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Murray Road Boat Ramp
An easy shore entry onto a small rock wall at about 5 m
Area photo: Peter Southwood · CC BY-SA 3.0
Murray Road boat ramp is a shore dive on the Torndirrup side of Albany and one of the easiest entries in the area: walk in from the ramp and follow a small rock wall at an average depth of about 5 m. It is a beginner dive, and it is protected from most weather other than easterlies.
Where it is and how deep
35.0942° S, 117.9633° EPublished position for this site.
The dive
The entry is the simple part: in from the ramp and out along a small rock wall that averages about 5 m. There is nothing to plan around at that depth - no ceiling on bottom time worth worrying about, no descent to manage - which is why the site works as an early open-water dive, a refresher after a break, or a place to sort out a new piece of kit.
The wall carries fish common to the South Coast bioregion: dusky morwong, wrasse over the rock, and juvenile groper. The site is protected in most conditions, and an easterly is the wind that spoils it, so on those days it is worth taking one of the other shore entries inside the Sound instead and coming back when the wind swings.
Marine life and season
- Groupers
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Prime |
Season follows Albany: Charters run year-round; December to March is the dry, warm half of the year, June to August the wet half with July the wettest month, and the whales are in the Sound July to October.
Know before you go
- The site is protected in most conditions but not from easterlies; check the wind before you commit to the entry, since that is the one direction that spoils this site.
Questions divers ask
Is Murray Road boat ramp a shore dive?+
Yes. It is a beginner-level dive with an easy shore entry at the ramp, and the dive follows a small rock wall averaging about 5 m.
Sources
- Murray Road Boat Ramp (Scubago) — Scubago
- Nominatim search result for Murray Road Boat Ramp, Torndirrup, Albany — OpenStreetMap / Nominatim
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