Dive Sites Near Newcastle
9 dive sites in and around Newcastle, NSW, nearest first, with the depth, skill level and conditions for each one.
Moon Island
Lake Macquarie, NSW
Boat dive around a seabird island off Swansea Heads: kelp reef to 15 m on the north side, walls and caves to about 21 m on the east and south, including The Temple, where grey nurse sharks shelter in winter.
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Swansea Bridge
Lake Macquarie, NSW
Slack-water shore dive under Swansea Bridge, where demolished earlier bridge structures form an artificial reef; drift dives run down the channel.
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The Pipeline, Nelson Bay
Port Stephens, NSW
High-slack-tide shore dive along a disused sewer pipe that runs about 250 m north into Port Stephens from beside Nelson Bay marina; one of NSW's best-known macro and night dives. Separate from the Fly Point to Pipeline drift.
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Fly Point to Pipeline Drift
Port Stephens, NSW
Incoming-tide shore drift of about 1.2 km from Fly Point west past the marina entrance to the Pipeline.
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Little Beach
Port Stephens, NSW
Easy shore dive from Little Beach, Nelson Bay: the Boathouse jetty pylons in 3 to 5 m, old wharf timbers, a sunken A-frame, pontoon and barge wreckage in 10 to 12 m, with seahorses, cowries and schools of luderick and bream. Dive at high slack.
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Halifax Park
Port Stephens, NSW
High-slack shore dive at Halifax Park on Nelson Head: enter through a diver-cleared channel at the end of the sandy car park, then follow a sponge-covered wall from 8 to 15 m north to bommies and sponge gardens on a deeper wall from 18 to 26 m.
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Cabbage Tree Bay, Norah Head
Norah Head, NSW
Beginner shore dive in the small harbour at Norah Head: enter beside the boat ramp, cross the sandy bay and follow the reef wall on the right out and back, from 3 m to about 14 m near the point of the wall.
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Port Stephens, NSW
Island reef with coral gardens and swim-throughs.
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Broughton Island
Port Stephens, NSW
An island off Port Stephens with one of the most reliable grey nurse shark dives in NSW and the dramatic swim through the Looking Glass.
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