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675 dive sites matching “turtle”Across Australia
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Rottnest Island

Rocky Bay

Remote, secluded lagoons behind rocks with turtles, octopus and stingrays - best on northerly mornings.

ShoreUp to 5 m
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Hervey Bay & K'gari

Rooney Point Snail Mounds (K'gari)

Rare vermetid snail mounds at 28-32 m off K'gari's north-western tip, riddled with holes and full of fish – identified in 1988…

BoatUp to 32 m
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Pilbara & Dampier

Rosemary Island

Sheltered bays and varied reefs on a large outer island.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Hervey Bay & K'gari

Roy Rufus Artificial Reef

Hervey Bay's signature dive: historic hulls, barges and car bodies scattered over about 3 km² off Big Woody Island, three ships…

BoatUp to 18 m
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Heron Island & Capricorn Group

SS Cooma Wreck (North Reef)

A 1926 passenger steamer's boilers, shaft and triple-expansion engine in 5 m on North Reef.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 6 m
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Coral Sea

SS Francis Preston Blair wreck (Saumarez Reef)

The collapsed remains of a Second World War Liberty ship on a remote Coral Sea reef edge.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 15 m
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Ningaloo – Exmouth

SS Mildura Wreck

A 1907 cattle steamer with boilers still breaking the surface off the tip of North West Cape.

Shore or BoatUp to 4 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Saba Bay (Hook Island)

Coral-studded northern end with bommies, swim-throughs and shallow canyons – a northerly-weather favourite.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Cairns

Sandra's (Norman Reef)

A shallow shelf of white sand and coral bommies above a deep wall, with humphead parrotfish and a friendly Maori wrasse.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Cairns

Sandra's (Saxon Reef)

A sandy bay of coral islands with many anemonefish species and resting whitetip sharks – excellent for snorkellers.

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m
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Cairns

Sandra's Peaks (Saxon Reef)

Twin coral peaks and a fish-filled valley a short swim offshore from Sandra's shallow bay.

Boat (day trip)Up to 22 m
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Coral Sea

Saumarez Reef

A remote crescent reef with vast coral meadows, turtles and a Second World War Liberty ship wreck.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 30 m
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Cairns

Saxon Coral Gardens

A gentle coral slope to sand with garden eels, juvenile fish in the Fishbowl and occasional pygmy seahorses.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Cairns

Saxon Wall

Saxon's exposed Wild Side: a steep bank into a deep wall with wobbegongs under the ledges.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Scott Reef

Remote oceanic atolls with walls rising from 500 m, rarely dived.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 40 m
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Jervis Bay

Scottish Rocks

Booderee's top snorkelling spot – clear water and sea dragons among quirky rock mounds.

ShoreDepth not recorded
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Lady Elliot Island

Shark Pool (Lady Elliot Island)

Time it with the incoming tide and watch dozens of reef sharks push into the shallows.

Boat (day trip)Up to 8 m
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Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands

Shelving Beach (Great Keppel Island)

The closest snorkel reef to Great Keppel's accommodation, with coral, boulder fields and walking epaulette sharks in the shallows.

ShoreUp to 5 m
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Mackay

Singapore Wreck (Keswick Island)

Large, coral-covered remains of an 1877 steamer at Singapore Rock in a green zone off Keswick Island.

BoatUp to 12 m
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Port Douglas

Sno (Opal Reef)

An all-rounder wall-and-reef-top site with turtles, sharks and a shallow safety-stop reef; recovered coral after crown-of-thorns…

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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North Stradbroke Island

South Gorge (Point Lookout)

Queensland's wildest shore dive: a surf entry and long swim to a coral-covered cliff wall leading to Whale Rock.

ShoreUp to 15 m
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Ningaloo – Exmouth

South Mandu

A quiet, shallow coral garden off a white-sand beach.

ShoreUp to 4 m
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Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

South Solitary Island – The Gantry

Historic lighthouse-supply gantry wreckage, now a sheltered artificial-reef-style dive below South Solitary Island's 1880…

Boat (day trip)Up to 16 m
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Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

South West Solitary Island (Groper Island)

Extensive plate coral cover and a reputation for unusual fish sightings, in shallow, sheltered water close to the coast.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m