Shallow water

A collection of yellow buoys can be seen bobbing in the water directly in front of Central Pier.

The buoys extend out as far as Central Pier used to, before the western tip was removed in 2005 and 2006.

It had been thought that the buoys were in place to warn boaters of pylons that once supported the pier and still remained below the surface of the water.

But Places Victoria general manager Simon Wilson said the pylons had been cut off level with the seabed when the pier was removed.

He said that the buoys that were currently around Central Pier were to warn boats of the shallow seabed in this area.