diver257a
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Hi everyone,
This post is about the following situation at the very popular dive site at Rapid Bay in South Australia. If you are not aware, there are two jetties at Rapid Bay - an old one built in the 1930s (and closed for public access in 2004) and a new one opened in 2009 to serve as a platform for recreational fishing and to provide a means of access for other users of the waters around both jetties (i.e. divers, swimmers, kayakers etc). There are numerous images online that show the relationship of the two jetties such as the following - Rapid Bay - South Australia - Nomad Bible
The following news release was published on a South Australian government website (i.e. Damage to Old Rapid Bay Jetty - Department for Infrastructure and Transport - South Australia) on 12 January 2022. This is reproduced here as per the creative commons license currently in force - please refer Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Australia — CC BY 3.0 AU
Damage to Old Rapid Bay Jetty
Boat operators, scuba divers and swimmers are advised to avoid waters in the immediate vicinity of Old Rapid Bay Jetty after a partial collapse of the closed jetty was discovered earlier this week. Although there has been no pedestrian access to the jetty since it was closed in late 2004, the site is popular with scuba divers due to the area’s rich marine life. The partial collapse was discovered on Monday, 10 January. The Department for Infrastructure and Transport has conducted an initial inspection of the damage, with works to follow soon. For safety reasons scuba divers, swimmers and boat operators are asked to avoid this area until this work is complete. As further information becomes available the Department will provide updates via Facebook and Twitter.
The following image shows the extent of collapse - For your information, the collapsed section once received vertical support at about 5 metre spacings (say 16 feet). It is obvious from the image that most of the vertical support is no longer there!
This post is about the following situation at the very popular dive site at Rapid Bay in South Australia. If you are not aware, there are two jetties at Rapid Bay - an old one built in the 1930s (and closed for public access in 2004) and a new one opened in 2009 to serve as a platform for recreational fishing and to provide a means of access for other users of the waters around both jetties (i.e. divers, swimmers, kayakers etc). There are numerous images online that show the relationship of the two jetties such as the following - Rapid Bay - South Australia - Nomad Bible
The following news release was published on a South Australian government website (i.e. Damage to Old Rapid Bay Jetty - Department for Infrastructure and Transport - South Australia) on 12 January 2022. This is reproduced here as per the creative commons license currently in force - please refer Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Australia — CC BY 3.0 AU
Damage to Old Rapid Bay Jetty
Boat operators, scuba divers and swimmers are advised to avoid waters in the immediate vicinity of Old Rapid Bay Jetty after a partial collapse of the closed jetty was discovered earlier this week. Although there has been no pedestrian access to the jetty since it was closed in late 2004, the site is popular with scuba divers due to the area’s rich marine life. The partial collapse was discovered on Monday, 10 January. The Department for Infrastructure and Transport has conducted an initial inspection of the damage, with works to follow soon. For safety reasons scuba divers, swimmers and boat operators are asked to avoid this area until this work is complete. As further information becomes available the Department will provide updates via Facebook and Twitter.
The following image shows the extent of collapse - For your information, the collapsed section once received vertical support at about 5 metre spacings (say 16 feet). It is obvious from the image that most of the vertical support is no longer there!
