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Boat (day trip)Up to 21 m

Lord Howe Island

Malabar Landslide

Boulder reef beneath Malabar Hill with Galapagos sharks, fusiliers and rare angelfish in 30 m visibility.

Albany & Great Southern

Mandalay Wreck (Mandalay Beach, Walpole)

An occasionally exposed 1911 Norwegian barque wreck on a wild Walpole beach – a heritage walk, not a dive.

ShoreUp to 2 m

VIC

Phillip Island & Western Port

Mandeville Road, Summerlands

Dramatic basalt canyons, bommies and gullies in 2–12 m off the closed Summerland penguin reserve; a rarely dived, high-energy…

BoatUp to 12 m

Shore or BoatDepth not recorded

Jetty/Pier

Darwin Harbour

Mandorah Jetty

Encrusted ferry-jetty pylons and bottom rubbish with barramundi, groper and batfish - Darwin's best jetty dive.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m

Wall

Ningaloo – Exmouth

Mandu Wall

A remote west-side wall off Mandu Mandu.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 4 m

Broome & Kimberley

Manfred Wreck (Lacepede Islands)

An 1879 guano-era barque visible at low tide.

Pinnacle/Bommie

Sydney Northern Beaches

Manly Bommie

The sponge-walled outer bommie of Cabbage Tree Bay – bigger fish and real structure a short boat hop or a long swim from Shelly…

Shore or BoatUp to 14 m

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 15 m

Drift

Heron Island & Capricorn Group

Manta Channel (North Reef)

A tidal channel at North Reef's lighthouse end where mantas come to feed.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Depth not recorded

Far Northern Reef & Torres Strait

Mantis Reef

Little-documented far-northern expedition reef.

Yamba & Iluka

Mara Creek reefs

A little-known creek-mouth and rocky-shore location within the Iluka Nature Reserve's littoral rainforest, included for…

Shore or BoatUp to 10 m

Jervis Bay

Marina Star

A modern trawler wreck at 60 m off Point Perpendicular with instruments still visible inside.

BoatUp to 60 m

Perth

Marine Beach & Elizabeth Reef (South Cottesloe)

A quieter reef snorkel at South Cottesloe with varied fish and a marker buoy over deeper reef.

ShoreDepth not recorded

Adelaide Metro

Marino Rocks

A quiet rocky-shore dive in Adelaide's southern suburbs, listed by the Scuba Divers Federation.

ShoreUp to 8 m

Jetty/Pier

Yorke Peninsula

Marion Bay Jetty

A sheltered township jetty to fall back on when swell closes the Innes sites – lightly documented.

ShoreUp to 5 m

EXT

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 40 m

Coral Sea

Marion Reef

A vast, remote atoll with excellent soft-coral walls, lagoon pinnacles and three sand cays.

TAS

Tasmania North-East

Mariposa Reef (Four Mile Creek)

An easy holiday shore dive to a small island reef between Scamander and St Helens.

ShoreUp to 9 m

Hervey Bay & K'gari

Marloo Wreck (K'gari)

Buried remains of a steamer beached in 1914 after striking Sandy Cape Shoal – a K'gari maritime-history site, seldom visible.

ShoreUp to 5 m

Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

Marsh Shoal

A lightly documented local reef used as an occasional Coffs Harbour backup site.

BoatUp to 25 m

Rottnest Island

Mary Cove

A quiet, clear-water south-coast cove with rocky outcrops away from the crowds.

ShoreUp to 5 m

Geographe Bay & Busselton

Mary Wreck (Lockeville Jetty)

The mostly buried remains of an 1879 schooner beside the old Lockeville Jetty piles.

ShoreUp to 3 m

Ningaloo – Coral Bay

Maud's Landing

Historic 1890s port site and turtle rookery north of Coral Bay.

ShoreUp to 6 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m

Whitsundays & Bowen

Maureen's Cove (Hook Island)

Sheltered cove with a pretty beach and shallow fringing reef, used for snorkelling by sailing and snorkel tours.

Cave/Cavern

Mount Gambier Sinkholes & Caves

Max's Hole

A 20 m ladder shaft to two small, silt-choked pools – closed pending new access arrangements.

ShoreDepth not recorded

TAS

Tasmania North-East

Mayfield (Swan Island wreck)

The largest sailing ship wrecked in Tasmania - a 2285-ton steel four-master off Swan Island.

Boat (day trip)Up to 9 m