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Sydney Dive Academy

Matraville

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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Anchor Reef (Kurnell)

Wall, boulder gully and two good swim-throughs with sea dragons on the sand, just 600 m south of The Leap and rarely dived.

BoatUp to 23 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Astrolabe Cove / La Perouse Bay

A sheltered shallow drift beside the Bare Island bridge with seahorses, pineapplefish and blue-ringed octopus – the quiet macro…

ShoreUp to 10 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Bare Island

Sydney's premier shore dive and macro site – Indianfish, pygmy pipehorses, seahorses and anglerfish on sponge reef beside an…

ShoreUp to 15 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Bare Island – 15 Metre Reef

A low sponge ridge at 14–16 m that is Bare Island's best pygmy pipehorse and nudibranch hunting ground, with Sea Horse Rock and…

ShoreUp to 16 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Bare Island – Bombora

Giant snapper and schooling kingfish under the overhangs of a lonely bommie 250 m south of Bare Island – a navigation challenge…

ShoreUp to 14 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Bare Island – Deep Wall

Bare Island's deepest and most colourful route – a 3 m+ wall at 15–19 m linking the Big Rock, cable gully, 15 Metre Reef and…

Shore or BoatUp to 19 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Bare Island – Isolated Reefs

Two sponge-smothered reefs alone on the sand at 15–19 m, with kingfish, giant flathead, seahorses and anglerfish – Bare Island's…

ShoreUp to 19 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Bare Island – Left (Eastern Side)

The easiest Bare Island route – a 6–12 m reef edge with a canyon and cave, seadragons and pygmy pipehorses, ideal for training…

ShoreUp to 12 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Bare Island – Not So Deep Wall

The intermediate step between Bare Island Right and the Deep Wall – a boulder wall at 14–16 m leading to Sea Horse Corner,…

ShoreUp to 16 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Bass and Flinders Point (Cronulla)

Easy shallow entry and, every October, well over 100 newly hatched Port Jackson sharks on the sand.

ShoreUp to 6 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Big Saigon (Cape Baily)

Long north–south wall with arches, swim-throughs and prolific sponge and fish life off Cape Baily, running past 32 m.

BoatUp to 32 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Bypass Reef (Cape Banks)

Sheer walls, boulder swim-throughs and cave after cave at 26–31 m, blanketed in gorgonians and sea squirts with 30 m visibility…

BoatUp to 33 m