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2,855 dive sitesAcross Australia
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Mornington Peninsula

Cape Schanck Cray Reef

Remote ledged reef full of crayfish off the Cape Schanck lighthouse coast; rarely dived, rich in life.

BoatUp to 20 m
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Phillip Island & Western Port

Cape Woolamai Reef

Granite columns, boulders and swim-throughs at a comfortable 12–15 m directly under Phillip Island's highest cliffs; a reliable…

BoatUp to 15 m
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Kangaroo Island

Cape du Couedic – Admirals Arch

A fur seal colony under a sculpted sea arch – a land-based wildlife highlight, not a dive.

BoatDepth not recorded
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Perth

Carnac Island

A sea lion haul-out island 10 km off Fremantle with a sheltered snorkelling bay and caves on its outer reefs.

BoatUp to 14 m
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Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor

Carrickalinga Reef

Shallow ledges, caves and high bommies below the cliffs, where cleaner clingfish can be seen servicing larger fish.

ShoreUp to 6 m
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Port Phillip Heads

Casablanca

An 1868 iron barque scuttled in 1950 with all three masts still aboard – crow's nest across the hull and a sailing-ship wheel on…

Boat (day trip)Up to 57 m
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Norfolk Island

Cascade Pier

Easy shore dive over sand, rock outcrops and coral heads with visibility often over 40 m, sheltered in south-easterlies.

ShoreUp to 15 m
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Surf Coast & Great Ocean Road

Casino

Apollo Bay's own ship: a 1932 coastal steamer with boiler, engine and bow still standing on sand in 9 m, a surface swim from the…

Shore or BoatUp to 9 m
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Geographe Bay & Busselton

Castle Rock (Castle Bay)

Granite gutters and overhangs around the Castle Rock landmark - Meelup's most interesting shore snorkel.

ShoreUp to 6 m
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Darwin Harbour

Catalina A24-1 (Catalina 1)

The RAAF's first Catalina, crashed on take-off in 1945 and left on a mangrove mud bank where its engines show at low tide.

Boat (day trip)Up to 5 m
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Darwin Harbour

Catalina A24-206 (Catalina 3)

An RAAF Catalina sunk by an accidental depth-charge explosion in 1945 that killed two airmen; nose section intact.

Boat (day trip)Up to 16 m
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Darwin Harbour

Catalina A24-69 (Catalina 2)

The most intact RAAF Catalina in the harbour, with its bow and cockpit section still recognisable in 10-12 m.

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m
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King Island

Cataraqui

The site of Australia's worst civil maritime disaster (1845), with anchor and capstan on an exposed reef.

BoatUp to 7 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Cateran Bay (Border Island)

Beautiful shallow plate-coral gardens in a sheltered bay on the outer edge of the Whitsunday group.

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m
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Coral Sea

Cathedral (Holmes Reef)

A deep Holmes Reef wall where a golden anthias species was first recorded in Australia, with sharks, tuna and potato cod.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 40 m
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Surf Coast & Great Ocean Road

Cathedral Rock, Lorne

A sheltered-looking cove below the Great Ocean Road east of Lorne with deep water off its northern platform and Otway-sandstone…

ShoreUp to 8 m
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Rottnest Island

Cathedral Rocks Caverns

Cathedral-like caverns lit by beams through roof windows at the West End, with seals nearby - diveable only a few days a year.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie

Catherine Hill Bay shore dives

A whole coastline of informal rock-platform entries — good for exploring and macro life, best with local guidance on the first…

ShoreUp to 9 m
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Port Phillip Heads

Cattle Jetty Drift

Gentle drift along the pile stumps and rubble of the Point Nepean quarantine cattle jetty in 8–18 m – sheltered, historic and…

BoatUp to 18 m
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Brisbane & Moreton Bay

Cementco Wreck

An inverted ex-Army support ship and coral barge north-east of Flinders Reef, with crayfish-lined interiors and big groupers.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Ningaloo – Exmouth

Central Station

Mantas queuing at a west-side cleaning station.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Bundaberg & Agnes Water

Cetacea Wreck

A tiny 13 m trawler in 30 m carrying at least 40 estuary cod plus gropers, cobia and big rays.

BoatUp to 30 m
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Brisbane & Moreton Bay

Cherubs Cave

A 20 x 15 m cave with six exits, surrounded by gullies where grey nurse sharks gather in winter.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Christmas Island

Chicken Farm

A vertical north-coast wall with exceptionally large gorgonian fans below 33 m.

BoatUp to 40 m