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Sunshine Coast

Magic Mountain

The Sunshine Coast's most complex reef topography: a maze of gullies, ravines, swim-throughs and pinnacles to 25 m on the Outer…

BoatUp to 25 m
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Cairns

Magic Wall (Saxon Reef)

A calm-day reef-edge dive to the untouched north end of Saxon, or a sheltered critter-filled bay when the current runs.

Boat (day trip)Up to 22 m
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Lord Howe Island

Malabar

Sheltered north-coast reefs with swim-throughs, arches and anemone fields – Lord Howe's top macro site.

Boat (day trip)Up to 21 m
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Lord Howe Island

Malabar Third Reef

Ledges and caves with lobsters and morays, and sand patches that can hold large groups of black-blotched stingrays.

Boat (day trip)Up to 21 m
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Lord Howe Island

Malabar West

Shallow ledges full of spiny lobsters, octopus and soldierfish – easy, long dive.

Boat (day trip)Up to 16 m
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Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands

Man & Wife Rocks

The Keppels' most dependable site: a 6-8 m plateau and wall to 18-25 m with wobbegongs, turtles and good macro life.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Darwin Harbour

Mandorah Queen

A Cyclone Tracy ferry lost with three crew, now almost buried in sand but still a magnet for big fish.

Boat (day trip)Up to 21 m
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Mandurah & Peel

Mandurah Artificial Reef

WA's first artificial reef funded entirely by recreational fishers: six clusters of concrete modules in 25 m off Mandurah.

BoatUp to 25 m
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Sydney Northern Beaches

Manly Beach (South Steyne – Queenscliff)

The beach where a southern right whale and calf rested within 200 m of the sand in 1993 – an open surf beach with reef only at…

ShoreUp to 8 m
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Manta Service Station

A shallow manta cleaning station at about 9 m where Cocos' resident reef mantas come in to be cleaned, with excellent light for…

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m
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Whyalla & Upper Spencer Gulf

Marek's Reef (Whyalla)

Car bodies, boilers, gantries and whitegoods turned into a sponge-covered fish haven in 12 m off Whyalla.

BoatUp to 12 m
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Surf Coast & Great Ocean Road

Marengo Reefs Marine Sanctuary

A fur seal haul-out on a kelp-covered sanctuary reef within a short swim of the beach – the Great Ocean Road's signature snorkel…

Shore or BoatUp to 10 m
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Shipwreck Coast & Warrnambool

Marie Gabrielle

Chain mound, iron knees and mast hoops of an 1869 tea clipper in a metre or two of water, with her anchors standing on Wreck…

ShoreUp to 3 m
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Brisbane & Moreton Bay

Marietta Dal Wreck

Tractors and machinery from a 1950 wreck scattered around a 50 m propeller shaft in only 13 m.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Mornington Peninsula

Marina Cove, Mornington

Quiet boulder cove beside Point Linley Reef; gentle slope to 8 m; easy alternative entry to the point.

ShoreUp to 8 m
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Heron Island & Capricorn Group

Masthead Island Reef

A quiet camping cay with a closed lagoon and fringing reef, close to the Polmaise Bommies and Tambaroora wreck.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 20 m
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Geographe Bay & Busselton

Meelup Beach

Calm, family-friendly beach with lawns, toilets and granite outcrops for easy snorkelling.

ShoreUp to 4 m
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Eyre Peninsula

Memory Cove

A sheltered wilderness cove with a granite fringe and fish nursery, in one of Lincoln National Park's most beautiful settings.

Shore or BoatUp to 10 m
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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie

Merewether Ocean Baths shore dive

An easy, convenient shore dive off Merewether Ocean Baths with numerous small caves to explore.

ShoreUp to 9 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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Darwin Offshore & Artificial Reefs

Merindah Pearl

A 25 m ex-pearling vessel prepared by DSAC volunteers and scuttled in 2013 at the northern end of the Fenton wreck cluster.

Boat (day trip)Up to 28 m
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Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island

Mermaid Cove (Lizard Island)

Sheltered cove with coral bommies, cuttlefish and swarms of fusiliers close to the resort.

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 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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Tasmania North & North-West

Mersey Bluff (Devonport)

Devonport's easy shore dive below the Mersey Bluff lighthouse - ideal before or after the Spirit of Tasmania.

Shore or BoatUp to 9 m