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Sunshine Coast

Currimundi Reef

A little-known fishing reef off Currimundi – rarely dived and undocumented.

BoatDepth not recorded

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m

Artificial Reef

Gold Coast

Currumbin Desalination Outlet

A saucer-shaped desalination outlet on the seabed at 20 m – the Gold Coast's 'UFO' dive.

Shore or BoatDepth not recorded

Aircraft Wreck

Townsville & Magnetic Island

Curtiss Falcon Aircraft Wreck (Nelly Bay)

Engine and propeller of a USAAF CW-22B Falcon that ditched in 1943 – a rare wartime aircraft relic off Magnetic Island.

Boat (day trip)Up to 58 m

VIC

Wreck

Port Phillip Heads

D McLennan

A 1912 Dutch-built bucket dredge bought from Batavia by the Harbour Trust and scuttled in 1949 – on sand in 58 m at the remote…

Batemans Bay

Dack Reef

Deep sea-fan and soft-coral reef at 40 m+ inside a sanctuary zone, used for deep and technical training.

BoatUp to 45 m

Townsville & Magnetic Island

Danger Marks (Orpheus–Pelorus Channel)

Shallow gutters with symmetrical walls and colourful low corals, protected in the Orpheus Marine National Park zone.

BoatUp to 10 m

Cave/Cavern

Mount Gambier Sinkholes & Caves

Dave's Cave

A small forestry cave where the ladder-and-pulley entry is half the adventure.

ShoreDepth not recorded

Sydney Northern Beaches

Dee Why Point / Dee Why to Curl Curl reef (northern end)

The northern access to a 2 km headland-to-headland reef traverse, best by scooter; shallow kelp reef under the Dee Why surf break…

Shore or BoatUp to 14 m

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor

Deep Creek (Boat Harbor Beach & Deep Creek Cove)

Wild, rarely dived rocky beaches in Deep Creek Conservation Park, best as a calm-day snorkel or exploratory dive.

ShoreDepth not recorded

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Depth not recorded

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Wall

Coral Sea

Deep Six (Bougainville Reef)

A seldom-described Bougainville Reef site (marinelife.org.au's list of additional Bougainville sites and Mike Ball's itinerary…

Sydney Harbour

Delwood Beach (Fairlight)

A quiet pocket beach with seahorse pylons between Fairlight and Manly Cove – the easy-entry alternative to Fairlight for night…

ShoreUp to 12 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m

Pinnacle/Bommie

Lady Elliot Island

Devils Marbles (Lady Elliot Island)

A cluster of 'marble' bommies at the southern mooring, in manta feeding territory.

Perth

Dewy Ledge (Mindarie)

An offshore Mindarie reef with a 50 m wide ridge at 15–20 m, rarely dived and with good fish life.

BoatUp to 20 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m

TAS

Island

Tasmania East Coast

Diamond Island (Bicheno)

A small island reef off Redbill Beach with large banded morwong and a former kelp forest.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m

Ningaloo – Exmouth

Dibley's

A quieter Lighthouse Bay alternative with the bay's typical ledges, cracks and fish.

Sunshine Coast

Dickies Reef

A Caloundra reef off Dicky Beach whose southern edge drops to about 10 m – a shore dive for flat days only.

ShoreUp to 11 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m

Ningaloo – Exmouth

Dinner Plates

Formerly dense fields of plate coral (likely heatwave-affected).

Eden & Green Cape

Disaster Bay

Wild, rarely dived bay on the far south coast between Green Cape and Cape Howe.

BoatDepth not recorded

Pinnacle/Bommie

Broome & Kimberley

Disaster Rock

Pelagic action on an offshore rock.

BoatUp to 25 m

VIC

Portland & the West

Discovery Bay Marine National Park (Whites Beach)

Sponge-garden reefs in 30–60 m under the Bonney Upwelling's blue whale feeding ground, on Victoria's most exposed coast – an…

Shore or BoatUp to 60 m

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Christmas Island

Dolly Beach

A remote palm-fringed reef beach with turtle nesting, rock pools and a freshwater stream – snorkel and camp.

ShoreUp to 10 m

TAS

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m

Tasman Peninsula

Dolomieu Point

A quiet boulder reef under towering cliffs, with sponge-covered crevices.

Ulladulla

Dolphin Point

Calm-weather shore reef just south of Burrill Lake, close to the Burrill Rocks group.

Shore or BoatUp to 12 m