Little Beach

Region: Port Stephens, NSW

Skill Level: Beginner

Depth: 3-12 m

Water Temperature: 17-23 °C

Best Time to Dive: High slack tide (slack of the incoming tide)

Marine Life: Luderick, bream, White's seahorses, spindle cowries, nudibranchs, sponges and gorgonians, yellowtail, striped seapike, blue groper, pineapple fish, wrasse, bullseyes, scorpionfish, moray eels, morwongs, surgeonfish, flathead, wobbegong sharks, stingrays, cuttlefish

Hazards: Tidal currents away from slack water (dive at high slack); boat traffic from the Little Beach launching ramp and marina (tow a flagged float, surface near shore); rocky bottom at the entry

Facilities: Car park at Victoria Parade, Beach Road and Dixon Drive, a worn track to the beach beside the Boathouse wharf, and toilets and a launching ramp at the beach.