Find your next dive.

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m

Eyre Peninsula

Stickney Island

A shallow reef honeycombed with caves and crevices full of gorgonians, soft corals, blue devils and boarfish in the Sir Joseph…

Kalbarri & Shark Bay

Surf Point Sanctuary Zone (Dirk Hartog Island)

Shallow coral and abundant fish in a sanctuary zone at the tip of WA's largest island.

Shore or BoatUp to 8 m

Central Coast

Sweep City

A reef named for its dense silver sweep schools - a reliable fish-action dive north of Terrigal.

BoatUp to 24 m

Eyre Peninsula

Taylors Island

Boulder field at 12 m riddled with small caves, swim-throughs and gutters in Thorny Passage.

BoatUp to 12 m

Central Coast

Terrigal Reef / SS Lord Ashley

Scattered remains of the 1877 steamer Lord Ashley on the shallow reef off Terrigal - a history-hunter's search dive.

Shore or BoatUp to 12 m

QLD

Wreck

Bundaberg & Agnes Water

The Barge (Cochrane Artificial Reef)

The shallowest wreck on Cochrane Artificial Reef, at about 15 m, covered in sponges and coral – ideal for new divers.

BoatUp to 15 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m

Wall

Narooma & Montague Island

The Ledges (Montague Island)

Step-like underwater cliffs on Montague's eastern side, away from the strong northern currents.

Perth

The Lumps (Marmion)

Easy inshore bommies near Hillarys with overhangs, swim-throughs and Port Jackson sharks and lobsters under the ledges.

BoatDepth not recorded

Boat (day trip)Up to 33 m

Drift

Narooma & Montague Island

The Plateau (Montague Island)

Fast drift over a boulder plateau east of the seal colony – experienced divers only.

Eden & Green Cape

The Steps (Eden)

Sheltered beginners' shore dive with colourful invertebrates below 15 m.

ShoreUp to 15 m

Jervis Bay

The Streets

Sandy 'streets' between house-sized boulders, and winter giant cuttlefish that follow divers.

BoatDepth not recorded

QLD

Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded

Port Douglas

The Wedge (Opal Reef)

Channel-edge site rated one of Opal's best for coral and fish life.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m

Esperance & Recherche Archipelago

Thomas Island & Cape Le Grand Islands

Rarely dived granite islands off Cape Le Grand in the inner Recherche Archipelago.

Perth

Three Mile Reef (Marmion)

The outermost reef of Marmion Marine Park, with ledges and caves and usually the clearest water in the park.

BoatDepth not recorded

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m

Eyre Peninsula

Topgallant Island

Rarely dived walls and gutters to 20 m in clear Bight water off Elliston.

Albany & Great Southern

Tourist Rock (Cheynes Beach)

Easy granite shore dive at a quiet holiday beach, with Bald Island and the Arpenteur wreck nearby.

ShoreUp to 13 m

Wollongong & Kiama

Towradgi Point

Convenient suburban shore dive with wobbegongs and reef to 15 m within 50 m of the platform.

ShoreUp to 15 m

Batemans Bay

Trennents Rock

Kelp beds with weedy sea dragons and big schools of reef and pelagic fish just south of the Tollgate Islands.

BoatUp to 25 m

Shore or BoatDepth not recorded

Merimbula

Tura Head

Rarely dived headland reef north of Merimbula.

Wreck

Shoalhaven Coast

Walter Hood

Shallow remains of a famous 1870 clipper wreck in which 12 lives were lost.

Shore or BoatUp to 5 m

Eden & Green Cape

Warang Point

Broad boulder-and-crevice reef with sponges under the deeper overhangs.

BoatUp to 25 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m

Wall

Yorke Peninsula

Wedge Island – West Bay

Sheer walls, deep ledges and boulder crevices with leafy seadragons and catsharks at one of SA's most remote island sites.

Wollongong & Kiama

Werri Point

Easy platform entry near the Ourie pool onto a shallow kelp reef with blue groper and cuttlefish.

ShoreUp to 10 m