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Perth

Gordon's Grotto (Mindarie)

An offshore Mindarie reef with caves and swim-throughs at 12–15 m, rarely dived and with good fish life.

BoatUp to 15 m

Sydney Northern Beaches

Gorgonia Grove (North Head)

Metre-wide gorgonian fans on a North Head boulder reef, with a recent cliff rockfall adding fresh walls and overhangs.

BoatUp to 26 m

Jervis Bay

Greenfield and Blenheim Beaches

Gentle, beginner-friendly snorkelling around rocky outcrops on the White Sands Walk.

ShoreDepth not recorded

Perth

Grouper Gully (Mindarie)

An offshore Mindarie reef with fan corals at 15–20 m, rarely dived and with good fish life.

BoatUp to 20 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 35 m

Island

Esperance & Recherche Archipelago

Gunton Island

Jagged ridges, bommies and undercuts with schooling samson fish and an unidentified wooden boat wreck.

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

Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Half Moon Reef (Pelsaert Group)

Big fish and reef sharks on the exposed seaward face of the reef that wrecked the Zeewijk.

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Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded

Norfolk Island

Hard Belly Stone (Phillip Island)

Rarely documented Phillip Island site on the island's northern side.

Kangaroo Island

Harveys Return

Harlequin fish and giant blue groper at a historic lighthouse landing, reached by a steep 750 m track.

ShoreUp to 10 m

Jervis Bay

Hole in the Wall (Booderee)

Striking eroded sandstone 'hole in the wall' with clear shallow snorkelling and rock pools.

ShoreDepth not recorded

Cave/Cavern

Yorke Peninsula

Hole in the Wall (Innes)

A 40 m-wide sea cave running 70 m under the Innes reef, dived together with The Gap on a single tank.

BoatUp to 15 m

Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Horrocks Beach Reefs

Clearer water than Geraldton with ledges and swim-throughs on offshore limestone reef.

ShoreUp to 20 m

Yamba & Iluka

Iluka Bluff / Woody Head reefs

A rarely dived reef on the rugged, rainforest-backed headland at the mouth of the Clarence River, within the Iluka world heritage…

Shore or BoatUp to 15 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m

Wall

Margaret River & Augusta

Indicators (Canal Rocks)

Offshore walls and caves at 20-30 m off Canal Rocks, rich in fish and rarely dived.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m

Rottnest Island

Jackson's Rock

An isolated reef of ledges, gullies and caves 'packed with marine life', closer to Fremantle than most Rottnest sites.

Central Coast

Jeffs Reef

A Terrigal Underwater Group favourite in the fish-rich Tuggerah Reef bommie system off The Entrance.

BoatUp to 22 m

Batemans Bay

Jenna's Bump

Small operator-named reef with wobbegongs, octopus and sea dragons.

BoatUp to 18 m

Sydney South & Botany Bay

Jibbon Beach (Bundeena)

Clear, sheltered water over sand, seagrass and reef beside Royal National Park, with an easy beach entry.

ShoreUp to 8 m

Tweed & Byron Bay

Julian Rocks – Tricky's

A quieter connecting stretch of gutters and boulder slope between the Nursery and the Cod Hole, good for building confidence…

BoatUp to 18 m

QLD

Wreck

Hervey Bay & K'gari

K'gari Wreck (Roy Rufus Artificial Reef)

The broken, heavily encrusted hull of the 1897 K'gari at 16 m on Hervey Bay's historic artificial reef.

BoatUp to 17 m

Wall

Batemans Bay

Kapyong Cliffs (Tollgate Islands)

Big cliffs from 32 m to 10 m south of the Tollgate Islands, known for pelagic fish.

BoatUp to 32 m

Margaret River & Augusta

Kilcarnup

A remote limestone reef with good fish life and some shelter from the west, reached by 4WD and a steep track.

ShoreUp to 6 m

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor

Kings Beach (Victor Harbor)

A rugged, scenic southern-coast beach below Kings Head, diveable only on rare calm days.

ShoreUp to 8 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m

Rottnest Island

Kingston Spit

A less-visited north-east reef with Roe Reef-style ledges and caves and better fish life because of low traffic.