Blairgowrie sits on the Mornington Peninsula's Port Phillip Bay side, offering pier dives, a submerged historical fort, kelp forest reef, and shore entries across five sites. Depths stay shallow throughout, ranging from one metre to twelve metres, and both beginners and advanced divers are catered for depending on site. Water temperatures peak at around twenty degrees in summer and drop to around twelve or thirteen degrees in the depths of winter. The species list reflects this temperate environment: pot-bellied seahorses, shorthead seahorses, fiddler rays, common stingrays, long-nosed fur seals, and a notable diversity of nudibranchs are all recorded here. Currents are a significant hazard at several sites, particularly around the piers and at Diamond Bay.
Monthly water temperature across Blairgowrie's sites, from satellite sea-surface data corrected for depth. The band shows the site-to-site spread.
Water temperature ranges from around twelve degrees in mid-winter to around twenty degrees in summer, so a drysuit or thick wetsuit is advisable for much of the year. Currents are site-specific and can be very strong around the piers, where diving is best planned around slack water.
Water temperature around Blairgowrie ranges from about 12°C in August to 20°C in January, based on satellite sea-temperature data for its dive sites.
In the warm season (about 20°C) a 5mm suit is comfortable in Blairgowrie; in the coldest months (about 12°C) step up to a 7mm or semi-dry suit.
Fin maps 5 sites in Blairgowrie (4 scuba diving sites and 3 snorkelling spots, with some suited to both).
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