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160 dive sites matching “grey nurse”Across Australia
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South West Rocks

Fish Rock – Fish and Chips

Some of the densest schooling fish life at Fish Rock, moving through a boulder field marked by the Blind Gutter's huge black…

BoatUp to 35 m
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South West Rocks

Fish Rock – Land of Giants

A rare, conditions-dependent long circuit past giant groper, dense bannerfish schools and multiple turtle species along the…

BoatUp to 40 m
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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie

Flagstaff / Moon Island Bay (Swansea Heads)

A sheltered, easy bay dive behind Moon Island — reliable when the open coast is too rough.

ShoreUp to 8 m
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Central Coast

Foggy Fish (Foggy Reef shallow)

A fish-dense shallower shelf of Foggy Reef, offering slightly more bottom time than the adjoining Foggy's Cave.

BoatUp to 32 m
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Brisbane & Moreton Bay

Hendersons Rock

Granite pinnacle, kelp beds and a long gutter where grey nurse sharks gather in winter – one of Brisbane's best, least visited…

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Sunshine Coast

Inner Gneerings

The Sunshine Coast's core reef system, 15 minutes from Mooloolaba: gutters, ledges, caves and pinnacles with outstanding…

BoatUp to 20 m
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Tweed & Byron Bay

Julian Rocks – Cray Cave

A narrow swim-through on Julian Rocks' most exposed flank, one of the best places on the island to find resting grey nurse sharks…

BoatUp to 25 m
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Forster & Seal Rocks

Latitude Rock

An easy, shallow reef with a strong Port Jackson shark and wobbegong population and a good chance of grey nurse sharks and…

BoatUp to 15 m
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Port Stephens

Little Broughton Island grey nurse shark habitat

A separately declared satellite critical habitat site adjoining the main Broughton Island grey nurse shark aggregation.

BoatUp to 22 m
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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie

Merewether Reef (The Mowie Hole)

An easily accessible sandstone reef right off Merewether Beach, known for colourful macro life and occasional grey nurse shark…

Shore or BoatUp to 15 m
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Port Macquarie & Camden Haven

Mermaid Reef (Camden Haven)

A scattered pinnacle and gutter system decorated with gorgonian fans, with both grey nurse and whaler sharks recorded.

BoatUp to 30 m
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Tweed & Byron Bay

Nine Mile Reef

One of the region's best-known winter grey nurse shark aggregation sites, in a natural amphitheatre nicknamed the Shark Pit, 15…

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

North Solitary Island – Fish Soup

A small point where an extraordinary density of fish concentrates in the current — one of the most photogenic schooling-fish…

Boat (day trip)Up to 22 m
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Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

North Solitary Island – The Boulders

Massive boulder topography and a canyon-like channel between the island's two sections, with grey nurse sharks and giant groper —…

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

North West Solitary Island

The best hard-coral gardens in the Solitary Islands Marine Park with regular summer manta ray sightings, in a quieter,…

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Batemans Bay

Occy Point (Tollgate Islands)

Octopus dens at the base of sheltered bommies – a reliable dive in most conditions.

BoatUp to 16 m
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Rainbow Beach

Round Rock & Nursery Reef

Ray central: 15+ rays on a typical dive around a compact rock monolith in 6-16 m, with a cave at its eastern end.

Boat (day trip)Up to 16 m
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Central Coast

SS Commonwealth wreck (Foggy Reef)

A wooden steamer's boilers and engines near Foggy Reef - the wreck whose search led to the discovery of Foggy Cave.

BoatUp to 42 m
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Ulladulla

SS Northern Firth

Swim through a giant intact boiler from a 1932 steamer wrecked on Brush Island.

BoatUp to 26 m
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Narooma & Montague Island

Shark Gutters (Montague Island)

Grey nurse sharks in rocky gutters on the northern side of Montague Island, with seals passing through.

Boat (day trip)Up to 35 m
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Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands

South Solitary Island – Cable Trail

A boulder-and-gutter site with the remains of an old trawl cable, a resident giant black stingray, and a reputation among…

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Forster & Seal Rocks

Statis Rock

A sheltered 'home reef' near Seal Rocks used when conditions rule out the more exposed island sites, still with reliable grey…

BoatUp to 22 m
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Batemans Bay

The Canyon (Tollgate Islands)

Easy canyon between two walls right next to the Dragon Rock grey nurse colony.

BoatUp to 15 m
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Forster & Seal Rocks

The Grotto / Labyrinth / Interlinked Caves (Seal Rocks)

A connected system of grottos and caves rated locally as one of the best sea cave dives in NSW, famous for backlit grey nurse…

BoatUp to 33 m