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((Short description|Waterway entrance in Victoria, Australia))
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((about|a place in Australia|the song by Portishead|The Rip (song)|the New Zealand band|Alastair Galbraith (musician)))

[[Image:Map of The Rip.PNG|right|thumb|400px|A map of The Rip and surrounding features]]
[[File:ISS016-E-12848 - View of Victoria, Australia.jpg|alt=Satellite view of "The Rip" between Point Nepean and Point Lonsdale on 26th November, 2007.|thumb|Satellite view of "The Rip" between Point Nepean and Point Lonsdale on 26th November, 2007.]]

'''"The Rip"''', also known as "The Heads", is the narrow [[waterway]] entrance connecting the [[Bass Strait]] to the bay of [[Port Phillip]] in southern [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], and is the only route of [[maritime transport]] into Port Phillip and thus seaport access into [[Melbourne]] and [[Geelong]], Victoria's two largest cities. Because of large tidal flows through the relatively narrow channel from the bay to the ocean, and a high rocky seabed, The Rip is a dangerous stretch of water and has claimed numerous ships and many lives. Geographically, it is the roughly triangular area of water between the land points of [[Point Nepean]] on the [[Mornington Peninsula]], [[Queenscliff, Victoria|Shortlands Bluff]] and [[Point Lonsdale, Victoria|Point Lonsdale]] on the [[Bellarine Peninsula]], with these three forming ''The Heads''.

==Geography==
The Rip is generally considered to be located in the triangular area of water between the land points of [[Point Nepean]], [[Queenscliff, Victoria|Shortlands Bluff]] and [[Point Lonsdale, Victoria|Point Lonsdale]]. The entrance between Point Lonsdale and Point Nepean is 3.5&nbsp;km wide but the reefs projecting from these points reduce the navigable width to about 1&nbsp;km. Within 800 m outside the Heads, there is a shallow rocky flat known as the Rip Bank. The water deepens outside this flat to 30m and inside the Heads to as much as 90 m. This inequality of depth combined with tidal streams running up to 6 knots, causes the world-renowned dangerous conditions. The variation in seafloor depth within the rip itself can be anywhere from 100 m to less than 5 m amongst the rocky reefs and shoals.

==Navigation==
The area of The Rip is a navigation hazard for recreational and small commercial vessels, due to strong tidal movements, unpredictable waves and proximity to active shipping lanes. Vessels are also prohibited from landing at [[Point Nepean]] on the southern central border of The Rip.<ref>((cite web| title =Guide to Port Phillip | publisher =Parks Victoria | year =2012 | url =http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/313566/rec_boat_guide_port_phillip.pdf | accessdate =2013-09-22 ))</ref>

Control of shipping movements through the heads is managed by the [[Point Lonsdale Lighthouse|Point Lonsdale Signal Station]]. Large ships may only enter Port Phillip with a qualified [[Maritime pilot|pilot]] aboard to help them navigate through the heads.<ref>
((Citation
 |title= History
 |publisher= Port Phillip Sea Pilots
 |url= http://www.ppsp.com.au/history/history.aspx
 |accessdate= 2011-10-22))
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The heads are very narrow, having a width of about ((convert|1|nmi|km|0)). When entering, large ships must follow a precise S-shaped course through the heads. The [[Queenscliff Low Light]] ("white lighthouse") and [[Queenscliff High Light]] ("black lighthouse") form a [[Leading lights|leading line]] to guide ships through the main channel, in conjunction with the Hume and Murray Towers that show red and green lights respectively.

[[File:StateLibQld 1 179191 River Burnett (ship).jpg|thumb|((SS|River Burnett||2)) in [[Port Phillip]] in 1955 after hitting Corsair Rock]]
Numerous vessels have been wrecked after getting into difficulties in the strong current in The Rip. They include the sailing ship ''Sacramento'' in 1853, [[Cutter (boat)|cutter]] ''Corsair'' in 1874, steamship ''Formosa'' in 1875, [[barque]] ''Eliza Ramsden'' in 1875, steamship ((SS|Cheviot||2)) in 1887, and cutter ''Thistle'' in 1945. ''Corsair'' gave her name to Corsair Rock, on which she ran aground. In 1955, the cargo ship ((SS|River Burnett||2)) struck Corsair Rock, freed herself, and then ran aground half-sunk in Port Phillip as a result of the damage.<ref>((cite news |url= https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71668118 |last=Llewellyn |first=John |title=Ship sinks in bay |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |place=Melbourne |page=1 |date=18 July 1955 |access-date=23 May 2022))</ref>

