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Do it yourself/From home: "Busselton jetty", Feb, 2022, by Andrew Falconer , Bunbury, AU ( Top Contributor 51 reports with 29 Helpful votes). Report 11867 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Comments	This dive is one of three local dives that I have done many times, the others being the HMS Swan and Lena wrecks (both sunk as dive wrecks). The busselton jetty is the longest wooden jetty in the Southern Hemisphere, and is 1.8 km long. It is the main tourist attraction in the town. During the summer a tourist train runs hourly to the end of the jetty where there is an underwater observatory. It will also take you and your dive gear for $20 return. There is a platform and a ladder near the end of the jetty for access. I kitted up and entered there. The max depth is 9metres. On a sunny day, the shafts of light coming down from the surface, interrupted by the many vertical piers is very pretty, especially if the water is clear, which in summer it usually is. The last time I dived the jetty was in 2018, and there were some impressive schools of small to medium size fish, and the jetty piers were especially attractive with colourful red and white corals. This time both were absent. There were a few fish around but nothing like before, and the piers were mostly barren of the colourful corals. The highlight was an octopus near the end of the dive. I had my Olympus TG5 and wide angle lens and managed to get a few shots which weren’t bad. Best thing was that it was a good feeling to be underwater for the first time since last September!
Websites	Do it yourself From home
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vanuatu, South Africa, Iceland, Scotland, Norway, Cuba, Maldives, Chuuk, Galapagos, Phillipines, Sri Lanka, France, Colombia
Closest Airport	Perth	Getting There	Not applicable
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, no currents
Water Temp	21-22°C / 70-72°F	Wetsuit Thickness
Water Visibility	10-15 M / 33-49 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	None, dived solo
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	no
What I Saw
Sharks	None	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
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Corals		Tropical Fish	N/A
Small Critters		Large Fish	N/A
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Do it yourself/From home in Australia/SW of Western Australia

Do it yourself/From home: "Busselton jetty", Feb, 2022,

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Dive Review of Do it yourself/From home in
Australia/SW of Western Australia