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Forster & Seal Rocks

Seal Rocks – Western Gutter

A named gutter section within the Seal Rocks cave and grotto complex, closely associated with the Grotto, Labyrinth and…

BoatUp to 28 m

Yorke Peninsula

Seawolves Cove

A cave-and-swim-through cove on the Innes coast known for unusually tame blue groper.

BoatUp to 12 m

Jetty/Pier

Adelaide Metro

Semaphore Jetty

A heritage 1860 jetty over shallow sand, with some broken ground at the outer end – a local exploratory snorkel or night dive.

ShoreUp to 5 m

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

Broome & Kimberley

Seringapatam Reef

One of Australia's most remote atolls.

Wreck

Bundaberg & Agnes Water

Shannon II Wreck

An 18.6 m fibreglass trawler lost in 2004 near the Barcoola – rarely dived and poorly documented.

BoatDepth not recorded

Boat (day trip)Up to 22 m

Townsville & Magnetic Island

Shark Alley (Wheeler Reef)

Wheeler Reef's shark site – reef sharks and grey whalers year-round, pygmy mantas October–December.

Jervis Bay

Shark Net Beach (Huskisson)

Calm, clear shallow snorkel right on the edge of Huskisson town.

ShoreDepth not recorded

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Depth not recorded

Rowley Shoals

Sheer Delight (Clerke Reef)

Named Rowley Shoals site listed by Diveplanit and Divernet

Port Macquarie & Camden Haven

Shelley Wide (Port Macquarie)

An extensive rock ridge and gutter system off Shelly Beach known for genuine abundance of both fish and plant life.

BoatUp to 20 m

Batemans Bay

Shelly Beach (Moruya Heads)

Sheltered estuary-mouth snorkel with good facilities at Moruya Heads.

ShoreUp to 8 m

Nambucca & Urunga

Shelly Beach (Nambucca Heads)

A small, sheltered local beach offering an easy fallback shore dive when more exposed sites nearby are unworkable.

ShoreUp to 12 m

Sunshine Coast

Ship Rock

One of the lesser-documented named reef sites in the Mooloolaba operators' rotation – a chance to dive typical Gneering Shoals…

BoatDepth not recorded

Port Stephens

Shoal Bay & Nelson Head

A calm, sheltered eastern-harbour beach and adjoining headland at the Port Stephens entrance, used mainly for snorkelling.

ShoreUp to 12 m

Pinnacle/Bommie

Merimbula

Short Point Bommie

Offshore bommie near Merimbula with pelagic fish and weedy sea dragons.

BoatUp to 20 m

Central Coast

Silver Drummer Wall

A shallow north-east running wall off Bateau Bay, part of the wider Bateau Bay reef system.

BoatUp to 20 m

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Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Depth not recorded

Coral Sea

Silver Slope (Bougainville Reef)

A seldom-described Bougainville Reef site (a list of possible Bougainville sites on Dive the World).

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m

Muck/Sand

Lady Elliot Island

Simmos (Lady Elliot Island)

Sand-plain dive where stingrays, eagle rays and turtles are the norm.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 20 m

Swain Reefs

Sinker Reef (Swain Reefs)

A maze of deep gutters through coral gardens, with batfish, grouper and sea snakes.

Boat (day trip)Up to 40 m

Pinnacle/Bommie

East Arnhem Land & Gove

Sir Roderick Rocks

Spectacular granite rocks with caves and swim-throughs and a deep, intact trawler wreck – Gove's most remote dive.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m

Cairns

Ski Slope (Flynn Reef)

A gentle reef slope that lets mixed groups choose their own depth.

TAS

Tasmania East Coast

Sleepy Bay (Freycinet)

A quiet granite cove on Freycinet's ocean side with a cavern-undercut bommie, reached by a short steep track.

ShoreUp to 12 m

TAS

Tasmania North-East

Sloop Rock (Bay of Fires)

A shallow reef beneath the photogenic granite spire of Sloop Rock in the Bay of Fires.

Shore or BoatUp to 10 m

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Christmas Island

Smith Point

Proper wall diving a few minutes from the jetty, on the headland that shelters Flying Fish Cove.

BoatUp to 30 m

Margaret River & Augusta

Smiths Beach

Rocky-headland snorkelling at a classic Capes surf beach, with offshore reefs for boat divers.

Shore or BoatUp to 12 m