis macrophthalma1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Dexaminidae1 obs.

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Beaked Sea-spider

Nasutoplax rostrata1 obs.

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Børsteorm

Asychis1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Hippomedon denticulatus1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Bullowanthura pambula1 obs.

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Slangestjerne

Amphiura (Amphiura) elandiformis1 obs.