Metropolitan Shore Dive @ Glenelg Jetty & Blocks

http://www.onlinedivegear.com.au http://www.divingadelaide.com.au The Glenelg Blocks are a well known dive site, but not many people dive it from shore. The blocks, which are located about 600m off shore from popular Glenelg Beach, are obviously a fair swim out from the beach and because the jetty doesn't have a lot of life on it, the blocks and jetty isn't a popular shore dive. On a day of flat calm seas, blue skies and the sun high in the sky, Kingsley, Brett and Ron decided to have a look under the jetty and make the swim to the blocks to have a look around. As this dive site is only 5m. deep and so close to shore, most divers we know rather do a different dive site, instead of the blocks (and if you've paid your dollars for one of the dive charters to take you out, that makes a lot of sense). The blocks is a great training site though and it reminded us of Port Noarlunga Reef in a lot of aspects, such as fish life, depth, growth and more. In between the jetty and the blocks (which is about 500m), there is not a fish to be seen. Well, maybe one or two, but not very many. However, besides the algae there are heaps of crabs, plenty of nudibranchs, seastars and other small marine life (we even found a pipefish) to be found here, so if you are going to do this dive, make sure you keep your eyes open. If you follow straight west on your compass from the jetty out, you will cover the area where the old jetty used to be. Besides heaps of lead (sinkers), there are quite a few bits and pieces of the jetty to be seen down here. Don't expect to see the complete remnants of the old jetty to be seen down there though, as most of it must have simply washed ashore over the years. The visibility was pretty good a little bit further out (about 8m), we were surprised by the temperature which was already up at 21 degrees in the shallows and 20 degrees near the blocks in mid-December and all in all, we would consider this a good dive site, considering that it's literally on our doorstep. Video shot at Glenelg Jetty & Blocks South Australia 05/12/2013 (C) Ron van der Marel Divers: Ron van der Marel (Diving Adelaide Owner/Instructor) Kingsley Griffin (Diving Adelaide Instructor) Brett Blackwell This video was shot using a GoPro HERO2 in a dive housing.