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Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m

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Wall

Cairns

Wild Side (Milln Reef)

The rarely dived weather side of Milln, with big bommies, clear water and bigger fish.

Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded

Port Douglas

Wild West (Opal Reef)

Small, shallow reef with cuttlefish, rays and turtles that links easily with Blue Buoy.

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

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Island

Coral Sea

Willis Islets

A remote sunken atoll with a shallow lagoon and the Coral Sea's only inhabited island.

Boat (day trip)Up to 55 m

VIC

Wreck

Port Phillip Heads

Wills

One of the five Harbour Trust hopper barges scuttled together in 1935 – an 1884 Adelaide-built sister of the Burke, in about 55…

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 18 m

Island

Heron Island & Capricorn Group

Wilson Island Reef

A small nesting cay just north of Heron, visited on Capricorn liveaboard itineraries for easy fringing-reef diving.

Wollongong & Kiama

Windang Island

Uncrowded kelp and boulder reef at the mouth of Lake Illawarra, accessible on foot at low tide.

Shore or BoatUp to 12 m

Tasmania East Coast

Wineglass Bay Whaling Station

A secluded snorkel in Tasmania's most famous bay, with the remains of the Wenona (1981) and a kelp garden.

Shore or BoatUp to 4 m

Wollongong & Kiama

Wollongong Harbour

Sheltered, shallow harbour dive in central Wollongong for training, snorkelling and night dives.

ShoreUp to 10 m

Eden & Green Cape

Wonboyn

Small-boat gateway to the Green Cape wrecks, with tidal snorkelling at the lake entrance.

Shore or BoatUp to 5 m

Sunshine Coast

Wonderland (Gneerings)

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

BoatDepth not recorded

Merimbula

Wonderland (Merimbula)

Described as Merimbula's prettiest reef dive, with sponges and sea fans on stepped ledges.

BoatUp to 35 m

Jetty/Pier

Brisbane & Moreton Bay

Woody Point Jetty

A wide, historic fishing jetty on Bramble Bay offering a short northside critter dive on a clear high tide.

ShoreUp to 5 m

Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

Wooli – Sandon Shoals

Wooli Dive Centre's reliable, closer-in fallback reef system, used whenever weather rules out the longer runs to North Solitary…

BoatUp to 25 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m

Huon & Far South

Wrack Bay (Garretts Bight)

Easy reef-and-gutter dive with good visibility and nudibranchs near Dover.

Sydney Harbour

Wyargine Point (Edwards Beach, Balmoral)

The one boulder reef on the Balmoral strip – kelp, ledges and groper around a bushland point 300 m from the baths.

ShoreUp to 10 m

Tasmania North & North-West

Wynyard Offshore Reefs

An extensive offshore reef system with walls, pinnacles and sponge gardens, known mainly to local club divers.

BoatUp to 20 m

Port Stephens

Yacaaba Head reef

A less-dived headland reef opposite Tomaree Head at the Port Stephens entrance, offering an alternative to the busier…

Shore or BoatUp to 20 m

Pinnacle/Bommie

Yamba & Iluka

Yamba Bommie

A distinct offshore bommie south of the Clarence River mouth, Yamba Dive's go-to structure dive for a concentrated big-fish…

BoatUp to 25 m

Yamba & Iluka

Yamba – Pinnacle / Freeburn Island reefs

Yamba's main offshore dive ground — uncrowded reef and pinnacle diving with a genuine seasonal chance of grey nurse sharks.

BoatUp to 30 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 35 m

Narooma & Montague Island

Yellowfin Alley (Montague Island)

Deep sponge gardens and sea pens with plentiful fish at Montague Island.

Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded

Port Douglas

Your Place (Agincourt Reef)

Out to the reef tip for sharks and turtles, back through a maze of coral ridges.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m

Pinnacle/Bommie

Groote Eylandt

Zodiac Rock

A natural rock pinnacle off Groote Eylandt's west coast, reputed to be among the island's best dives.

Boat (day trip)Up to 14 m

Bruny Island & D'Entrecasteaux Channel

Zuidpool Rock

Beacon-marked rock with ridges and shallow white sea whips in Huon-tinted water.