Halifax Point

Steeper rocky ledges covered in sponges makes Halifax one of the most popular deeper/advanced sites to dive in Nelson Bay. The “Twin Bommies” (20m) offers a colourful carpet of sponges, gorgonians & ascidians. Max Depth = ~26m. Best dived on incoming to slack high tide.

Critters at this site

Wide variety of creatures from yellow & black stripeys to nudibranchs, flatworms, crayfish/lobsters. Pelagics include: dolphins, kingfish, drummers, eastern wirrah, & blind sharks.

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

Flatback Sea Turtle

Natator depressus6 obs.

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas5 obs.

Great White Shark

Carcharodon carcharias5 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Cacozeliana granarium2 obs.

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas1 obs.

Haj & rokke

Trygonoptera testacea1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Columbellidae1 obs.

Haj & rokke

Trygonorrhina fasciata1 obs.

Silky Shark

Carcharhinus falciformis1 obs.

ニシキツバメガイ

Chelidonura hirundinina1 obs.

Spinner Shark

Carcharhinus brevipinna1 obs.

Dugong

Dugong dugon1 obs.

Haj & rokke

Urolophus kapalensis1 obs.

Krebsdyr

Decapoda1 obs.

Tiger Shark

Galeocerdo cuvier1 obs.

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Haj & rokke

Orectolobus ornatus2 obs.

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Musling

Myadora pandoriformis1 obs.

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Denuded Murex

Chicoreus denudatus1 obs.

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Børsteorm

Polynoe1 obs.

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File Shell

Lima vulgaris1 obs.

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Børsteorm

Micronephthys oculifera1 obs.

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Børsteorm

Exogone africana1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Bullina lineata1 obs.

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Børsteorm

Ceratonereis mirabilis1 obs.