Pete’s Point (Windy Point) in Cronulla is the small brother of the Oak Park dive site. The reef to the south-east eventually joins with
the second Oak Park reef. The parking is on Rostrevor St, three streets north of Jibbon St (Oak Park). After gearing up there is a small grassy patch leading to the esplanade, from there it is a short way down to the Point itself. The best entrance and exit is on the south side close to the very point from an overgrown sloping rock. What I like most about this dive site is that there is really a lot of terrain to explore. I think I never did the same dive twice here yet.
We started off in south-easterly direction, passing parts with rocky bottom and kelp forests. Once in a while we swam along small reefs with overhangs and large overgrown boulders. After 15 minutes we followed a rocky path to the east and ended up on a large sandy patch. I had never seen a weedy seadragon before around Cronulla, but there it was! Not too surprising actually when looking at the surroundings – sandy bottom with kelp forest close by, depth around 12m…
After this encounter and a few shots we swam back due WSW until we were back at the shore, there we turned north until we got back to Pete’s Point.
This was such a relaxing dive! Pete’s Point offers massive schools of fish, varying underwater landscapes and room for exploration. Apart from thousands of schooling fish and the weedy we saw a massive bull ray, PJ sharks, nudis…all there!
Tags: Canon G9, Diving, Diving in Sydney, Ikelite housing, Inon Z240, Pete's Point, scuba, underwater, Underwater Photography, weedy seadragon, Windy Point
November 10, 2008 at 10:14 pm |
Hello
I found your website using google. First of all, nice UW shots. I’m considering getting a canon G10, and I’d like to hear what you, as a canon G9 user would think of the idea
cheers
pierre
April 10, 2009 at 8:35 pm |
hehe – he’s very cute
Suzy