Snorkel Sites 2 - Woodman Point

[gemfyre]

Map of site

Location: South of Fremantle.

Details: Enter off the beach and swim out along the wall to the end (and around the end if you are keen - it can be a little rough out there, but the fish are huge). There is also a seagrass meadow nearby. Towards the end of the wall there is a sharp drop-off, if you like to dive large fish and brain corals can be spotted in the deeper water. There are often fishers on the wall so watch out for lines. Spear fishers also frequent the area, but I have never found them to be any trouble.

Skill required: All skill levels. I have taken a friend out here who was not a confident swimmer, but she was able to stay in near the wall right out to the end and still see plenty hiding in the crevices created by the rock wall. More experienced swimmers and divers can adventure into the nearby deeper water or around the tip of the wall.

Things to see: The seagrass meadows are full of sea-squirts, blue-manna crabs and various species of leatherjacket. The wall creates numerous caves and crevices that harbour all kinds of species of fish and other critters like cuttlefish.

Jellyfish level: Tolerable. There are jellyfish around. I haven't been stung here yet.

Overall rating: Always a good bet. Conditions are good most of the time and there is something for everyone.

Comments

[housecreepy.livejournal.com]

Cuttlefish! These are really fun to read. Snorkeling is one of the things I've always wanted to try, but never had an opportunity to do so. Mostly, it would be to be face-to-face with some kind of tentacled animal. :)

[jakie-em.livejournal.com]

i used to swim at woodies and we would go muscling on the inside of the marina. I wouldn't eat them now knowing how bad the sound is for pollution

the erosion there is terrible and when the southerlies come in, it is awful to swim there. Once upon a time though it was a very popular swimming beach. most have moved up to the ammo dump though

we used to go fishing off the jetty in the marina and we would get cuttlefish and the occasional occy, yellow tail, herring, (trumpeter and blowies) leather jackets and stuff

I recall much of the actual point was closed of for environmental protection. they had protected Rottnest Island Cypresses there.

I would not be surpised if around the ammo dump there are some interesting spots too, particularity below the jetty. there are less leather jackets there and at one stage there were heaps of bonito but they don't venture so far in any more. Guardfish can also be found there. there was a sea-lion I believe that hovered around the jetty for years., but that was before the old ammo dump jetty was destroyed in a storm (over 20 years ago)

if you go further up to coogee beach, around there on land sand gropers are easily found, in the water Blue rings are often found. I have known of one there but a friend who used to live at the caravan park said that there was at least one every summer.

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I've been out at the Ammo jetty once, seems a popular spot for Scuba training.

I saw maybe 2 species of fish, and managed to surface through a swarm of jellyfish. Not fun.

[jakie-em.livejournal.com]

*like* lol

which side of the jetty were you on?