==Vehicular crossings==
((See also|Port Phillip Bay Bridge proposals))
[[File:View of the Rip from Point Lonsdale.jpg|thumb|View across the Rip from Point Lonsdale towards Point Nepean]]
At present, there are no bridges or tunnels that allow for vehicular traffic to cross the bay. [[Searoad Ferries]] operates a vehicular ferry service across the mouth of the bay between [[Queenscliff, Victoria|Queenscliff]] and [[Sorrento, Victoria|Sorrento]] using two roll-on roll-off vessels.

Various bridge and tunnel projects have been proposed to link the heads of Port Phillip Bay, but none, so far, have got beyond the proposal stage. In an opinion piece published in the ''[[Herald Sun]]'' in 2018, [[Peter Mitchell (newsreader)|Peter Mitchell]] asserted that no project would be approved in the near future because homes would have to be compulsorily acquired on both sides of the crossing, and no politician would be "prepared to [[Bite the bullet|bite that bullet]]."<ref>((cite web
|url = https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/peter-mitchell-says-tunnel-linking-tunnel-linking-mornington-peninsula-to-bellarine-unlikely/news-story/6a4f130b74109e84688f5666b188e61f
|title = Peter Mitchell says tunnel linking Mornington Peninsula to Bellarine unlikely
|work = [[Herald Sun]]
|last = Mitchell
|first = Peter
|date = 2018-04-09
|accessdate = 2018-11-27
))</ref>

In March 2023, the Mayor of Mornington Peninsula Steve Holland supported an idea for the bridge.<ref>https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/mornington-peninsula-mayor-proposes-bridge-between-sorrento-and-queenscliff/news-story/7763cc3b04e9658586d0afcf8b88fc8f</ref>

==Swim crossing==
Douglas Mew was the first person to swim across the Rip, on 13 June 1971. He completed the swim without a cage, in a time of 61 minutes. This achievement is commemorated by a plaque on the Point Lonsdale side of "The Rip".<ref>((Cite web |url= http://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/community/display/33091-douglas-mew |title=Douglas Mew ((!)) Monument Australia |last=Design |first=UBC Web |website=monumentaustralia.org.au |language=en |access-date=2017-02-07))</ref>
The date of the first double crossing of the Rip is not recorded. A group of swimmers from the Brighton Icebergers did this double crossing.
The first triple rip crossing occurred on 11 February 2017. Grant Cameron, Fran Johnson and Esther McDonald took 5 hours and 45 minutes (moving time) to complete the crossing. Flows at the heads (tides) had a significant effect on the swim that commenced at Point Lonsdale and ended on Point Nepean.

Swimming across "The Rip" has often been frowned upon by authorities and considered reckless, but the body of water can now be swum safely under the guidance of The Rip Swim organisation. This project began in 2014 and after 6 years, has taken 472 swimmers across safely. The total number of swimmers officially recorded now stands at 518 as there were several groups of swimmers (predominantly from the Brighton Icebergers) who made the crossing around the late 1990s and after the year 2000.

There have been two races across "The Rip", organised by The Rip Swim organisation. The first one was in 2015 and Sam Sheppard and Naantali Marshall were the winners. The next race, which took place in 2018, was the single biggest crossing of "The Rip" so far. On that day, 142 swimmers crossed in what was a combination of racing and group swimming. The Rip Swim organisation now focusses their efforts on taking small groups across, each accompanied by a kayaker and boats to ensure their safety.

==References==
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==External links==
((Commons category-inline|Port Phillip Heads))
*[https://archive.today/20130201020444/http://www.portofmelbourne.com/shipping/webcams/ptlon_cam.asp Web cam of the Rip]
*[https://www.ripswim.com.au/ Rip Swim]

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