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2,855 dive sitesAcross Australia
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Eyre Peninsula

Hopkins Island – Australian Sea Lions

Playful, endangered Australian sea lions spinning around snorkellers in a clear, shallow cove, plus a 30 m-to-4 m pinnacle for…

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Shipwreck Coast & Warrnambool

Hopkins Reef

A horseshoe reef with a high wall, ledges and gutters full of Port Jackson sharks and wobbegongs, off the Hopkins River mouth…

BoatUp to 12 m
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Wilsons Promontory

Horn Point

A rocky wall to 20 m with basket stars, sea spiders, large sponges and occasional weedy seadragons and southern coralfish; the…

BoatUp to 25 m
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Adelaide Metro

Horseshoe Reef

A shallow horseshoe-shaped reef off Christies Beach that is ideal for snorkelling and part of the summer Port Jackson shark…

Shore or BoatUp to 6 m
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Tasmania North & North-West

Horseshoe Reef (Devonport)

The pick of the Devonport dives - a large islet-studded reef with invertebrates at 15-18 m.

BoatUp to 18 m
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Brisbane & Moreton Bay

Hutchison Shoal

Rarely dived shoal with spectacular drop-offs, caves and ravines and masses of pelagic fish.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Jervis Bay

Hyams Beach

Parallel reef ledges at 8–10 m with wobbegongs, a short swim from the famous white sand of Hyams Beach.

ShoreUp to 10 m
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Mount Gambier Sinkholes & Caves

Iddlebiddy Cave

A long, wide single passage with flat ceilings, huge boulders and fragile tessellated clay – 'very easy' for competent cave…

ShoreDepth not recorded
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Tasmania East Coast

Ile des Phoques

Rated among Tasmania's best dives: a colony of hundreds of playful fur seals and a well-lit cave through the island.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Rowley Shoals

Imperieuse Reef

The least-publicised atoll, with the Cunningham Island lighthouse.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 40 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Injidup Natural Spa

A natural rock-pool 'spa' where waves cascade over granite - a scenic swim, not a dive.

ShoreUp to 2 m
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Central Coast

Inner Bommies (Norah Head)

A shallow, fish-dense bommie field — a relaxed, high-volume fish-life dive and a good pairing with the deeper Outer Bommies.

BoatUp to 20 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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Hobart & Derwent

Iron Pot Reef

Reef, swim-through and small caves beneath Australia's oldest operating lighthouse, 15 minutes from South Arm.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Sydney Harbour

Itata wreck (Salt Pan Creek)

The burnt-out iron hull of an 1883 barque abandoned in a mangrove-lined Middle Harbour creek – Sydney's zero-visibility training…

BoatUp to 10 m
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Port Douglas

Izzy's Wall (Agincourt Reef 2)

Steep 5–30 m wall with juvenile grey reef sharks and turtles; often run as a drift.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay

J7 Submarine (Sandringham)

The last J-class submarine in commission, scuttled as a marina breakwater in 1930 and visible from the Sandringham foreshore – a…

ShoreUp to 3 m
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Rottnest Island

Jack's Patch

A linear limestone reef with corals, ledges, swim-throughs and a large cave at 13-17 m off Salmon Point.

Boat (day trip)Up to 27 m
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Darwin Offshore & Artificial Reefs

Japanese Submarine I-124

Australia's first protected war grave – a WWII Japanese minelaying submarine in 45 m, closed to divers; viewable through a 2022…

Boat (day trip)Up to 45 m
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Melbourne & Port Phillip Bay

Jawbone Marine Sanctuary

Urban sanctuary with lava-flow boulders, seagrass, saltmarsh and small kelp in one shallow dive; the western suburbs' best…

ShoreUp to 6 m
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Lady Musgrave & Bunker Group

Jeff's Edge (Lady Musgrave)

A drift along an outer wall of overhangs, caves and crevices, with sharks, rays and turtles off the edge.

Boat (day trip)Up to 22 m
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Perth

Jervoise Bay Groyne & Boat Ramps

A rough-weather option with surprisingly good walls of zoanthids and fan sponges, and plenty of inquisitive toadfish and…

ShoreUp to 10 m
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Batemans Bay

Jimmies Island

Easy island reef inside the bay with gutters, swim-throughs and weedy sea dragons.

BoatUp to 18 m
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Forster & Seal Rocks

Jimmy's Cave (Seal Rocks)

A deep cave system with a dramatic inner chamber, the 'ballroom', packed with ladder-finned pomfret.

BoatUp to 34 m