Rye pier first dive in 2025

Dive at Rye

            Dive.  250111 at 9.30 am incoming tide. 

First dive of 2025 after a very limited 2024 season. 90 minutes with Craig and Simon exploring under the pier and the gardens beyond.

Rye pier last dive of summer holiday.

RYE pier

Very nice last dive of the Xmas holiday with Mary Anne,, Brett,  Lauren

Rye pier sneaky mid week dive

Rye pie

sneaky mid week dive 

 Very good conditions today

You could see the bottom from the pier.

 

Rye with simon

Rye pier with Simon

Rye pier 

Dive with simon. 

Rye pier sunset dive

Rye pier night dive

Sunset night dive at Rye pier with Simon,

great conditions , just on before high tide , along the pier and out to the occy reef.

Rye pier

Rye pier

A great dive today in great conditions.

Started by recovery of phone lost by fisherman, then headed out to elise reef 

Followed by  cruise around the pier.

Unfortunately either i am out of camera experience or the sony is getting old, very few good pictures today..

Buddies craig simon

Time in 9am

Rye pier

Rye pier

Dive with craig at rye pier, new exit stairs are excellent , sea life was a bit quite just that time of the year just prior to the summer burst of life

 

Rye pier

Rye pier

Quick dive under the today as second test for new mask

Mask includes the ear cups and balancing tubes , worked well so next step is a deeper dive to see how it really works.

Nice dive , but think the wild life knew it was a good day to be out deep.

Rye Pier

Rye Pier

A nice dive today with Grahame Hocking at rye pier

   The pier is full of life at the moment with good vis ;
timetoday.
Sea horses were back in numbers , with rays it made for a great dive

have a new light n motion 3800 video light which worked exceptionally well. will post video update once i finish downloading.

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Sanctum Reef and RYE Pier

Sanctum Reef and Rye Pier

A great day of diving , very fitting for Australia Day weekend, Good Friends, outdoors and enjoyment. Sanctum Reef is a wall dive, one of my favorites, with a dive depth of 20-30 meters and a wall full of soft coral, colour and fish life. Todays dive conditions were simply great 15-20 vis, and very little swell.

Rye Pier

Rye Pier

A nice summers day and Rye will look great as it did today, Simon, Lynne, Sharon as buddies and a great day to be had. usual, park in front of pier, gear up and go,  use trolley if you don't like the long walk down the pier. First time sneaking out to the new reef, see photos.

Rye pier and spider crabs

RYE Pier
with the spider crabs




these crabs show up in great numbers for a few days molt and i assume mate and then go

Annual easter egg hunt - Rye pier

The annual AOS club Easter Egg dive

Rye Pier

An Egg!!!! Winner!

Rye Pier

RYE Pier
A great realaxing dive, with a good variety of sea life
excellent for training or refresher dives or simply enjoying.
Todays dive included seahorses , rays , birds crabs, blemmies and lots of fish.
Dive Buddies JJ, Andrea and Peter


ok often think diving is like flying maybe this bird does too!

Spider Crabs at Rye

Spider Crabs at Rye Pier.
The annual Spider Crab migration in May each year is a must see for divers, very freaky when you see so many in the one place.  it is then interesting to watch the pier over the following months as the food created from die off, helps other fish and animals breed and grow rapidly.

Spider Crab Expeditions

Spider Crabs reside in Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia for 12 months of the year.

However, in April through to July each year, as the water cools, the crabs gather in the shallows in their tens of thousands! This aggregation is continuously “on the move” and has been referred to as the “March of The Spider Crabs”.

This amazing natural phenomenon is believed to be linked to a mating ritual. Through out this time period the crabs gather and play “stacks on the middle”. The mountains of crabs can be up to 2 metres high and cover areas up to a kilometre long.

Through out the cycle the crabs often moult their shell and at times mass “die offs” of Spider Crabs can be seen. The Spider Crab march is an amazing visual experience and resembles scenes from a science fiction film. The gathering also attracts predators such as sting rays and even sharks.

Rye

Rye,
One of the easiest and nicer pier dives, Simply park in the carpark , kit up and walk off the pier. forget anything see AOS across the road. what is there will vary according to the season , but usally something of interest, todays dive was seals and seahorses.