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675 dive sites matching “turtle”Across Australia
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Townsville & Magnetic Island

Florence Bay (Magnetic Island)

One of Magnetic Island's deeper bays, with lettuce-coral patches, caverns at the southern end and the 1917 ferry Magnet in the…

Shore or BoatUp to 15 m
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Geographe Bay & Busselton

Four Mile Reef

Geographe Bay's go-to natural reef: corals, schooling fish and nudibranchs in 15-20 m, a short run from Busselton.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Ningaloo – Exmouth

Fraggle Rock

Holes and overhangs sheltering giant groupers and glassfish.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Christmas Island

Fuel Buoys

Healthy coral reef beneath the Navy refuelling buoys, with a surreal straight trench carved by the giant mooring chain.

BoatUp to 24 m
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South West Rocks

Gaol Reef / Turtle Wall (Trial Bay)

An easy shore reef off Trial Bay Gaol with reliable juvenile turtles and wobbegongs resting in the open — ideal for beginners and…

Shore or BoatUp to 10 m
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Hervey Bay & K'gari

Gatakers Reef (Point Vernon)

Hervey Bay's easiest shore dive and snorkel: a shallow, coral-rich fringing reef minutes from town.

ShoreUp to 6 m
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Townsville & Magnetic Island

Geoffrey Bay Snorkel Trail (Magnetic Island)

Marked trail with translocated giant clams right beside the Arcadia foreshore, linking to the Moltke wreck.

ShoreUp to 6 m
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Coral Sea

Golden Wall (Holmes Reef)

A sheer wall glowing with golden sea whips and gorgonians, with pelagic schools off the edge.

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

Golf Clubs (Hastings Reef)

A wrap-around hard-coral reef right beside the boat, sheltered from rare strong westerlies.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Far Northern Reef & Torres Strait

Great Detached Reef

Remote 46 km shelf-edge reef system with steep gorgonian walls, pinnacles from 60 m and pristine coral.

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

Gulliver's

An easy, fishy ridge reef completing the Lighthouse Bay trio; ideal first dive of the day.

Boat (day trip)Up to 14 m
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Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands

Halfway Island (Keppels)

A sheltered staghorn coral garden in 7 m, busy with small fish, feather stars and sea snakes.

Boat (day trip)Up to 10 m
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Perth

Hall Bank

An easy, shallow offshore reef 20 minutes from Fremantle with good coral and sponge growth, wobbegongs under the ledges and…

BoatUp to 12 m
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Heron Island & Capricorn Group

Harry's Bommie (Heron Island)

Bommie after bommie through hard coral forests, with surprises like giant starry puffers and tawny nurse sharks.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Hayman Island – East Reef

Excellent shallow coral cut by small canyons, rarely visited because it is only accessible on glassy calm days.

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m
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Port Douglas

Helm's Deep Drift (Agincourt Reef 2)

Tidal channel drift between Agincourt reefs 2A and 2B with grey reef sharks, turtles and barramundi cod.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Henry's Bommie (Fairey Reef)

Sheltered bommie rising almost to the surface, with a metre-wide giant clam in a cave and a resident turtle at night.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Bundaberg & Agnes Water

Hoffman's Rocks

'Nudibranch Park' – the Woongarra Coast's richest macro site, with soft-coral bommies, a gentle current that brings in eagle…

ShoreUp to 12 m
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Heron Island & Capricorn Group

Hole in the Wall (Heron Island)

Swim through a two-diver-wide hole in the reef and drift to Paradise Bommie, where strong currents bring in mantas, eagle rays…

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Rowley Shoals

Imperieuse Reef

The least-publicised atoll, with the Cunningham Island lighthouse.

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

Inner Gneerings

The Sunshine Coast's core reef system, 15 minutes from Mooloolaba: gutters, ledges, caves and pinnacles with outstanding…

BoatUp to 20 m
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Port Douglas

Izzy's Wall (Agincourt Reef 2)

Steep 5–30 m wall with juvenile grey reef sharks and turtles; often run as a drift.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Lady Musgrave & Bunker Group

Jeff's Edge (Lady Musgrave)

A drift along an outer wall of overhangs, caves and crevices, with sharks, rays and turtles off the edge.

Boat (day trip)Up to 22 m
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Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island

Joanie's Joy

An easy wall-and-bommie dive covering 3–30 m with cuttlefish, turtles and whitetips.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 30 m