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Diving in Broome & Kimberley

Broome's diving is tidal and turbid but full of history: the pearling-lugger wrecks, WWII flying boats sunk in Roebuck Bay in 1942 and reachable on the lowest tides, and the reefs off Gantheaume Point. The Kimberley coast beyond is liveaboard country with huge tides, crocodiles and untouched reef.

Dive sites in this region

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Broome & Kimberley

Argyle Downs Homestead (Lake Argyle)

A drowned 1880s outback station: windmill, sheds, tractors and petrol bowsers in a Kimberley lake.

BoatUp to 17.5 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Roebuck Bay Flying Boat Wrecks (deep-water Catalinas)

WWII Catalina flying boats sunk in the 1942 Broome raid, with engines and turret still recognisable.

BoatUp to 14 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Town Beach Flying Boat Wrecks (low-tide walk)

Walk among WWII flying-boat wrecks on the mudflats at extreme low tide.

ShoreUp to 1 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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Broome & Kimberley

Gantheaume Point to Riddell Point Reef

Broome's most accessible reef, beneath the red cliffs of Gantheaume Point.

Shore or BoatUp to 10 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Lacepede Islands

A remote turtle and seabird sanctuary with the 1879 Manfred wreck.

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

Montgomery Reef

The world's largest inshore reef, draining in waterfalls on a 10 m tide.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 10 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Scott Reef

Remote oceanic atolls with walls rising from 500 m, rarely dived.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 40 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Whale Rock (Broome)

Ledges full of fish a kilometre off Gantheaume Beach.

BoatUp to 18 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Battern Rock

Deep reefs around an offshore rock.

BoatUp to 35 m
Details need confirmation
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Broome & Kimberley

Browse Island

WA's most remote island, ringed by reef and guano-era shipwrecks.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 25 m
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WAYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteWreck

Broome & Kimberley

Calliance Wreck (Camden Harbour)

A relic of the failed 1864 Camden Harbour settlement.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 5 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Channel Rock (Broome)

Soft coral swim-throughs at 25 m.

BoatUp to 25 m
Details need confirmation
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Broome & Kimberley

Crocodile Cove (Lake Argyle)

Underwater encounters with timid freshwater crocodiles.

BoatUp to 10 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Disaster Rock

Pelagic action on an offshore rock.

BoatUp to 25 m
Details need confirmation
WAYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteReef

Broome & Kimberley

Eco Beach Reef

Shallow remote reef with beach accommodation.

Shore or BoatUp to 8 m
Details need confirmation
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Broome & Kimberley

Manfred Wreck (Lacepede Islands)

An 1879 guano-era barque visible at low tide.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 4 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Pannikin Bay Airstrip (Lake Argyle)

Drowned dam-era airport buildings close to the resort ramp.

BoatUp to 15 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Roebuck Deeps

Historic pearling grounds.

BoatUp to 40 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Seringapatam Reef

One of Australia's most remote atolls.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 40 m
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Broome & Kimberley

Swirl Rock

Gorgonian-draped ledges at 37 m.

BoatUp to 37 m
Details need confirmation