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Explore Australia's premier diving destinations with detailed site information, marine life guides, and essential safety data.
North Bondi (Ben Buckler)
Bondi, NSW
Shore dive from the Ben Buckler rock platform and boat ramp at the end of Ramsgate Avenue, following a boulder reef south to sand at 15 to 18 m; weedy seadragons on the sand edge;…
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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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North Solitary - Bubble Cave
Wooli, NSW
Dark cave on North Solitary's southern side, reached along coral-covered rock fingers, in about 8 m, with divers' trapped air under the roof.
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North Solitary - Elbow Cave
Wooli, NSW
Short L-shaped passage (about 2 to 4 m) through the rocks, packed with fish and rock lobsters, leading out to underwater cliffs.
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North Solitary Island - Anemone Bay
Wooli, NSW
Sixteen kilometres off the Wooli coastline, on the northern face of a small island that breaks the open Pacific, a single sheltered bay holds what marine biologists have documente…
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North West Solitary Island
Arrawarra, NSW
Inshore island off Arrawarra and Mullaway with easy coral-garden dives on its western side, a manta ray cleaning station from January to June, and the deeper Wrights Reef pinnacle.
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Nuyts Archipelago Drop-off
Far West SA
A remote island group west of Ceduna with dramatic drop-off diving, exceptional Great Australian Bight water clarity, and the undisturbed marine community of South Australia's far…
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Oak Park
Cronulla, NSW
Discover Sydney’s top shore dive at Oak Park, Cronulla, easy access, vibrant marine life, and ideal for beginner to intermediate scuba divers.
View dive site →One Tree Sinkhole
Mt Gambier, SA
One Tree Sinkhole is one of the major Mount Gambier limestone sinkholes accessible to qualified cave divers. The site is a funnel-style cave with a collapsed roof forming a rock p…
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Osprey Reef
Coral Sea, QLD
There is a moment at North Horn that divers describe the same way years later. You drop down the reef to the lip of the wall, settle onto a natural...
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Outer Newry Island
Newry Islands, QLD
The exposed outer reef face of the Newry Island Group delivers clearer water and stronger pelagic activity than its sheltered neighbour, with reef walls and ...
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Palm Beach Reef
Gold Coast, QLD
The Gold Coast's largest reef system: a rocky reef about 950 by 500 m between Tallebudgera and Currumbin creeks, with around ten named sites from 5 to 25 m, corals, sponges and su…
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Peel Island
Moreton Bay, QLD
Surrounded by coral reefs and seagrass beds, offering encounters with dugongs, turtles, and dolphins.
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Piccaninnie Ponds
Limestone Coast, SA
A protected freshwater sinkhole system near the border of South Australia and Victoria with extraordinary visibility, deep open pools, and a cave system that has ...
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Pimpernel Rock
Off Coffs Harbour, NSW
Forty nautical miles off the New South Wales coast, a mountain rises out of the deep and stops just short of the surface. Pimpernel Rock is a submerged...
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Point Drummond
Eyre Peninsula, SA
A current-exposed headland on the southern Eyre Peninsula where the tidal flow through Investigator Strait concentrates pelagic species and delivers the clea...
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Point Labatt (No Diving)
West Coast, SA
The only permanent mainland colony of endangered Australian sea lions, watched from the clifftop. No swimming or diving: the reserve below is a prohibited area.
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Point Lowly
Whyalla, SA
Shallow boulder-reef shore dive at Stony Point near Whyalla, where giant Australian cuttlefish gather to breed each May to August; 2026 numbers hit a record low.
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Point Turton Jetty
Yorke Peninsula, SA
A small peninsula-tip jetty on the eastern Yorke coast with clear bay water, reliable sea dragon sightings, and a compact dive well-suited to combining with ...
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Poor Knights Islands
Northland, NZ
New Zealands premier diving destination featuring underwater archways, caves, and dramatic wall diving. Subtropical marine life thrives in this marine reserve.
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Pope's Eye
Port Phillip Bay, VIC
Unfinished 19th-century colonial fortification ring inside Port Phillip Bay near the Heads, now a Marine Sanctuary and one of Victoria's most dependable shallow dives.
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Port Broughton Jetty
Yorke Peninsula, SA
A timber jetty on the upper eastern shore of Yorke Peninsula in a sheltered tidal estuary setting, offering easy diving with sea dragons and the classic Sout...
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Port Giles Jetty
Yorke Peninsula, SA
Working grain-loading jetty between Stansbury and Edithburgh on Yorke Peninsula. Its owners have banned diving, fishing and snorkelling from the jetty, whether or not a ship is in.
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Port Hughes Barge Wreck
Yorke Peninsula, SA
A small derelict barge resting on the sandy bottom of Port Hughes Bay, now a compact artificial reef hosting a dense community of invertebrates and resident ...
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Port Hughes Jetty
Yorke Peninsula, SA
A northern Yorke Peninsula jetty with reliable sea dragon sightings and classic gulf jetty fauna, well-positioned for combining with the nearby Port Hughes B...
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Port Lincoln Town Jetty
Eyre Peninsula, SA
Port Lincoln's public Town Jetty on the Boston Bay foreshore, a shallow shore dive that local marine naturalists rate highly for sea cucumbers and encrusting life.
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Port MacDonnell Breakwater
Limestone Coast, SA
A working fishing port breakwater on South Australia's southernmost coast, with cold Southern Ocean water, diverse encrusting life, and a temperate reef comm...
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Port Neill Jetty
Eyre Peninsula, SA
A small Eyre Peninsula township jetty on the western shore of Spencer Gulf with clear lower-gulf water, sea dragons, and the accessible jetty community that ...
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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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Port Pirie Jetty
Spencer Gulf, SA
An upper Spencer Gulf industrial port jetty offering an unconventional urban dive with an established pylon community and the incidental marine life that all...
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Port Victoria Jetty
Yorke Peninsula, SA
A historic grain port jetty on the west coast of Yorke Peninsula facing Spencer Gulf, with good sea dragon sightings and a marine museum nearby that provides...
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Port Wakefield Wall
Gulf St Vincent, SA
A tidal harbour wall at the northern end of Gulf St Vincent offering an accessible urban dive with the encrusting community and macro life that all establish...
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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 sand…
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Portsea Pier
Mornington Peninsula, VIC
One of Victoria's most popular and accessible night dives, with a richly encrusted pier structure hosting sea horses, sea dragons, and prolific nudibranch li...
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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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Red Indian Point
North Head, NSW
Boat dive just inside North Head: a reef edge of boulders, gullies, overhangs and low walls from 12 to 23 m with sponges, sea tulips and gorgonians, named for the red indianfish M…
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Roe Reef
Rottnest Island, WA
A shallow limestone reef on Rottnest Island's northern flank with extensive ledges, gutters and bommies in 5-15 metres of water, popular as a training and introductory boat dive.
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Rowley Shoals
Offshore Broome, WA
Rowley Shoals sits in the distant Timor Sea, far beyond sight of the West Australian coast. This trio of coral atolls forms a near perfect arc on the edge of one of the world’s wi…
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Roy Rufus Artificial Reef
Hervey Bay, QLD
Diver-built artificial reef off the eastern side of Big Woody Island, started in 1968: car bodies, tyres, pipes, barges and small ships on sand to 18 m, home to turtles, wobbegong…
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Rye Pier
Mornington Peninsula, VIC
Beginner-grade Mornington Peninsula shore dive under the Rye Pier and across the adjacent reef. A common training site for Open Water students from Melbourne.
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Scottish Prince Shipwreck
Gold Coast, QLD
On a calm day off the southern end of Main Beach, a dark scattered shape lies in twelve metres of water about 1.5 kilometres from the surf line: the broken remains of an iron clip…
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Seal Bay (No Diving)
Kangaroo Island, SA
One of the best places in Australia to see endangered sea lions, from a 900 metre boardwalk. No swimming or diving: the water is a restricted access zone.
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Seal Rocks
Seal Rocks, NSW
A cluster of offshore rocks off the NSW mid-north coast, one of the most reliable places in Australia to dive with grey nurse sharks.
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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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Shag Rock
North Stradbroke Island, QLD
Two rock outcrops 800 m off Home Beach, Point Lookout: walls, gullies, boulders and a swim-through from 5 to 18 m, with macro life, turtles and wobbegongs.
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Shark Cave
Rottnest Island, WA
A deep limestone cavern on the outer reef of Rottnest Island where wobbegong and grey nurse sharks rest in numbers, in one of the most atmospheric dives acce...
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Shark Point
Clovelly, NSW
Exposed headland shore dive on the north side of Clovelly Bay: kelp, stepped walls and boulder fields to sand at 20-26 m. Experienced divers with local knowledge only.
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Shelly Beach
Manly, NSW
Shelly Beach in Manly offers calm conditions, easy shore access, and rich marine life, making it one of Sydney’s top shore diving spots for beginners and experienced divers alike.
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