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2,855 dive sitesAcross Australia
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Wollongong & Kiama

Lous Reef – Bass Point Island North

Deep-to-shallow island dive finishing in fish-filled cracks, with winter Port Jackson sharks.

BoatUp to 26 m
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Turquoise Coast

Lubra Wreck (Jurien Bay)

The engine block and stern of an 1898 coastal steamer on a reef between Jurien Bay's islands.

Boat (day trip)Up to 4 m
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Perth

Lygnern & Samuel Plimsoll Wrecks

Two historic ships on one site at the harbour mouth: the Swedish steamer Lygnern (1928) with the cut-up clipper Samuel Plimsoll…

BoatUp to 8 m
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Sydney Northern Beaches

M24 Japanese midget submarine (protected zone – no diving)

The midget submarine that torpedoed HMAS Kuttabul in 1942, found by recreational divers in 2006 off Bungan Head at 55 m – a…

BoatUp to 55 m
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Perth

MAAC Dive and Snorkel Trail

A 400 m interpretive underwater trail with about 20 plinths, weedy seadragons and a wheelchair-accessible entry.

ShoreUp to 6 m
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Townsville & Magnetic Island

MOUA Coral Greenhouse (John Brewer Reef)

Guinness-record 12 m, 58-tonne underwater artwork by Jason deCaires Taylor – a coral-colonised 'greenhouse' with sculpted reef…

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Coral Sea

MV Antonio Tarabocchia wreck

Engine block, propeller and scattered hull of a 1961 Italian freighter on coral terraces in very clear water, with a resident…

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 25 m
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Sydney Northern Beaches

MV Bellubera wreck

A 1910 Manly ferry in two pieces with an intact bow and open, fish-filled interior at 45 m.

BoatUp to 46 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

MV Malabar wreck (Long Bay)

Massive swim-through diesel engine, propeller, rudder and anchors of a 107 m passenger liner in just 9–10 m, reachable from shore.

Shore or BoatUp to 10 m
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Adelaide Metro

MV Seawolf Wreck

A 1940s Japanese tuna boat lying on its side in 20 m, a club-built wreck that forms a two-wreck dive with the HA Lumb.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Maccas Reef (Jibbon)

Rated by McFadyen among his best-ever Sydney dives: a multi-directional wall covered in huge sponges with prolific schooling fish…

BoatUp to 27 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Magic Point

Sydney's only reliable grey nurse shark aggregation – a cave at 15 m where a dozen or more sharks patrol within 25 minutes of a…

BoatUp to 22 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Mahon Pool (North Maroubra)

A canyon system of gutters, ledges and swim-throughs from 7 to 24 m – Maroubra's most dramatic shore topography, for experts on…

Shore or BoatUp to 24 m
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Sydney Harbour

Manly Cove (Oceanworld nets)

White's seahorses on the swimming-net mesh two metres deep, 200 m from the Manly ferry – the easiest seahorse dive in Australia.

ShoreUp to 6 m
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Sydney Harbour

Manly Gasworks (Little Manly Point)

A quiet harbour point paved with gasworks coal, full of small rays and cephalopods – a free-parking night dive minutes from the…

ShoreUp to 7 m
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North Stradbroke Island

Manta Bommie

Manta rays at a cleaning station in summer, plus leopard sharks and turtles – ranked among Australia's top 10 dives.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Lady Musgrave & Bunker Group

Manta Bommies (Lady Musgrave)

Lady Musgrave's flagship drift over scattered bommies that act as manta cleaning stations, with sharks, rays and turtles along…

Boat (day trip)Up to 23 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Manta Ray Bay (Hook Island)

The Whitsundays' classic fringing-reef site – resident giant Maori wrasse, fusilier schools, winter manta rays and two Ngaro…

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Manta Ray Drop-off (Bait Reef)

Vertical wall dropping from 5 m into deep blue water, with fissures, a tunnel, gorgonian fans and winter manta rays.

Boat (day trip)Up to 36 m
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Lady Elliot Island

Maori Wrasse Bommie (Lady Elliot Island)

A bommie off the wall full of nooks where turtles rest, patrolled by grouper and whitetips.

Boat (day trip)Up to 16 m
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Darwin Offshore & Artificial Reefs

Marchart 3

The 32 m ex-research vessel and prawn trawler that founded the Fenton Patches reef field in 1988 – upright, intact and heavily…

Boat (day trip)Up to 28 m
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Cairns

Marine World Wall (Moore Reef)

A horseshoe wall that has regrown to around 80 per cent coral cover since Cyclone Yasi, with sharks and occasional mantas.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Marley Point (Royal National Park)

Massive boulders with swim-throughs and caves, grey nurse sharks and 20 m+ visibility on a calm westerly day in Royal National…

BoatUp to 22 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Marley Point North (Royal National Park)

Shallow swim-throughs and gullies over a rock platform plus a fishy sand edge, on calm winter westerlies.

BoatUp to 21 m