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675 dive sites matching “turtle”Across Australia
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Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

Sawtell Reef

A local headland reef south of Coffs Harbour, dived occasionally on the rare calm day.

Shore or BoatUp to 15 m
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Cairns

Saxon North Horn

The lightly dived northern tip of Saxon, with healthy corals and schooling fish in the current.

Boat (day trip)Up to 22 m
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Mackay

Scawfell Island – Refuge Bay

Sheltered anchorage with a beach and coral beneath granite cliffs and rainforest in a remote national park.

BoatUp to 12 m
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Nambucca & Urunga

Scotts Head reefs

An uncrowded headland reef at the transition between subtropical and cooler temperate influences, with gutters and kelp on the…

Shore or BoatUp to 15 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Seringapatam Reef

One of Australia's most remote atolls.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 40 m
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Townsville & Magnetic Island

Shark Alley (Wheeler Reef)

Wheeler Reef's shark site – reef sharks and grey whalers year-round, pygmy mantas October–December.

Boat (day trip)Up to 22 m
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Sunshine Coast

Ship Rock

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

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Coral Sea

Silver Slope (Bougainville Reef)

A seldom-described Bougainville Reef site (a list of possible Bougainville sites on Dive the World).

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Lady Elliot Island

Simmos (Lady Elliot Island)

Sand-plain dive where stingrays, eagle rays and turtles are the norm.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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East Arnhem Land & Gove

Sir Roderick Rocks

Spectacular granite rocks with caves and swim-throughs and a deep, intact trawler wreck – Gove's most remote dive.

Boat (day trip)Up to 40 m
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Cairns

Ski Slope (Flynn Reef)

A gentle reef slope that lets mixed groups choose their own depth.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Christmas Island

Smith Point

Proper wall diving a few minutes from the jetty, on the headland that shelters Flying Fish Cove.

BoatUp to 30 m
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Port Douglas

Sno Bommie (Opal Reef)

Relaxed drift along the sheltered inner slope of North Opal with sharks around the bommie.

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Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

South Solitary Island – Anemone Flat

A shallow, sheltered anemone-bed dive on South Solitary Island's western side, ideal for long, relaxed macro photography.

Boat (day trip)Up to 14 m
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Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

South Solitary Island – Lighthouse Bommie

A sheltered bommie below South Solitary Island's historic 1880 lighthouse, a reliable easy dive on the island's lee side.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Gold Coast

Southern Comfort

A Palm Beach Reef site in 10-16 m on the southern part of the reef complex.

Boat (day trip)Up to 16 m
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Coral Sea

Southern Wall (Bougainville Reef)

A seldom-described Bougainville Reef site (a list of possible Bougainville sites on Dive the World).

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Depth not recorded
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Port Douglas

Southside (Opal Reef)

Shallow coral shelf dropping into vertical walls and bommies on Opal's south side – a calm-weather site.

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Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

Split Solitary Island – The Arch

A small, scenic natural archway near Split Solitary Island's namesake split, an easy bonus feature on a broader island dive.

Boat (day trip)Up to 16 m
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Ningaloo – Exmouth

Sponge Gardens (Muiron Islands)

A tidal drift over a sponge and gorgonian garden.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Mackay

St Bees Island Fringing Reef

Quiet national-park island reefs beside Keswick, with the Cremer wreck and caves on its north coast.

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m
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Lord Howe Island

Stephens Hole

Another of the southern sanctuary zone's coral-ringed lagoon holes.

Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded
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Cairns

Sudbury Reef

A quiet mid-shelf reef and sand cay for private charters, away from the day-trip crowds.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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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
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