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Freshwater Lake/River

Tasmania North & North-West

Eugenana (Melrose) Quarry

A flooded limestone quarry that is diveable in any weather - the north-west's training fallback.

ShoreUp to 13 m

Ballina & Evans Head

Evans Head reefs

Little-documented reef within an undeveloped national-park coastline between Ballina and the Clarence River — genuinely off the…

Shore or BoatUp to 16 m

Bundaberg & Agnes Water

Evans Patch

A less-visited offshore reef in the low 20s with big schools of pelagic fish.

BoatUp to 23 m

Huon & Far South

Evoralls Point (Recherche Bay)

Shallow seaweed gardens beside the relics of the Catamaran coal mines, with possible remains of the whaler Offley.

Shore or BoatUp to 4 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 35 m

Wreck

Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands

FV Linda Jane Wreck

A little-known 35 m trawler wreck whose unpublished position has kept its big groper, red emperor and jewfish intact.

Boat (day trip)Up to 33 m

Wreck

Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands

FV Miss Shoalhaven Wreck

A decaying 1988 timber trawler at 33 m that has become a barracuda and ray magnet.

Shore/Rock Platform

Mandurah & Peel

Falcon Bay

A quiet, reef-fringed bay south of Mandurah for an easy morning snorkel.

ShoreDepth not recorded

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m

Ningaloo – Exmouth

False Passage

A reef channel dive at a false passage.

Island

Mission Beach & Cassowary Coast

Family Islands

Quiet national-park islands with shallow fringing reefs for boat-based or kayak snorkelling and camping.

BoatUp to 10 m

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Depth not recorded

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Wall

Coral Sea

Fan Fair (Flinders Reef)

A Flinders Reefs site on Mike Ball's Yongala & Coral Sea expedition, named for its sea fans.

Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded

Lord Howe Island

Far Rocks

Pocket-guide snorkel site listed for endemic anemonefish and three-striped butterflyfish.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m

Wall

Tasmania North & North-West

Farewell Beacon (Tamar)

A channel-edge drop-off at the Tamar mouth with rich fish life and occasional big stingrays.

Tweed & Byron Bay

Fido's Reef

Rugged natural reef mixed with scattered remains of an early 1900s steamer wreck; a quieter alternative to Cook Island.

BoatUp to 22 m

Wall

Central Coast

First Point (Terrigal)

A headland wall with swim-throughs and strong fish life, dived only on genuinely calm days.

BoatUp to 26 m

Perth

First Rock (Shoalwater)

Shallow caves running beneath a large limestone rock, with wobbegongs and octopus inside, in the Shoalwater island chain.

BoatUp to 5 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m

Ningaloo – Exmouth

Fish Bowl (Muiron Islands)

A reportedly fish-filled sheltered reef at the Muirons.

Albany & Great Southern

Fish Eyes (Black Point, Bremer Bay)

A granite 'eye socket' on a boulder reef with corals, seadragons and visiting sea lions.

Shore or BoatUp to 16 m

Boat (day trip)Up to 14 m

Ningaloo – Exmouth

Fish Hole

A fish-filled hole in the reef on a lesser-used Lighthouse Bay mooring.

Shore/Rock Platform

Rottnest Island

Fish Hook Bay

A remote West End bay with turquoise water, extensive reef and excellent visibility in a sanctuary zone.

ShoreUp to 10 m

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Depth not recorded

Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island

Fish Market

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

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m

Cairns

Fish Town (Milln Reef)

A fish-rich Milln mooring with schools, cleaning stations and turtles.

Huon & Far South

Fisher Point (Recherche Bay)

Kelp-garden shore dive beside the ruins of an 1830s whaling station at the end of Australia's southernmost road.

Shore or BoatUp to 15 m

Shore/Rock Platform

Bruny Island & D'Entrecasteaux Channel

Fishermans Haul (Lucas Point)

A quiet kelp-garden snorkel below the cliffs south of Lucas Point, close to Tinderbox.

ShoreUp to 5 m