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675 dive sites matching “turtle”Across Australia
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Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island

Kate's Cathedral

A seldom-described mooring on Mike Ball's Ribbon Reef No. 10 itinerary.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Depth not recorded
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Mackay

Keswick Island – Connie Bay & Basil Bay

Easy beginners' coral garden beside the Keswick Island ferry landing, with quiet independent shore diving.

Shore or BoatUp to 10 m
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Tweed & Byron Bay

Kingscliff Reef

Quieter, less-crowded alternative to Cook Island with ledges and sponge-covered rock and occasional grey nurse sharks.

BoatUp to 20 m
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Brisbane & Moreton Bay

Lady Norman (Curtin Artificial Reef)

Curtin's largest wreck, a 40 m coastal trader sitting apart on the western edge of the reef.

Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded
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Atherton Tablelands

Lake Barrine

The Tablelands' largest crater lake – deep, rain-fed and rarely dived, beside a 1926 teahouse.

ShoreUp to 65 m
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Lady Musgrave & Bunker Group

Lamont Reef – Andrews Caves

A huge coral-encrusted wall full of caves, large and small, dived as a gentle drift an hour from Heron.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 25 m
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Brisbane & Moreton Bay

Las Vegas

A deep, intricate rocky wall with good odds of big pelagic fish on clear days.

Boat (day trip)Up to 38 m
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Forster & Seal Rocks

Latitude Reef

A shallow reef patch closely associated with Latitude Rock, offering the same easy, beginner-friendly diving.

BoatUp to 16 m
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Tweed & Byron Bay

Lennox Head Reef

A boulder reef beneath one of Australia's best-known surf points, diveable only on the rare flat day.

BoatUp to 18 m
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Coral Sea

Leopard's Lair (Holmes Reef)

Numbers of leopard sharks resting on the sand around a coral pinnacle.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 35 m
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Norfolk Island

Liars Strait

Reported by the island's former operator as an exceptional site with many green turtles.

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Bundaberg & Agnes Water

Light Ships (Cochrane Artificial Reef)

Two compact, round-hulled light ships in 18 m – easy to circle and full of fish.

BoatUp to 18 m
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Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Lighthouse Passage & Hell's Gates (Geraldton)

Offshore reefs where coral trout and turtles meet dhufish, blue devils and pineapple fish.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Coral Sea

Lihou Reef

The Coral Sea's largest atoll – a vast, rarely visited lagoon with historic wrecks and untouched reef.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 40 m
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Lady Musgrave & Bunker Group

Llewellyn Reef – The Catacombs

A wall of caves, ledges and swim-throughs to 30 m, decorated with black coral, gorgonians and whips.

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

Long Bommie (Opal Reef)

Satellite bommie from 25 m where plate corals are recovering from cyclone damage.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Sunshine Coast

Lost Canyons

One of the lesser-documented named reef sites in the Mooloolaba operators' rotation – a chance to dive typical Gneering Shoals…

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Whitsundays & Bowen

Luncheon Bay (Hook Island)

Sheltered northern Hook bay used as a quieter alternative to Manta Ray Bay, recovering from Cyclone Debbie.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Christmas Island

Lynnie's Bommie

A small coral bommie off Middle Beach, usually combined with the Middle Beach reef.

BoatUp to 25 m
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Sunshine Coast

MKVI

One of the lesser-documented named reef sites in the Mooloolaba operators' rotation – a chance to dive typical Gneering Shoals…

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Ningaloo – Exmouth

Mandu Wall

A remote west-side wall off Mandu Mandu.

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

Manfred Wreck (Lacepede Islands)

An 1879 guano-era barque visible at low tide.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 4 m
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Coral Sea

Marion Reef

A vast, remote atoll with excellent soft-coral walls, lagoon pinnacles and three sand cays.

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

Mary Cove

A quiet, clear-water south-coast cove with rocky outcrops away from the crowds.

ShoreUp to 5 m
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