Bakalang Jetty

Two jetties stand over the site, an old one and a new one, and the slope beneath them falls steeply through sand to a maximum of 30 metres. The old jetty is the structural half of the dive: its underwater pillars carry coral and sponge growth, which puts vertical surfaces and shade into what is otherwise open bottom. Currents are mild and visibility is good, so the pillars can be worked from top to bottom without fighting anything.

The sand and rubble around the pillars is the other half. Waspfish and ghost pipefish sit in it, ribbon eels hold in their holes, boxfish drift over it, and numerous species of shrimp, crabs and nudibranchs are spread across the slope. As on any muck site the search is slow and close; the shallow water under the jetties is a reasonable place to end the dive once the deeper sand has been covered.