Dive Sites Near Port Macquarie
6 dive sites in and around Port Macquarie, NSW, nearest first, with the depth, skill level and conditions for each one.
The Steps, Port Macquarie
Port Macquarie, NSW
Shallow Port Macquarie shore dive popular for training and night dives, with dense macro life across broken reef and short kelp.
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Cod Grounds
Laurieton, NSW
Three volcanic pinnacles about 7 km off Laurieton, rising from a 40 m seabed to 18 m inside a no-take marine park that protects a year-round aggregation of critically endangered grey nurse sharks.
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Hat Head Bommie
Hat Head, NSW
Underrated isolated reef bommie on the NSW mid-north coast with sheltering ledges, pelagic schools, and a steady population of moray eels and cod.
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Black Rocks, Smoky Cape
South West Rocks, NSW
Two bare rocks off the beach south of Smoky Cape Lighthouse shelter a plate coral garden in 6 to 20 m, with resident turtles and egg cowries; usually dived as separate north and south side dives.
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Fish Rock Cave
South West Rocks, NSW
Two kilometres off the South West Rocks coastline, a small rocky islet rises from the Tasman Sea. Beneath it, a tunnel runs clean through the rock for 125 metres, and inside that tunnel, almost...
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Green Island, South West Rocks
South West Rocks, NSW
South West Rocks is famous for Fish Rock, the through-cave swim that draws divers from around the world. But just along the coast lies its quieter, gentler...
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