FIND YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE
Find your next dive.
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Jetty/PierMelbourne & Port Phillip Bay
St Kilda Pier
Extensive seagrass nursery beside a landmark pier reachable by tram; good macro and night diving close to the city.
WreckBrisbane & Moreton Bay
St Paul Wreck
A 1912 French steamer lost with 18 lives in 1914, with twin boilers, engine and propeller intact at 38-43 m.
Shore/Rock PlatformMornington Peninsula
St Pauls Rock, Sorrento
A tunnel under the rock stack and a maze of small caves in shallow kelp reef on the Sorrento ocean coast.
ReefHeron Island & Capricorn Group
Staghorn Banks (Heron Island)
A densely packed thicket of many Acropora species in one of Heron Reef's most sheltered spots.
Shore/Rock PlatformTasmania North & North-West
Stanley – The Nut / Godfreys Beach
A sheltered westerly-weather shore dive beneath The Nut, with seadragons, prowfish and giant sponges.
WreckAdelaide Metro
Stanvac Barges
Three heavily encrusted barges scuttled in 1954 in 28-30 m – among the oldest artificial reefs off Adelaide.
WreckAdelaide Metro
Stanvac Barges 1 & 2 (small barges)
Two encrusted 1954 barges 33 m apart in 28-30 m, a rarely dived companion to the Saurian.
Artificial ReefAdelaide Metro
Stanvac Dump
An eclectic industrial reef of dumped refinery trucks, pontoons, barges and cable, now colonised by gulf reef fish.
ReefForster & 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…
Pinnacle/BommieNorfolk Island
Steels Point
Three surfacing rock pinnacles with lots of coral – scenic but surge-prone.
Pinnacle/BommieCairns
Stepping Stones (Hastings Reef)
A line of coral bommies stepping out from the boat – three or four in one easy, sheltered dive.
ReefLimestone Coast
Stinky Bay (Nora Creina)
Shallow limestone ledges with seadragons and wobbegongs – 'all of it good diving' on a calm day.
WreckNewcastle & Lake Macquarie
Stockton Breakwall wrecks
Several historic wrecks piled along the Stockton breakwall, including the 1866 Cawarra disaster, in water under 8 m.
Shore/Rock PlatformKangaroo Island
Stokes Bay
A sheltered rock pool reached through a boulder tunnel – Kangaroo Island's best family snorkel, with seahorses in the weed.
Artificial ReefDarwin Harbour
Stokes Hill Wharf Artificial Reef
A shallow fish-attracting reef under Darwin's busiest fishing platform, next to the remnants of the 1942 Neptuna.
ReefWhitsundays & Bowen
Stonehaven Anchorage (Hook Island)
Sheltered anchorage whose coral survived Cyclone Debbie – an easy macro dive or snorkel from an overnight yacht.
Jetty/PierMornington Peninsula
Stony Point Pier
A current-swept ferry pier on Western Port's main channel; a slack-water dive for tidal specialists with the French Island ferry…
WreckPerth
Stragglers Unidentified Dredge
An upright, sponge-covered bucket dredge on clean sand in 19 m, often with good visibility.
WallChristmas Island
Submarine Rock
A submarine-shaped reef and 50 m drop-off with healthy boulder corals and passing mantas, eagle rays and grey reef sharks.
IslandLord Howe Island
Sugarloaf (Admiralty Islets)
Coral walls and boulders around the largest Admiralty islet with Galapagos sharks, fusiliers and subtropical angelfish in 30 m…
Shore/Rock PlatformGeographe Bay & Busselton
Sugarloaf Rock
A dramatic granite landmark with weedy shallows and deeper reef to 22 m, for experienced divers on rare flat days.
ReefPilbara & Dampier
Sultan's Reef
Coral shallows and a pelagic-patrolled wall.
ReefRibbon Reefs & Lizard Island
Summer Bay
Colourful shallow Acropora gardens where cuttlefish lay their eggs.
Shore/Rock PlatformPhillip Island & Western Port
Sunderland Bay
An easy, shallow basalt-reef shore dive and snorkel in a gap in the south-coast bluffs; close parking and a quick swim to gutters…