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2,855 dive sitesAcross Australia
NSWYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the sitePinnacle/Bommie

Narooma & Montague Island

Aughinish Rock

Isolated plateau with sponge- and soft-coral-covered walls to 30 m; the reef that sank the Lady Darling.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Port Phillip Heads

Auriga

An 1869 iron barque and Harbour Trust hulk, sunk with three gelignite charges in 1930, lying in 57 m 178 m from her fellow barque…

Boat (day trip)Up to 57 m
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Port Phillip Heads

Awesome Reef

A 'spectacular' deep reef formation off Shortland Bluff at 12–40 m beside the shipping channel, paired with Knawesome Bommie –…

BoatUp to 40 m
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Ningaloo – Coral Bay

Ayers Rock (Coral Bay)

A 5 m-tall coral bommie that survived the 2022 coral die-off in Bill's Bay.

Shore or BoatUp to 6 m
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Mornington Peninsula

Back Beach Cray Reef

Long ledges and overhangs packed with crayfish a kilometre off the Sorrento back beach.

BoatUp to 20 m
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South West Rocks

Bait Reef (Trial Bay)

A small but exceptionally macro-rich reef off Trial Bay Gaol, prized locally for photography, night dives and its density of eels…

Shore or BoatUp to 10 m
SAYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteCave/Cavern

Mount Gambier Sinkholes & Caves

Baker's Cave

A 15 m wire ladder down a 1 m solution tube into a large flooded chamber and tunnel to 33 m.

ShoreUp to 33 m
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Townsville & Magnetic Island

Balding Bay (Magnetic Island)

Sheltered 7 m wall on a secluded bay with no current – the calm-weather fallback for Orchard Rocks.

BoatUp to 7 m
NSWYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the sitePinnacle/Bommie

Lord Howe Island

Balls Pyramid – Sunken Rock

Deeper Balls Pyramid pinnacle with bommies, gutters and ledges from 12 to 36 m – pelagics, Galapagos sharks and Ballina angelfish.

Boat (day trip)Up to 36 m
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Mornington Peninsula

Balnarring Reef

Sheltered, shallow reef patches ideal for a first Western Port dive or snorkel; quiet beach with facilities.

ShoreUp to 8 m
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Cairns

Banana Bommie (Michaelmas Reef)

A sheltered coral patch behind Michaelmas Cay with turtles and the chance of manta rays.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
NSWYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteShore/Rock Platform

Merimbula

Bar Beach (Merimbula)

Sheltered beach for snorkelling and first dives beside the Merimbula Wharf headland.

ShoreUp to 10 m
QLDYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteWreck

Bundaberg & Agnes Water

Barcoola Wreck

A 1994 trawler in 44 m buried in baitfish, with big cod, gropers and bronze whalers – locals rate the fish life above the Yongala.

BoatUp to 44 m
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Wilsons Promontory

Bare Back Cove

Granite boulders with gorgonians, zoanthids and bearded cod in the crevices off a white quartz-sand cove; sheltered,…

BoatUp to 30 m
NSWYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the sitePinnacle/Bommie

Sydney South & Botany Bay

Bare Island – Bombora

Giant snapper and schooling kingfish under the overhangs of a lonely bommie 250 m south of Bare Island – a navigation challenge…

ShoreUp to 14 m
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Sydney South & Botany Bay

Bare Island – Not So Deep Wall

The intermediate step between Bare Island Right and the Deep Wall – a boulder wall at 14–16 m leading to Sea Horse Corner,…

ShoreUp to 16 m
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Batemans Bay

Barlings Beach and Barlings Island

Easy gutters with resident wobbegongs and an underwater spit to the island.

ShoreUp to 11 m
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Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands

Barren Island

Outer-edge Keppel island with the region's best visibility, terraced ledges to 30 m, tunnels full of big cod, and passing…

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Pilbara & Dampier

Barrow Island Marine Park (Biggada Reef & Turtle Bay)

A fully no-take marine park with a green turtle breeding aggregation.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 15 m
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Sunshine Coast

Barwon Banks

The Sunshine Coast's deep offshore bank: caves and ledges from 22 m, gorgonians and black coral, pelagic schools and big sharks,…

BoatUp to 50 m
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Ulladulla

Bawley Point

Easy shore dive among the remains of the old sawmill jetty with weedy sea dragons and macro life, diveable in southerly weather.

ShoreUp to 13 m
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Shipwreck Coast & Warrnambool

Bay of Islands

Circle the bases of limestone sea stacks in 10–20 m with crays in every undercut – Twelve Apostles scenery underwater, with a…

BoatUp to 20 m
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Shipwreck Coast & Warrnambool

Bay of Martyrs

Swim among limestone sea stacks and reef gutters from a beach at the eastern end of the Bay of Islands Coastal Park – the most…

Shore or BoatUp to 10 m
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Geelong & Bellarine

Beach 10B, Queenscliff

Ledges, overhangs and swim-throughs at 8-9 m (Friendly Bommie) reachable from a Queenscliff beach, with Heads-quality growth and…

ShoreUp to 10 m