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675 dive sites matching “turtle”Across Australia
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Tweed & Byron Bay

Julian Rocks – Cray Cave

A narrow swim-through on Julian Rocks' most exposed flank, one of the best places on the island to find resting grey nurse sharks…

BoatUp to 25 m
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Tweed & Byron Bay

Julian Rocks – Split Bommie

A distinctive split rock formation within the sheltered Nursery, easy and photogenic, popular with course students.

BoatUp to 12 m
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Bundaberg & Agnes Water

Karma Wreck

An intact, upright 42 m barge in 27 m with an open hold, crane and two-level bridge, guarded by giant estuary cod and schools of…

BoatUp to 27 m
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Townsville & Magnetic Island

Keeper Reef

A maze of coral ridges, bommies and swim-throughs in shallow water – easy depths but real navigation interest, and very good…

Boat (day trip)Up to 21 m
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Townsville & Magnetic Island

Kelso Reef

Shallow coral gardens and drop-offs on a quiet, rarely visited mid-shelf reef north of the Palm Islands.

Boat (day trip)Up to 21 m
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Ningaloo – Exmouth

Keyhole

Keyhole- and window-shaped openings in soft coral-draped overhangs.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Sunshine Coast

Kings Beach (Caloundra)

An easy boat-ramp entry onto a shallow soft-coral reef at Kings Beach, with 40+ fish species, wobbegongs and turtles on calm,…

ShoreUp to 6 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Knuckle Reef Lagoon

Sheltered lagoon bommies and coral gardens on a remote outer reef, once a pontoon site, now a liveaboard stop.

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

Lacepede Islands

A remote turtle and seabird sanctuary with the 1879 Manfred wreck.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 15 m
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Mission Beach & Cassowary Coast

Lady Bowen wreck

An 1894 iron sailing ship, once a paddle steamer, sitting upright in 34 m and home to big groupers – the Cassowary Coast's…

Boat (day trip)Up to 35 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Langford Reef (Langford Island)

Scattered bommies, turtles and the 6.5 m stainless-steel Turtle Dream sculpture off the Langford Spit.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Forster & Seal Rocks

Latitude Rock

An easy, shallow reef with a strong Port Jackson shark and wobbegong population and a good chance of grey nurse sharks and…

BoatUp to 15 m
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Christmas Island

Leanne's Leap

An easy one-way drift from drop-off into a lush coral garden, often linked with Submarine Rock.

BoatUp to 25 m
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Pilbara & Dampier

Legendre Island

The archipelago's best drop-off, with gorgonians and pelagics to 30 m+.

Boat (day trip)Up to 35 m
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Narooma & Montague Island

Lighthouse Bay (Montague Island)

Sea cave, swim-throughs and dramatic rock formations in a bay sheltered from northerlies.

Boat (day trip)Up to 16 m
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Perth

Little Island (Marmion)

A sea lion haul-out island in a sanctuary zone off Hillarys, with shallow protected reef and clearer water than the inshore sites.

BoatUp to 10 m
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Cairns

Little Tracey (Flynn Reef)

Shallow walls and crevices that suit snorkellers and divers together, with turtles and passing pelagics.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Cairns

Long Bommie (Breaking Patches)

A 200 m coral ridge split by a swim-through, with big hard corals on its western drop.

Boat (day trip)Up to 14 m
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Christmas Island

Lost Lake East

Typical north-coast reef and wall with dense fish life, next to the Lost Lake caves.

BoatUp to 30 m
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Port Douglas

Low Isles

Snorkel straight off a coral cay beach with a high chance of turtles, 30 minutes from Port Douglas; historic 1878 lighthouse.

Boat (day trip)Up to 8 m
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Lynnies Leap

Current-swept outer reef slope with many sharks and fusilier schools; reserved for experienced divers.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Mackay

MV Cremer Wreck (St Bees Island)

Two 8 m engines and a propeller shaft from a 1943 wartime grounding, in shallow water off Grimston Point.

BoatUp to 10 m
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Mackay

Mackay Harbour North Wall

Mackay's convenient shore dive – a coral-grown breakwater with turtles, sea snakes and lionfish, used by dive schools.

ShoreUp to 10 m
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Port Douglas

Mackay Reef

Giant clam gardens, big turtles and a white-sand cay on a quiet, exclusive reef.

Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded