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Geographe Bay & Busselton

Point Picquet

A granite headland snorkel with a whale-watching platform above, in the heart of Meelup Regional Park.

ShoreUp to 6 m

Eyre Peninsula

Point Sir Isaac

Big blue groper on every dive at the remote tip of Coffin Bay Peninsula – reached by a classic 4WD track.

Shore or BoatUp to 12 m

Port Stephens

Point Stephens Lighthouse reef

A remote, fully exposed outer headland reef beneath a historic lighthouse, dived only in the calmest conditions.

BoatUp to 25 m

Batemans Bay

Point Upright

Rarely dived headland reef on the Murramarang coast north of Batemans Bay.

Shore or BoatUp to 20 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m

Rottnest Island

Porpoise Bay Caves

A quieter reef of overhangs and small caves beside Crystal Palace, 'packed with marine life'.

TAS

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m

Tasman Peninsula

Port Arthur Eastern Cliffs

Quiet cliff-base reef near the Port Arthur entrance – a useful option when the east coast is blown out.

Whyalla & Upper Spencer Gulf

Port Broughton Jetty

A shallow high-tide snorkel in one of South Australia's blue swimmer crab capitals – not a scuba destination.

ShoreUp to 4 m

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor

Port Elliot – Horseshoe Bay

A sheltered, scenic granite-fringed bay for snorkelling and easy shallow dives when Encounter Bay is otherwise rough.

ShoreUp to 8 m

Whyalla & Upper Spencer Gulf

Port Germein Jetty

A novelty shallow dive at the end of one of Australia's longest timber jetties (1881).

ShoreUp to 4 m

Artificial Reef

Port Macquarie & Camden Haven

Port Macquarie Artificial Reef

A purpose-built fish-aggregation reef off Port Macquarie, an easy, moderate-depth boat dive close to the Hastings River mouth.

BoatUp to 24 m

Port Macquarie & Camden Haven

Port Macquarie Breakwall / Town Beach shore dive

Port Macquarie's convenient town-centre breakwall shore dive, sheltered from ocean swell and used mainly for training and easy…

ShoreUp to 9 m

Port Macquarie & Camden Haven

Port Macquarie – Flynns Beach & Shelly Beach shore/snorkel

Two popular Port Macquarie surf beaches with rocky points suitable for calm-day snorkelling rather than serious diving.

ShoreUp to 8 m

Port Macquarie & Camden Haven

Port Macquarie – Lighthouse Beach reef

A rock platform fringing a long ocean beach near Tacking Point Lighthouse, suitable for calm-day snorkelling.

ShoreUp to 10 m

Port Macquarie & Camden Haven

Port Macquarie – Tacking Point / Nobbys reefs

An easy, accessible reef off a historic lighthouse point, diveable from the beach on calm days or by a short boat trip.

Shore or BoatUp to 16 m

Whyalla & Upper Spencer Gulf

Port Neill Jetty

An easy shallow jetty dive with a historic barque wreck (Lady Kinnaird) a coastal walk away.

ShoreUp to 5 m

Muck/Sand

Whyalla & Upper Spencer Gulf

Port Pirie Foreshore

Not a dive site – an industrial port town and road stop en route to the Whyalla cuttlefish coast.

ShoreUp to 3 m

Yorke Peninsula

Port Rickaby Jetty

A quiet old grain-ketch jetty over seagrass – an easy snorkel for those staying at Port Rickaby.

ShoreUp to 5 m

TAS

Drift

Tasmania North & North-West

Port Sorell Estuary (Penguin Island)

Sponge gardens with seahorses in a tidal estuary east of Devonport.

BoatUp to 15 m

Yorke Peninsula

Port Vincent Jetty

Sheltered, shallow town jetty in a protected bay – a quiet snorkel or easy night dive for anyone staying in Port Vincent.

ShoreUp to 5 m

VIC

Port Phillip Heads

Portsea Cray Reef

Kelp-covered ledges in 5–12 m a short swim off the end of Portsea Pier – a sheltered, convenient crayfish-and-seadragon reef and…

BoatUp to 12 m

Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded

Lord Howe Island

Pot Holes

Pocket-guide snorkel site listed for bluefish and coral.

EXT

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

Coral Sea

Predators Playground (Holmes Reef)

A historic Coral Sea shark-feed arena on sand at 9 m.

Ulladulla

Pretty Beach (Murramarang)

Easy, sheltered beach dive and night dive in Murramarang National Park.

ShoreUp to 10 m