SNORKELLING

SUMMER SNORKELLING PROGRAM

Our snorkeling program operates during the summer months from November to the end of March each year. It is run of a Saturday morning, starting at 8.45am conditions permitting.

Members are notified by email each week of the location the snorkeling will be conducted. 

To participate you must be a paid-up financial member of Marine Care Ricketts Point.

For further information contact: 

Ian O’Loughlin, Snorkel Coordinator. ianolou2@gmail.com

Check out the links to our Facebook page where you will see some spectacular images of the underwater world of Ricketts Marine Sanctuary.


OUR REQUIREMENTS  

To snorkel with us, you must on each occasion:

MCRP SNORKELLING PROGRAM – STANDARD BRIEFING NOTES See here

UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY          We ask that members who have good underwater photos of life in the sanctuary contribute them regularly to the Parks Victoria Sea Search Species Image Library. Please provide digital images with location, habitat, date, scientific and common names of both flora and fauna.

The Parks Victoria (PV) Sea Search manual provides guidelines on methods to be used, including a Species Image Library. You can access the manual on the following link:

http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/get-involved/volunteer/sea-search

The Species Image Library methods page is:

parkweb.vic.gov.au/data/assets/pdf_file/0005/561272/1.2.pdf 

(The location code for Ricketts Point Sanctuary is RIC)

Please forward images to Marine Ranger, Emily Verey at emily.verey@parks.vic.gov.au

This data provision is very important: It will add to Parks Victoria’s existing database about the Bay, and greatly assist them in the management of the Sanctuary. It will foster close co-operation between ourselves and Parks Victoria. It helps meet our aims to foster education about the Sanctuary and to advance knowledge about its marine life and environment

If you require any further information, please don’t hesitate to ask your snorkel leader

 

RESOURCES

Snorkelling Bayside – An Introduction to Snorkeling in the Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary and Nearby Waters – by Ray Lewis, 2015.

This book was written primarily to assist members of Marine Care Ricketts Point Inc with their snorkeling. It is based on general advice and the experience of many local divers.

Click HERE to download a digital copy of this book.