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Bundaberg & Agnes Water

Ceratodus II (Cochrane Artificial Reef)

The biggest and oldest structure on Cochrane Artificial Reef – a 50 m hull covered in growth and wrapped in schooling fish.

BoatUp to 20 m
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Lady Elliot Island

Chain Bommies (Lady Elliot Island)

Coral bommies wrapped in a shipwreck's chain.

Boat (day trip)Up to 16 m
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Perth

Challenger Rock (Garden Island)

A sheltered reef with caves off northern Garden Island, 10 minutes from the ramps, near the site where the Sepia struck.

BoatUp to 14 m
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Hervey Bay & K'gari

Chang Chow Wreck (K'gari)

The buried remains of an 82 m steamer lost in 1884 with Chinese passengers – a K'gari history site rather than a regular dive.

ShoreUp to 6 m
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Darwin Harbour

Channel Rock

A channel-side rock with Darwin's best odds of turtles, plus rays, barracuda and big schools.

Boat (day trip)Up to 16 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Channel Rock (Broome)

Soft coral swim-throughs at 25 m.

BoatUp to 25 m
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Sunshine Coast

Chardons Reef

A deep open reef 9 km off Noosa in 30-55 m – a pelagic fishing ground, essentially undocumented as a dive.

BoatUp to 55 m
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Batemans Bay

Charlie's Reef

Large, easy reef known for the variety of nudibranchs.

BoatUp to 18 m
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Huon & Far South

Charlotte Cove

Small, dense kelp garden at the Huon mouth for a quiet shallow snorkel.

Shore or BoatUp to 6 m
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Sydney Northern Beaches

Checkpoint Charlie (North Head)

A sharp wall rolling into a boulder maze of gullies and swim-throughs, home to some of the biggest bull rays at North Head.

BoatUp to 26 m
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Townsville & Magnetic Island

Chicken Reef

Topographically interesting northern flank with gullies, caves and swim-throughs; a 1980s classic recovering from Cyclone Yasi.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 20 m
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Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands

Child Island

Granite boulder swim-throughs and coral gardens in the clearer water of the outer Keppels.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Tasmania North & North-West

Chimney Corner (Three Hummock Island)

Rare granite swim-throughs on a remote Hunter Group island.

BoatUp to 15 m
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Port Douglas

Chinaman Reef

Little-dived mid-shelf reef between Rudder and Opal reefs, an option on private charters.

Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded
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NSWYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteShore/Rock Platform

Jervis Bay

Chinamans Beach

A quiet walk-in beach with rocky ends – a lesser-known snorkel on the White Sands Walk.

ShoreDepth not recorded
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Tasmania East Coast

Christmas Island (Mayfield)

A small island with a sheltered lee-side kelp garden and a more exposed seaward reef.

Shore or BoatUp to 12 m
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Rottnest Island

Cigar Reef

An offbeat reef with thermoclines, odd currents and a reputation for unusual creatures.

Boat (day trip)Up to 26 m
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Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island

Circle of Life

A seldom-described southern Ribbon Reef mooring on Mike Ball's itinerary map.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Depth not recorded
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Surf Coast & Great Ocean Road

City of Rayville

The first American merchant ship lost in WWII, intact and upright in 82 m off Cape Otway – Victoria's premier deep technical…

BoatUp to 82 m
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Gold Coast

Clown City

A Palm Beach Reef site in 10-17 m known for its anemones and anemonefish (clownfish).

Boat (day trip)Up to 17 m
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Sunshine Coast

Clown Reef

A shallow reef of anemones and clownfish with good macro life – an easy dive for beginners and photographers.

BoatDepth not recorded
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NSWYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteShore/Rock Platform

Wollongong & Kiama

Coal Cliff

Gutter entry to a wobbegong-rich reef under the escarpment beside the Sea Cliff Bridge.

ShoreUp to 15 m
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Swain Reefs

Cockatoo Reef Blue Hole (Pompey Complex)

A near-circular, coral-rimmed drowned sinkhole up to 295 m across and 40 m deep – one of the GBR's rare blue holes.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 35 m
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Darwin Offshore & Artificial Reefs

Cockatoo and Mudlark Artificial Reef

A pair of 20 m hulls lying side by side on the western edge of Fenton Patches, forming a fish-filled gutter between them.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
Details need confirmation