Queenscliff Warnings or Dangers
Queenscliff travel tips posted by real travelers and Queenscliff locals.
Local Time 2:10 am Thursday, July 10, 2008
Queenscliff Map
Queenscliff Map
on September 3, 2003
While the rise and fall of the tide outside the Heads is 2.5m it is only about 1 metre inside due to the narrowness of the opening limiting the amount of water that can enter or leave the bay in a tidal period. As a result there are very strong tidal "rips" which give the area its name. Even today, small vessels find it advisable not to navigate the Rip against the tide. But there are always those who will try, and wish they hadn't..
All ships entering or leaving Port Phillip Bay must carry a pilot unless her skipper has an "exemption certificate".
Ships regularly passing through the heads is a spectacle not to be missed when visiting the region. There is a lookout from where you get to see the Rip.
The lookout also gives views over to Point Nepean and the Mornington Peninsula.
