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2,855 dive sitesAcross Australia
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Wollongong & Kiama

Martin Island

Winter fur seal encounters on a colourful sponge and gorgonian wall only 15 minutes from Port Kembla.

BoatUp to 30 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Marys Reef (Royal National Park)

A sheer 3 m wall with overhangs, caves and sea tulips, discovered by the St George Scuba Club around 2012.

BoatUp to 24 m
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Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay

McGregor Rock, Quiet Corner

The sheltered fallback corner of Ricketts Point; profuse fish life over shallow ledges when other bayside sites are blown out.

ShoreUp to 5 m
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Darwin Harbour

Medkhanun 3

A modern confiscated fishing boat lying intact on its side, with holds and wheelhouse visible - the shallowest of the complex.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Merimbula

Merimbula Wharf

Easy shore dive with an exceptional critter list – sea dragons, seahorses, angel sharks and cuttlefish – beside an historic wharf.

ShoreUp to 16 m
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Rowley Shoals

Mermaid Wall

The Shoals' deepest wall, draped in red gorgonians.

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

Mettams Pool

A sheltered, accessible lagoon for families and an outer reef with swim-throughs, ledges, an arch and colourful sea fans.

ShoreUp to 7 m
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Cairns

Michaelmas Cay

A seabird-sanctuary sand cay with shallow coral gardens and giant clams more than 60 years old – a classic introductory dive and…

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m
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Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay

Middle Brighton Pier

Melbourne's standard training and night-dive pier with a sheltered breakwater full of critters and good facilities.

ShoreUp to 8 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Middle Ground (Cronulla)

Compact deep reef with seals on most dives, up to six giant cuttlefish at a time and a large low cave – circumnavigable within…

BoatUp to 33 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Middle Ground North (Cronulla)

Sea whips carrying clusters of tiger anemones – rare in southern Sydney – plus pineapplefish on a compact 29 m reef.

BoatUp to 32 m
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Shipwreck Coast & Warrnambool

Middle Island, Warrnambool

A 15 m canyon between two islands packed with sharks, rays, cuttlefish and crayfish, swum to from Stingray Bay – the best shore…

ShoreUp to 15 m
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Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay

Middle Reef, Ricketts Point

Uncrowded shallow reef edge between the teahouse and the life saving club; simple night dive and a good intertidal-to-subtidal…

ShoreUp to 3 m
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Christmas Island

Million Dollar Bommie

A solitary coral bommie rising from sand, with a dense garden eel colony and outstanding photography on the summit.

BoatUp to 26 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Minmi Trench

Three coal-strewn trenches with swim-throughs and caves under some of the most colourful sponge growth in Botany Bay, 15 minutes…

BoatUp to 26 m
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Rottnest Island

Mira Flores Wreck

Intact stern of an 1886 German barque in a sand hole on Horseshoe Reef, with hull sections scattered through kelp.

Boat (day trip)Up to 10 m
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Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands

Monkey Beach (Great Keppel Island)

Great Keppel's best snorkelling reef: dense staghorn and plate coral in 1-6 m, hawksbill turtles and a sheltered beach reachable…

Shore or BoatUp to 6 m
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Narooma & Montague Island

Montague Island Seal Colony

Shallow, playful encounters with fur seals at the largest seal colony in NSW.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Yorke Peninsula

Moorara Wreck

The most complete Murray River barge wreck in South Australia – wooden hull, two engines and deckhouse in 3-4 m, full of fish.

BoatUp to 4 m
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Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay

Mordialloc Pier

Long, lit suburban pier with reliable macro life and an infamous shopping-trolley graveyard; easy night and training dive.

ShoreUp to 6 m
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Mornington Peninsula

Mornington Pier

Deepest of the northern piers with a reef along Schnapper Point; cuttlefish, seahorses and squid; diveable when southerlies blow…

ShoreUp to 12 m
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Sunshine Coast

Mudjimba Island

The Sunshine Coast's all-weather site: a sheltered wall from 16 m to 5 m and coral gardens from 2 m, rich in macro life and ideal…

BoatUp to 18 m
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Jervis Bay

Murrays Beach

Jervis Bay's most reliable shore dive – reef, small caves and seagrass with rays, groper and seahorses in Booderee National Park.

ShoreUp to 12 m
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Mornington Peninsula

Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary

A protected basalt reef where nothing is taken – crayfish and abalone in the open, seadragons in the seagrass and Victoria's best…

ShoreUp to 12 m