Lonsdale Bommies

Discovered and named by one of the great local diving legends, this dive site is spectacular. Approximately 1 kilometer from the Point Lonsdale Light and clear of the shipping channel, just outside Port Phillip Heads, is an amazing area of bommies, or underwater rock formations.

Critters at this site

The strong current flowing this area has created a nutrient-rich environment and subsequently prolific marine growth and the associated marine life.

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

Warty Ear Shell

Haliotis rubra5 obs.

Biscuit Star

Tosia australis5 obs.

The Interwoven Purpura

Dicathais orbita2 obs.

Western Pacific purple sea urchin

Heliocidaris erythrogramma1 obs.

Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Zafra1 obs.

Brown Fur Seal

Arctocephalus pusillus1 obs.

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Green-lip Abalone

Haliotis laevigata3 obs.

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Feather Star

Cenolia trichoptera2 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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Søstjerne

Nectria ocellata1 obs.

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Krebsdyr

Chondrochelia billambi1 obs.

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Net Lepsiella

Phycothais reticulata1 obs.

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Skallus

Acanthochitona pilsbryi1 obs.

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Børsteorm

Prionospio tatura1 obs.

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The Three-Shaped Murex

Pterochelus triformis1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Tasmeuthria clarkei1 obs.

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Musling

Neolepton1 obs.

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granular seastar

Uniophora granifera1 obs.

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Snegl (hav-/nøgensnegl)

Gabrielona nepeanensis1 obs.

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Tiny Hermit Crab

Micropagurus acantholepis1 obs.