Otway Reef - Victoria
Table Rock delivers a classic Alaskan rock dive. Look for the Snake Prickleback and Daubed Shanny navigating the cracks and crevices. It's a dive for those who appreciate the unique, hardy marine life of colder waters, a stark contrast to tropical reefs. We'd suggest it for divers keen on temperate water ecosystems.
- Location
- Victoria, Australia, Australasia
- Coordinates
- -38.868202, 143.517300
- Type
- reef
Marine Protected Area: Marengo Reefs
Nearby Dive Sites in Victoria
- Anderson Reef (reef)
- Annabella Reef (reef)
- Antares Rock
- Bella Vista Reef (reef)
- Big Reef (reef)
- Bird Rock
- Black Reef (reef)
- Blairgowrie Pier (wall)
- Boarfish Reef (reef)
- Captain Nitros' Drop-off (reef)
- Castle Rock (reef)
- Cat Reef (reef)
- Cottage By The Sea (wall)
- Crawfish Rock
- Delta Reef (reef)
Marine Life in Victoria
Home to 139 recorded species including 64 reef fish, 26 sharks & rays, 17 whales & dolphins, 7 seagrass & algae, 7 other, 3 starfish.
Notable Species
- Snapper (Pagrus auratus) - Reef Fish
- Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) - Seagrass & Algae
- sea rimu (Caulerpa brownii) - Seagrass & Algae
- Sea Nymph (Amphibolis antarctica) - Seagrass & Algae
- Rig (Galeorhinus galeus) - Sharks & Rays
- Kelpie (Notolabrus tetricus) - Reef Fish
- Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) - Whales & Dolphins
- Rock Perch (Parma victoriae) - Reef Fish
- Sea potato (Echinocardium cordatum) - Sea Urchins
- Patrician wrasse (Pictilabrus laticlavius) - Reef Fish
- Crested Weedfish (Cristiceps australis) - Reef Fish
- Dixons Stingaree (Urolophus paucimaculatus) - Sharks & Rays
- Ground Mullet (Neoodax balteatus) - Reef Fish
- Inanga (Galaxias maculatus) - Reef Fish
- Horse-shoe Leatherjacket (Meuschenia hippocrepis) - Reef Fish
- thorny worm (Glycera americana) - Worms
- Kelpie (Notolabrus fucicola) - Reef Fish
- Freycinet's Leatherjacket (Meuschenia freycineti) - Reef Fish
- Eastern Shovelnose Stingaree (Trygonoptera imitata) - Sharks & Rays
- Tasmanian Blenny (Parablennius tasmanianus) - Reef Fish