Scuba Dive with Seal overnight Trip

To enable you to dive with the seals, we have organised an overnight seal diving trip to Jervis Bay staying in Huskinson and Doing 2 dives the following day. On the first dive of the day we hope to be diving with the seals. The second dive will be back in Jervis Bay, which is arguably some of the best diving in New South Wales. If you are interested in any of these great days the cost is $159 for the double boat dive (including accommodation and breakfast) or a special seal diving rate of $219 with all gear included. Make sure you book early as they are starting to fill already.

Please note that the seals are in an exposed area and conditions sometimes limit access to the site.

Mating occurs over a period of 6 weeks from November to December, with the Bulls seeking out territory in October for the largest and most aggressive bulls. The gestation is for 51 weeks which includes a delay of implantation of 3 months. The female gives birth to one pup and she remains on shore for 6 days before returning to the water to mate again and search of food. These pups suckle for 11 months.

The life span for males is 19 years with females living up to 21 years, although there is a pup mortality rate of 15% in the first two months. A small number of seals are killed by sharks (particularly White Pointers) and Killer Whales are also known to eat seals but these are rarely seen near the Australian Fur Seal colonies. Their main threats to the population are entanglement with lines and nets and also swallowing plastic bags as the seals think they are squid which is popular to their diet. Toxic pollution and oil spills also have a devastating effect on the colonies. The population is estimated at around 25,000 seals.

They are highly fond of company and extremely inquisitive. I realised this when diving at Montague Island, as soon as the boat approaches the island the seals all make a mad rush to the water, they just love playing and coming to investigate those strange new marine creatures with large tanks on their back.

The Australian fur seal is commonly seen in south eastern Australian waters, from Seal Rocks in New South Wales down to Tasmania. They differ from the New Zealand fur seal (which is also found in Australian waters) in that its breeding habitat is on exposed rocky shores (the New Zealand fur seal prefers sheltered boulder beaches), although both the Australian fur seal and the New Zealand fur seal can be found in colonies at Montague Island.