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QLD

Rainbow Beach

Double Island Point

The headland that anchors the Rainbow Beach dive area – its base reef is now part of the expanded Wolf Rock Marine National Park…

BoatUp to 18 m

NSW

Sydney Northern Beaches

Doubt Reef

Deep rocky shelves and valleys in 36–45 m of clear offshore water east of North Head – a technical-depth reef few have seen.

BoatUp to 45 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 10 m

Hobart & Derwent

Droughty Point

Historic lower-Derwent point near an old whaling station and the 1907 Rotuma wreck site.

Boat (day trip)Up to 28 m

Artificial Reef

Hobart & Derwent

Droughty Point Floating Bridge Section

A 177 m section of Hobart's old floating bridge in 20-28 m, carpeted in jewel anemones.

Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Drummond Cove

Quiet shore dive around small rocks and reefs north of Geraldton.

ShoreUp to 10 m

Esperance & Recherche Archipelago

Duke of Orleans Bay & Wharton Beach

Ultra-clear water, granite outcrops and nearby Recherche islands at a remote, uncrowded bay.

Shore or BoatUp to 15 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 10 m

Drift

Tasman Peninsula

Dunalley (Denison) Canal

South-east Tasmania's only easy drift dive, with seasonal spider crab aggregations.

Boat (day trip)Up to 16 m

Artificial Reef

Darwin Offshore & Artificial Reefs

Dundee Wide Engineered Reef

A 2019 engineered concrete reef in 16 m off Dundee Beach – the shallowest and most approachable of the new NT reef complexes for…

Wreck

Esperance & Recherche Archipelago

Dunster Castle Wreck (Stokes Inlet)

Boiler, engine and a 20 m hull section of a 1916 steamship in the surf zone of a remote national park.

ShoreUp to 5 m

NSW

Tweed & Byron Bay

Duranbah

A well-known surf break at the Tweed River mouth, only very rarely calm enough to dive; included for geographic completeness.

ShoreUp to 10 m

Pinnacle/Bommie

Geographe Bay & Busselton

Eagle Bay Coral Bommies

Granite pinnacles and ledges in 7-15 m a long swim off Eagle Bay - a local secret.

Shore or BoatUp to 15 m

Kalbarri & Shark Bay

Eagle Bluff (Shark Bay)

Shallow snorkel below a famous wildlife lookout, with coral patches and passing rays and turtles.

ShoreUp to 5 m

QLD

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

Swain Reefs

East Cay (Swain Reefs)

A maze of bommies, gutters and staghorn thickets with sea snakes and big fish.

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

Wall

Kent Group

East Cove (Deal Island)

Colourful granite walls a short tender ride from Deal Island's main anchorage.

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m

Tasmania North-East

East Sandy Point (Bridport)

A convenient, fishy volcanic reef minutes from the Bridport ramp.

Shore or BoatDepth not recorded

Island

East Arnhem Land & Gove

East Woody Island

The easiest shore-access island near Nhulunbuy, joined to the mainland by a sand spit – a short snorkel option for calm…

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 15 m

Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Easter Group – Rat Island & Little Sandy Island

Snorkelling with the Abrolhos's largest sea lion colony over pristine plate corals.

Broome & Kimberley

Eco Beach Reef

Shallow remote reef with beach accommodation.

Shore or BoatUp to 8 m

Tasmania North-East

Eddystone Point

Fringing granite reef below the historic Eddystone Point lighthouse.

Shore or BoatUp to 15 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m

Tasmania North-East

Eddystone Rock

Wave-swept granite ledges off remote Eddystone Point.

Wreck

Tasmania North & North-West

Eden Holme (Hebe Reef)

Ribs and plates of a 1907 iron barque, 40 m from the Esk on Hebe Reef.

Boat (day trip)Up to 7 m

Yorke Peninsula

Edithburgh Sponge Garden

A current-fed sponge garden in 6 m – a colourful gentle drift for invertebrate and macro enthusiasts with their own boat.

BoatUp to 8 m

Sinkhole/Cenote

Mount Gambier Sinkholes & Caves

Ela Elap

A large, deep and unusually cold (10-11°C) sinkhole with excellent deep visibility – closed at present.

ShoreDepth not recorded