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Port Phillip Heads

Captain Nitro Drop Off

Stepped walls dropping 5–10 m at a time to beyond 60 m, with house-sized fallen boulders at the foot of each step and both red…

BoatUp to 60 m
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Perth

Carlisle Castle Wreck

The scattered cargo and iron plates of an 1899 barque lost with all hands, on an exposed reef that can be dived only on the…

BoatUp to 12 m
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Port Phillip Heads

Castle Rock

A turreted bommie in open water outside Point Lonsdale, 200 m round and 12–20 m deep, with undercuts full of blue devils and…

BoatUp to 20 m
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Port Douglas

Castle Rock (Agincourt Reef 1)

A 24 m exposed wall on one side and a sheltered coral garden on the other; one of the better Agincourt sites for sharks and big…

Boat (day trip)Up to 24 m
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Catalina JX435 Wreck

Engines, propellers and a 600 m debris trail from a RAF Catalina that crashed landing in June 1945 – a shallow dive and a war…

Boat (day trip)Up to 6 m
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Port Phillip Heads

Catch Bag Reef Drift

Flood-tide drift over kelp-covered sandstone reef between Lonsdale Wall and Queenscliff, named for a lost cray bag and known for…

BoatUp to 24 m
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Cairns

Cathedral (Thetford Reef)

Cathedral-like gaps and swim-throughs between tall bommies on bright sand, with an outer gorgonian bommie to 30 m.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Jervis Bay

Cathedral Cave

Cathedral-sized sea cave with an air chamber, 20–25 m visibility inside and resting sharks.

BoatUp to 23 m
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Tasman Peninsula

Cathedral Cave

Australia's largest sea-cave system with named passages (Catacombs, Revelation Bend, Skull Cave, Devil's Tonsils); walls covered…

Boat (day trip)Up to 21 m
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Cairns

Caves (Norman Reef)

A sheltered bay with rays and cuttlefish between two deep walls with devilfish in the ledges.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Perth

Centaur Wreck (Marmion)

Galena cargo and scattered remains of an 1874 iron brig under a reef break, with good shallow swim-throughs nearby.

BoatUp to 7 m
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Sydney Harbour

Centurion wreck

Masts, chain and frames of an 1864 Aberdeen clipper on sand at 18 m inside the Heads – Sydney's easiest historic wreck and a…

BoatUp to 19 m
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Turquoise Coast

Cervantes Wreck (Thirsty Point)

The timbers of the 1844 American whaler that gave the town of Cervantes its name.

Boat (day trip)Up to 3 m
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Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island

Challenger Bay

A famous night dive where trevally and red bass hunt in divers' torch beams; easy daytime dive over sand, bommies and recovering…

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 30 m
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Perth

Chalmers Wreck

The ballast mound and scattered fittings of an 1874 barque whose captain mistook a bushfire for the Rottnest light.

BoatUp to 4 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Chaudiere Wreck

An 1863 Sunderland-built barque with stacked sleepers and copper sheathing, the closest wreck to the Hamelin Bay ramp.

Shore or BoatUp to 6 m
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Albany & Great Southern

Cheynes III Wreck

Reputedly the first purpose-sunk dive wreck in the southern hemisphere – a 1943 whale chaser from Australia's last whaling…

Boat (day trip)Up to 23 m
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Port Phillip Heads

Chinamans Hat

Purpose-built seal haul-out beside the South Channel where Australian fur seals sleep, spar and come out to investigate…

BoatUp to 12 m
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Ningaloo – Coral Bay

Chofuku Maru

The largest wreck on Ningaloo: propeller, 40 m shaft, engine, boilers and bow on the reef.

BoatUp to 10 m
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Sydney Harbour

Chowder Bay / Clifton Gardens

Seahorses, anglerfish and decorator crabs on every pile and net – Sydney's definitive muck and night dive, with a car park that…

ShoreUp to 10 m
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Cairns

City Hall (Moore Reef)

A pinnacle with ten-plus swim-throughs and a resident population of 18 turtles, guided from the Sunlover pontoon.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Rottnest Island

City of York Wreck

Masts, yards, rigging, windlass, anchor, stern and rudder of an 1899 iron barque spread down a shallow reef slope.

Boat (day trip)Up to 10 m
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Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island

Clam Gardens

Around 14 giant clams up to 2 m long in bright, shallow coral gardens.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 18 m
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Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island

Clam Gardens (Lizard Island)

Giant clams up to 2 m long in shallow water a short swim from the beach.

Shore or BoatUp to 6 m