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437 dive sites matching “groper”Across Australia
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Central Coast

Toowoon Bay (Little Bay)

The Central Coast's favourite family snorkel: sheltered, shallow reef and weed in the southern corner of a patrolled bay.

ShoreUp to 6 m
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Jervis Bay

Torpedo Tubes

Naval-history site below old torpedo-testing structures with famously fearless fish.

BoatUp to 25 m
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Yorke Peninsula

Troubridge Point

A two-kilometre limestone reef with 8 m walls, a huge swim-through, chasms and pinnacles inside an aquatic reserve – the natural…

Shore or BoatUp to 20 m
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Darwin Offshore & Artificial Reefs

Truck Tipper Artificial Reef

Twenty mining road-train side tippers and two steel vessels in 15 m – with the Kay Lee wreck and its giant groper close by.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Norfolk Island

Turtle Arch

Turtle-shaped pinnacle near Cooks Arch covered in coral and marine growth, to 21 m.

Boat (day trip)Up to 21 m
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Yorke Peninsula

Wedge Island

Remote island with 150 m cliffs, walls and drifts to 50 m and Shark Cove's undercut ledge and tunnel through North Point.

Boat (day trip)Up to 50 m
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Rottnest Island

West End Reefs

Deep, current-swept spires and fissures at the far end of Rottnest with big fish, sharks and passing whales.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor

West Island (Encounter Bay)

Huge granite boulders to 25 m around a rarely dived seal and penguin island, with gorgonians and cold-water fish.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Batemans Bay

Wobbegong Bay (Durras)

Gutters and overhangs full of wobbegongs; a good night dive in westerly weather.

ShoreUp to 15 m
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Coral Sea

Wreck Reef (HMS Porpoise and Cato wreck sites)

The 1803 wreck sites of Matthew Flinders' HMS Porpoise and the Cato, on a remote reef with outstanding visibility.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 25 m
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Port Douglas

Wreck Site (Agincourt Reef 3)

Clear sandy lagoon with 12 m pinnacles and the coral-covered remains of a fishing boat in the shallows.

Boat (day trip)Up to 24 m
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Geographe Bay & Busselton

Wrights Bank

A blue-water pinnacle off Cape Naturaliste with fanning corals and big pelagics - the South West's advanced reef dive.

Boat (day trip)Up to 35 m
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Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Zeewijk Wreck (Half Moon Reef)

Cannons of the 1727 Zeewijk, whose survivors built the first European boat in Australia.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 8 m
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Shoalhaven Coast

Abrahams Bosom Reserve

Quiet, sheltered snorkelling coves along scenic walks, including the route to the SS Merimbula wreck.

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Groote Eylandt

Alyangula Wharf

An easy, shallow wharf dive at Alyangula where resident dolphins are often seen.

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Central Coast

Anniversary Reef Wall

A shallow reef wall off Bateau Bay, discovered and named on Terrigal Dive's 40th anniversary dive.

BoatUp to 18 m
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Wollongong & Kiama

Austinmer

Kelp-to-sponge-garden reef with friendly blue groper beside one of the Illawarra's prettiest beaches.

ShoreUp to 12 m
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Sydney Northern Beaches

Avalon (Little Av)

A shallow, sheltered-corner boulder reef beside the Avalon rock pool – the upper Northern Beaches' easiest local shore dive and…

ShoreUp to 10 m
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Albany & Great Southern

Back Beach Bommie (Bremer Bay)

A granite bommie with seadragons, groper and colourful sponges, reached from the beach – good at night.

ShoreUp to 15 m
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Albany & Great Southern

Bald Island

A remote, steep granite nature-reserve island with sea lions and fur seals, rarely dived.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Ulladulla

Bannister Head

Summer-friendly shore dive sheltered from north-easterlies, close to Mollymook.

Shore or BoatUp to 20 m
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Pilbara & Dampier

Bare Rock (Dampier)

Coral outcrops and ledges on a 15–20 m drop-off.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Bundaberg & Agnes Water

Barjon Wreck

A small 1986 fishing-boat wreck that concentrates fish on a bare silt bottom.

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Sydney Northern Beaches

Barrenjoey Head / Palm Beach

Sea-dragon gullies and boulder slopes beneath the Barrenjoey lighthouse at the mouth of Broken Bay – the last reef on the…

BoatUp to 22 m
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