Location:

Rous Head, North Mole, North Fremantle

Travel Time:
(ex Perth)

15 mins

Max Depth:

12m

Avg Visibility:

5m

Dive Rating:

Open Water

Avg Depth:

10m

Dive Type:

Shore

Directions:

North Mole Drive, North Fremantle

Turn right from Rudderham Drive onto North  Mole Drive, and follow it all the way to the end  (light house) where you will reach a small car park and pulic toilets

Across from the toilets you will see a small ramp and concrete platform on the northern side of the mole. This is disabled persons' fishing platform and it the easiest way to gain entry to the water. Caution must be taken, the rocks can be quite slippery when wet.

Dive Info:

There is a small shipwreck located 220 metres off the platfrom on a bearing of 358 degrees. Although the true identity is not known, it seems the wreck is most probably the Gareenup, a 22M barge which sunk in 1923 after a collision with another vessel.

She lies in 8-10 metres of water, and is easier to find if you line up the light house on a bearing on 210 degrees, and the first dockside crane on 85 degrees.

You can also dive up and down the mole itself, with the large rocks providing homes to schools of Bullseyes, Old Wives, and the odd Western Rock Lobster. These can also be found at the wreck itself, along with Blue Devil's, Masked Stingrays, small Port Jackson Sharks, Western Box fish and the occasional Cuttle Fish.

Dont forget a flag as there can be boat traffic in the area, and a rope makes the decent down the ramp a little easier.