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675 dive sites matching “turtle”Across Australia
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Mackerel Bay (Hook Island)

Shallow coral terrace dropping to bommies and canyons – the go-to Hook Island bay in northerly weather.

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m
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Cairns

Magic Wall (Saxon Reef)

A calm-day reef-edge dive to the untouched north end of Saxon, or a sheltered critter-filled bay when the current runs.

Boat (day trip)Up to 22 m
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Lord Howe Island

Malabar

Sheltered north-coast reefs with swim-throughs, arches and anemone fields – Lord Howe's top macro site.

Boat (day trip)Up to 21 m
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Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands

Man & Wife Rocks

The Keppels' most dependable site: a 6-8 m plateau and wall to 18-25 m with wobbegongs, turtles and good macro life.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Manta Service Station

A shallow manta cleaning station at about 9 m where Cocos' resident reef mantas come in to be cleaned, with excellent light for…

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m
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Heron Island & Capricorn Group

Masthead Island Reef

A quiet camping cay with a closed lagoon and fringing reef, close to the Polmaise Bommies and Tambaroora wreck.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 20 m
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Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island

Mermaid Cove (Lizard Island)

Sheltered cove with coral bommies, cuttlefish and swarms of fusiliers close to the resort.

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m
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Sydney Harbour

Middle Head (Cobblers Beach and Obelisk Beach)

Unvisited boulder reef, sponge gardens and a small wreck around a national-park headland between the two harbours, reached from…

ShoreUp to 12 m
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Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands

Middle Island Underwater Observatory Site

Shallow coral patches and the remains of a former underwater observatory – an easy training site with plenty of sea snakes.

Boat (day trip)Up to 10 m
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Lord Howe Island

Middleton Reef

Remote southernmost coral reef with Galapagos sharks and black cod, and the hulk of the Runic on the reef flat.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Depth not recorded
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Gold Coast

Migaloo Reef

A reef discovered only in 2017, named after the white whale Migaloo – two sections of boulders and bommies near the Seaway.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Ningaloo – Exmouth

Milyering Wall

A west-side wall with a soft coral shelf and passing pelagics.

Boat (day trip)Up to 27 m
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Pilbara & Dampier

Montebello Islands Lagoons

Remote, rarely dived lagoons and reefs in a large sanctuary-zone marine park.

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

Montebello Islands – North West Island Drop-off

A 30 m gorgonian-covered drop-off with groper and sharks on the remote Montebellos.

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

Montgomery Reef

The world's largest inshore reef, draining in waterfalls on a 10 m tide.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 10 m
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Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

Mutton Bird Island (Coffs Harbour)

An easy, boat-free island shore dive right at the end of Coffs Harbour's breakwall, with turtles, groper and good macro life on…

Shore or BoatUp to 15 m
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Townsville & Magnetic Island

Myrmidon Reef

Outer-edge reef facing the Coral Sea with caves, canyons, walls and swim-throughs in 20–30 m visibility.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 40 m
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Heron Island & Capricorn Group

Ned's Bommie (Heron Island)

A glassfish-filled bommie where trout and cod hunt and turtles and reef sharks rest.

Boat (day trip)Up to 14 m
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Townsville & Magnetic Island

Nelly Bay – Coconut Reef (Rocky Bay)

Convenient fringing reef with lettuce-coral patches and a giant-clam snorkel trail, a short walk from the Nelly Bay ferry…

ShoreUp to 8 m
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Ningaloo – Exmouth

Nick's Lumps

Close-to-ramp west-side reef of cracks and ledges with potato cod, sharks and turtles.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Tweed & Byron Bay

Nine Mile Reef

One of the region's best-known winter grey nurse shark aggregation sites, in a natural amphitheatre nicknamed the Shark Pit, 15…

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island

No Name Reef

Sand, coral bommies and a wall drop-off with mandarinfish and mantis shrimp for macro fans.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 25 m
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Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

North Solitary Island – Fish Soup

A small point where an extraordinary density of fish concentrates in the current — one of the most photogenic schooling-fish…

Boat (day trip)Up to 22 m
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Heron Island & Capricorn Group

North West Island Reef

The GBR's largest coral cay: camp-and-dive self-sufficiency, turtle nesting and gutter-cut southern drop-offs.

Shore or BoatUp to 20 m