AUSTRALIAN DESTINATIONS
Diving in Western Australia
Explore 434 listed dive sites and find the local knowledge to help plan your visit.
THE LOCAL PLANNING BRIEF
Choose a region before planning a coast-to-coast itinerary
Western Australia’s directory ranges from Perth and Rottnest to Ningaloo, offshore groups and the south coast. Use those regions as separate planning units. A long list of attractive places can hide a demanding transport schedule, especially when boat departures, equipment collection and onward travel must all connect.
Choose the setting, then the trip Counts describe published records, not bookable trips or confirmed open sites.
There are 434 published site records across Western Australia. The recorded categories include reef (125), wreck (95), shore/rock platform (86), island (34). These categories reflect the database; they are not a ranking, a conditions report or an assessment of your suitability.
Start with one of the regional pages below. State-wide totals are useful for browsing, but the actual choice should be made at the level of an operator, a site and a proposed itinerary.
Research operators in Western Australia →Ask before booking
- Which town is the practical base for this departure?
- What transport and baggage limits apply?
- What is the plan if the departure is delayed?
Save the answers with the contact name and date. Separate confirmed arrangements from items still waiting for a reply.
Record your trip questions →Perth and nearby regions
Compare local operators, Rottnest departures and shore records by the actual meeting point. Confirm whether transport is included.
Ningaloo and the north
The Exmouth and Coral Bay pages provide different starting points. Ask which activity and departure you are booking rather than assuming every wildlife experience is a scuba dive.
South coast and offshore groups
Resolve travel, equipment support and departure availability early. An offshore destination in a directory does not establish a regularly available visitor service.
Questions, answered
How do I choose a dive in Western Australia?
Begin with the individual site and its source notes, then discuss the proposed trip with a local provider. The 434 published records are research options, not a list of trips available today. Match the plan to your training, recent experience and the operator’s current requirements.
When should I visit Western Australia for diving?
Choose dates with a provider who runs the activity you want, then discuss seasonal patterns, recent conditions and alternative itineraries. A generic best-month claim cannot establish the conditions at your exact site or guarantee a wildlife encounter.
Can I use these maps to enter or navigate a dive site?
No. Recorded and approximate map positions support orientation only. Confirm the exact access, permissions, meeting point and route with the responsible local provider or manager.
Regional planning context: Tourism Western Australia — maritime heritage and shipwrecks ↗. Directory counts come from published YouDive records. Individual site claims remain subject to their source and review notes.
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Dive sites to explore
WreckRottnest Island
Thornliebank Wreck (Graveyard Site 44)
Standing masts on an 1886 Glasgow-built barque hulk, discovered in 2024 - the shallowest known wreck in the Rottnest graveyard.
Cave/CavernNullarbor Caves
Tommy Grahams Cave
A warm-water phreatic maze with a striking halocline, a CO2-filled inner chamber and a punishing entry.
Aircraft WreckBroome & Kimberley
Town Beach Flying Boat Wrecks (low-tide walk)
Walk among WWII flying-boat wrecks on the mudflats at extreme low tide.
Shore/Rock PlatformPerth
Trigg Beach Reef
A 250 m limestone reef with walls, overhangs and swim-throughs off a famous surf beach, diveable only on flat days.
DriftNingaloo – Exmouth
Turquoise Bay Drift Snorkel
Australia's most famous drift snorkel: float over coral bommies with sharks and turtles, straight off a white-sand beach.
WreckPerth
Two Fold Bay Wreck
A modern trawler wreck lying against a reef ledge with its wheelhouse and outriggers scattered nearby.
WreckPerth
Ulidia Wreck
A shallow, weed-covered steel ship lying against Stragglers Reef in often very clear water.
WreckRottnest Island
Uribes Wreck
A 1942 schooner filled with sand in 2.5-4 m just metres from the beach - Rottnest's easiest wreck snorkel.
WreckTurquoise Coast
Villalta Wreck (Seabird)
Winch, bollards and framing of an 1897 steel barque 40 m off the beach, with the bow breaking the surface at low tide.
WreckPerth
Ville de Rouen Wreck
Masts, deck winches and a 90 m debris field of a rare four-masted French barque wrecked in 1901.
Cave/CavernNullarbor Caves
Weebubbie Cave
A colossal flooded tunnel near Eucla with 150 m lakes, extreme clarity and deep Advanced Cave sections.
Shore/Rock PlatformPerth
Yanchep Lagoon
A 300 m reef-sheltered lagoon with gullies and a low swim-through, ideal for snorkelling on calm mornings.
WreckNingaloo – Coral Bay
Zvir
An upright propeller and rudder at the end of a 120 m wreck trail.
Pinnacle/BommieRottnest Island
10 Metre Spire
An offshore spire with big overhangs and a fish-packed cave, rising to 10 m off the West End.
ReefNingaloo – Coral Bay
23rd Parallel
Coral Bay's deepest regular outer-reef dive, on the Tropic of Capricorn.
IslandBroome & Kimberley
Adele Island
A remote reef platform and seabird island with abundant sharks.
Pinnacle/BommieGeraldton & Abrolhos Islands
Anemone Lump (Easter Group)
Anemone-covered coral bommie from 38 m to 3 m with baitfish clouds, big plate corals and curious emperors.
WreckAlbany & Great Southern
Athena Wreck (Ledge Point)
Surprisingly substantial timber remains of an 1869 barque and coal hulk, including stem, breast hook and windlass.
Pinnacle/BommieNingaloo – Coral Bay
Ayers Rock (Coral Bay)
A 5 m-tall coral bommie that survived the 2022 coral die-off in Bill's Bay.
ReefPilbara & Dampier
Barrow Island Marine Park (Biggada Reef & Turtle Bay)
A fully no-take marine park with a green turtle breeding aggregation.
ReefGeraldton & Abrolhos Islands
Beacon Island Dive Trail
Pelagic action in the passages beside Batavia's Graveyard, from a trail off the Beacon Island jetty.
WreckEsperance & Recherche Archipelago
Belinda & Penguin Wrecks (Middle Island)
An 1824 sealing brig and a steamer's boiler at the Recherche's largest island, home of pink Lake Hillier and pirate Black Jack…
IslandPilbara & Dampier
Bessieres Island
Friendly potato cod and turtles on coral ridges.
ReefNingaloo – Exmouth
Beverly Hills
The bait crack swim-through packed with glassfish.