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675 dive sites matching “turtle”Across Australia
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Cairns

Three Sisters (Milln Reef)

Three towering bommies and the narrow Gorgonian Gorge between them – one of the best dives off Cairns.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Cairns

Troppos (Norman Reef)

A sheltered bay full of nudibranchs, pipefish and razorfish, with a wall to deeper water on its northern edge.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Ningaloo – Exmouth

Turquoise Bay Drift Snorkel

Australia's most famous drift snorkel: float over coral bommies with sharks and turtles, straight off a white-sand beach.

ShoreUp to 5 m
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Port Douglas

Turtle Bay (Agincourt Reef 2)

Sheltered bay with a coral wall and a resident large loggerhead turtle often seen in summer.

Boat (day trip)Up to 22 m
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Cairns

Turtle Bay (Norman Reef)

A shallow sandy bay where large green turtles feed around the coral margin.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Heron Island & Capricorn Group

Turtle Gully (Heron Island)

A gully leading to a biodiverse coral wall, with schooling unicornfish and sweetlips and the odd great hammerhead.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island

Two Towers

Twin pinnacles capped with some of the best new Acropora growth on the Ribbons and a large Pavona clavus colony.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 25 m
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Cairns

Upolu Cay

The closest reef to Cairns: a sheltered sand-cay lagoon with soft corals, turtles and giant clams, ideal for beginners.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Gold Coast

Wave Break Island

A sheltered island rock wall inside the Seaway with swarms of hand-fed fish – the Gold Coast's favourite snorkel and…

BoatUp to 12 m
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Christmas Island

West White Beach

Shallow coral reef with anemone fields off a remote rainforest beach, where whale sharks and dolphins are regular visitors.

Shore or BoatUp to 15 m
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Christmas Island

West White Beach Cave

A huge, bright sea cavern with twin entrances and a pillar, its roof and walls a riot of colour.

BoatUp to 28 m
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Cairns

Whale Bommie (Milln Reef)

An isolated pinnacle from 30 m to the surface with black coral, sleeping whitetips and one of the best night dives off Cairns.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Townsville & Magnetic Island

Wheeler Reef

Small reef with every habitat within reach of one mooring – deep bommies, sand, gutters and a cleaning station – plus good shark…

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Heron Island & Capricorn Group

Wistari 1 (Wistari Reef)

A steep channel wall from 18 m to 25 m capped with thriving branching coral, with unpredictable visitors from the blue.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Heron Island & Capricorn Group

Wistari 2 (Wistari Reef)

A deep wall dive from a 24 m mooring, looking out into the blue for rays, sharks and pelagics.

Boat (day trip)Up to 24 m
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Rainbow Beach

Wolf Rock

Australia's premier grey nurse shark dive and the only known gestation site for the east-coast population, with dozens of sharks…

Boat (day trip)Up to 38 m
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Ningaloo – Coral Bay

Zvir

An upright propeller and rudder at the end of a 120 m wreck trail.

BoatUp to 10 m
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Hervey Bay & K'gari

ex-HMAS Tobruk

Australia's largest military dive wreck – a 127 m landing ship lying on her side, with the shallowest point at 11 m for Open…

Boat (day trip)Up to 28.5 m
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Cairns

1770 (Hastings Reef)

A sheltered central lagoon for snorkellers plus the 20 m 'Twins' bommies for advanced divers.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Ningaloo – Coral Bay

23rd Parallel

Coral Bay's deepest regular outer-reef dive, on the Tropic of Capricorn.

Boat (day trip)Up to 24 m
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Cairns

360 (Thetford Reef)

A lagoon of swim-through bommies on a swing mooring that works in almost any wind.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Cairns

5 Ways (Moore Reef)

Five swim-throughs linking a cluster of coral bommies at around 12 m.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Adele Island

A remote reef platform and seabird island with abundant sharks.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 20 m
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Christmas Island

Admin Wall

A sheer, effectively bottomless wall reached from the beach, with trevally, reef sharks and seasonal whale sharks.

Shore or BoatUp to 30 m