Dive Sites Near Adelaide
16 dive sites in and around Adelaide, SA, nearest first, with the depth, skill level and conditions for each one.
Glenelg Dredge Wreck
Adelaide, SA
An Adelaide artificial-reef wreck dive in 22 m of Gulf St Vincent water: blue devils, blue groper and mature encrusting growth on the dredge structure.
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North Haven Wall
Adelaide, SA
A harbour wall and rubble reef within the Port River estuary at the northern edge of metropolitan Adelaide, producing an accessible urban dive with cuttlefis...
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Noarlunga Tyre Reef
Adelaide, SA
An artificial reef constructed from scuttled tyres off the southern Adelaide coast, now a compact dive site with cuttlefish, sea dragons, and the invertebrat...
View dive site →Port Noarlunga Reef
Adelaide, SA
Walk out along the Port Noarlunga jetty, climb down the stairs at the end, and you are standing on the edge of South Australia's most popular dive. A long...
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Star of Greece Wreck
Port Willunga, SA
The iron remains of a three-masted sailing ship wrecked in 1888 on the Gulf St Vincent coast south of Adelaide, scattered across a reef in 3-12 metres of wat...
View dive site →Port Willunga
Fleurieu Peninsula, SA
Port Willunga is a shore-entry beach dive 35 km south of Adelaide on the Fleurieu Peninsula, distinct from the Star of Greece wreck that lies just offshore. Entry is from the sandy beach below the Port Willunga cliffs, with the historic jetty pylons (the jetty itself was destroyed in 1915) acting as the main underwater feature. The pylons are covered with sponges and host nudibranchs, seahorses, leatherjackets and a strong macro community. Reef extends south of the pylons for further exploration. The site rates consistently among the better shore dives in the state and is a popular night dive.
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Aldinga Drop-off
Fleurieu Peninsula, SA
Aldinga Reef (Aldinga Drop-off) on South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula: vertical reef walls, temperate marine life, 40 minutes from Adelaide.
View dive site →Ardrossan Barge
Yorke Peninsula, SA
Ardrossan Barge is a scuttled hopper barge resting upright in twenty metres of Gulf St Vincent water, one nautical mile south of the protected Zanoni wreck and seventeen kilometres off Ardrossan on the Yorke Peninsula. Purpose sunk in April 1984, the steel hull and its cargo of steel pipes have blossomed into a compact reef that rewards visiting divers with good visibility, prolific schooling fish and vivid soft-coral gardens. Access is by boat only and the site is best tackled by competent open-water divers comfortable with blue-water descents and occasional surge.
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The Bluff (Rosetta Head)
Victor Harbor, SA
A granite headland at Victor Harbor with kelp forest diving, resident sea dragons, and a rugged reef structure that produces some of the most visually dramat...
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Second Valley
Fleurieu Peninsula, SA
A sheltered gulf-side bay on the Fleurieu Peninsula with a short jetty, resident sea dragons, clear water, and an old anchor chain dive that doubles as an ex...
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Ex-HMAS Hobart
Fleurieu Peninsula, SA
South Australia's most intact dive wreck, a 133-metre guided missile destroyer sitting upright in 30 metres in a marine sanctuary off the Fleurieu.
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Klein Point Jetty
Yorke Peninsula, SA
An active limestone-loading jetty 7 km south of Stansbury, with growth-covered structures, plenty of fish and a small reef to the south-east known for wobbegongs.
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Rapid Bay Jetty
Fleurieu Peninsula, SA
The old decommissioned jetty at Rapid Bay hosts one of South Australia's most celebrated populations of leafy sea dragons in easily accessible shallow water.
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Wool Bay Jetty
Yorke Peninsula, SA
A working grain jetty on the southern Yorke Peninsula with the classic SA jetty fauna of sea dragons, cuttlefish, and nudibranchs in a relaxed, beginner-frie...
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Edithburgh Jetty
Yorke Peninsula, SA
A classic South Australian jetty dive on Yorke Peninsula, known for seadragons, cuttlefish aggregations, and a community of critters that rewards patient, me...
View dive site →Cape Jervis Jetty
Fleurieu Peninsula, SA
Cape Jervis Jetty offers a high-octane macro wonderland where nutrient-rich currents fuel vibrant sponge gardens, providing a rugged, tide-swept sanctuary for elusive Leafy Seadragons and cuttlefish.
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