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ReefTownsville & Magnetic Island
Lodestone Reef
The Townsville 'all-rounder' – a clear, sheltered lagoon for snorkellers and a seaward face of coral canyons, partly roofed…
Artificial ReefTownsville & Magnetic Island
MOUA Coral Greenhouse (John Brewer Reef)
Guinness-record 12 m, 58-tonne underwater artwork by Jason deCaires Taylor – a coral-colonised 'greenhouse' with sculpted reef…
Pinnacle/BommieNorth Stradbroke Island
Manta Bommie
Manta rays at a cleaning station in summer, plus leopard sharks and turtles – ranked among Australia's top 10 dives.
Pinnacle/BommieLady Musgrave & Bunker Group
Manta Bommies (Lady Musgrave)
Lady Musgrave's flagship drift over scattered bommies that act as manta cleaning stations, with sharks, rays and turtles along…
ReefWhitsundays & Bowen
Manta Ray Bay (Hook Island)
The Whitsundays' classic fringing-reef site – resident giant Maori wrasse, fusilier schools, winter manta rays and two Ngaro…
WallWhitsundays & Bowen
Manta Ray Drop-off (Bait Reef)
Vertical wall dropping from 5 m into deep blue water, with fissures, a tunnel, gorgonian fans and winter manta rays.
Pinnacle/BommieLady Elliot Island
Maori Wrasse Bommie (Lady Elliot Island)
A bommie off the wall full of nooks where turtles rest, patrolled by grouper and whitetips.
Jetty/PierMerimbula
Merimbula Wharf
Easy shore dive with an exceptional critter list – sea dragons, seahorses, angel sharks and cuttlefish – beside an historic wharf.
WallRowley Shoals
Mermaid Wall
The Shoals' deepest wall, draped in red gorgonians.
ReefCairns
Michaelmas Cay
A seabird-sanctuary sand cay with shallow coral gardens and giant clams more than 60 years old – a classic introductory dive and…
ReefSydney South & Botany Bay
Middle Ground (Cronulla)
Compact deep reef with seals on most dives, up to six giant cuttlefish at a time and a large low cave – circumnavigable within…
ReefCapricorn Coast & Keppel Islands
Monkey Beach (Great Keppel Island)
Great Keppel's best snorkelling reef: dense staghorn and plate coral in 1-6 m, hawksbill turtles and a sheltered beach reachable…
IslandSunshine Coast
Mudjimba Island
The Sunshine Coast's all-weather site: a sheltered wall from 16 m to 5 m and coral gardens from 2 m, rich in macro life and ideal…
Shore/Rock PlatformLord Howe Island
Neds Beach
Knee-deep fish feeding with kingfish and drummer, then coral reef with turtles 30 m from the sand.
Artificial ReefWhitsundays & Bowen
Ngaro Underwater Sculpture Trail
Six artworks at four sites – manta rays, a Maori wrasse, a hawksbill turtle and more – created to aid reef recovery after Cyclone…
DriftNingaloo – Exmouth
Ningaloo Humpback Whale Swim
Licensed snorkel encounters with migrating humpback whales, July–October.
DriftNingaloo – Exmouth
Ningaloo Whale Shark Swim
Swim beside the world's largest fish on licensed tours with spotter planes, March–July.
WreckPilbara & Dampier
No. 20 McDermott Barge
A giant cyclone-wrecked derrick barge in shallow water.
Pinnacle/BommieCoral Sea
Nonki Bommie (Holmes Reef)
A split pinnacle with a canyon between its two fingers, draped in giant sea fans and soft corals.
Shore/Rock PlatformLord Howe Island
North Bay
Secluded lagoon bay with coral, turtles and a 1965 tuna-boat wreck, reached only on foot or by boat.
Pinnacle/BommieHeron Island & Capricorn Group
North Bommie (Heron Island)
A giant mushroom-shaped bommie wrapped in glassfish and hunted by trout and cod, with mantas and turtles queuing to be cleaned.
ReefCoffs Harbour & Solitary Islands
North Solitary Island – Anemone Bay
Claimed to hold the densest population of anemones and clownfish on the Australian mainland coast, on the sheltered side of…
ReefSunshine Coast
Nurse Rock
A winter grey nurse shark aggregation (July-October) among boulders and swim-throughs in 14-22 m, with better visibility than the…
ReefHeron Island & Capricorn Group
One Tree Island Reef
A closed Scientific Research Zone and world-class reef research station – not open to recreational diving.