Diving Rotto

The great thing about diving around Rottnest Island, or Rotto to the locals is that the island can be dived during not only spring, summer and autumn seasons but during winter as well. Naturally, it has to be select days as the charter boat may be cancelled due to inclement weather conditions - you take that risk.

Actually, winter days where obviously no storms are in the vicinity are some of my favourite dive trips. The water temperature drops from an average of 21 - 23 degrees Celsius to 18 degrees Celsius, not that great a decline. Early spring is a pretty good choice when the sea breeze hasn't set in making conditions somewhat difficult. During summer, the strong sea breeze really whips over the water creating largish swells, wave chop and generally poor surface conditions. So the sky is sometimes overcast in the off-season; who cares, the day out on the boat is better and the boat tends to be less crowded.