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Darwin Sub Aqua Club

Darwin

About this operator

Club, not a shop: official site updated August 2026 with the 2026 AGM notice; meets Thursdays at Darwin Ski Club, Fannie Bay.

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Trips are subject to current operator schedules and conditions.

NTYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteArtificial Reef

Darwin Offshore & Artificial Reefs

Adelaide River Mouth Engineered Reef

The engineered reef closest to the Adelaide River – built for anglers, occasionally of interest to experienced local divers on…

Boat (day trip)Up to 16 m
Details need confirmation
NTYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteWreck

Darwin Offshore & Artificial Reefs

Amanda Lee

An 18–20 m trepang vessel lying on her port side with wheelhouse, rails and a large Kort nozzle clearly visible and good coral…

Boat (day trip)Up to 28 m
NTYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteWreck

Darwin Offshore & Artificial Reefs

Amelia C

A 25 m prawn trawler cleaned by Darwin Sub Aqua Club volunteers and scuttled in 2013 – upright, open and busy with snapper and…

Boat (day trip)Up to 28 m
NTYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteWreck

Darwin Offshore & Artificial Reefs

Antares and Steel Barge

Upright 22 m coastal trader scuttled in 2011 with a steel barge alongside – part of the Antares, Amelia C and Merindah Pearl…

Boat (day trip)Up to 28 m
NTYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteAircraft Wreck

Darwin Harbour

Beaufort A9-497

An intact RAAF Beaufort bomber with guns and cockpit instruments in place, found by sonar and kept undisturbed.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
NTYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteWreck

Darwin Harbour

Bellbird

An upturned Cyclone Tracy trawler draped in gorgonians, a few minutes from the CBD and sheltered from the trade winds.

Boat (day trip)Up to 16 m
NTYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteReef

Darwin Harbour

Bennetts Bottom

A deep, rarely visited reef at 32 m with rich coral and fish life.

Boat (day trip)Up to 32 m
Details need confirmation
NTYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteWreck

Darwin Harbour

Bluebird

A little-known Cyclone Tracy trawler wreck on DSAC's list - a club site for divers who have done the rest.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
Details need confirmation
NTYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteWreck

Darwin Harbour

Booya

A complete 1917 three-masted schooner lost with five people in Cyclone Tracy and found by chance in 2003.

Boat (day trip)Up to 22 m
NTYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteArtificial Reef

Darwin Offshore & Artificial Reefs

Bottlewasher Artificial Reef

An old Coca-Cola bottle-washing machine surrounded by 1,500 tonnes of concrete culverts – a shallow, fishy and unmistakably…

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
NTYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteWreck

Darwin Harbour

British Motorist

Engine-room remains of the tanker that was refuelling USS Peary when the 1942 raid began.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
NTYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteWreck

Darwin Harbour

Buffalo LVT amphibious vehicle

A virtually intact WWII-type Buffalo amphibious tractor sitting upright on a rocky outcrop.

Boat (day trip)Up to 23 m
Details need confirmation