South Australia
Diving in Eyre Peninsula
Port Lincoln is the base for Australia's only great white shark cage diving at the Neptune Islands, and for sea lion swims at Hopkins Island and Baird Bay. Around the peninsula's coast are the Port Lincoln jetties, Tumby Bay, the wreck of the Fides and a great deal of clear, cold, unvisited reef.
THE LOCAL PLANNING BRIEF
Understand the options around Eyre Peninsula
What this regional directory records Counts describe published records, not bookable trips or confirmed open sites.
There are 29 published site records in Eyre Peninsula. The recorded categories include island (12), jetty/pier (9), reef (5), wreck (3). These categories reflect the database; they are not a ranking, a conditions report or an assessment of your suitability.
Use the Eyre Peninsula site cards to compare recorded access and depth, then open the individual pages for the map accuracy and source notes. Sites grouped in a region are not necessarily close enough to combine in one day.
Research operators in South Australia →Ask before booking
- Is the proposed activity open water or an overhead environment?
- Who manages access and where can we check current rules?
- Which equipment and transport arrangements must be booked ahead?
Save the answers with the contact name and date. Separate confirmed arrangements from items still waiting for a reply.
Record your trip questions →Questions, answered
How do I choose a dive in Eyre Peninsula?
Begin with the individual site and its source notes, then discuss the proposed trip with a local provider. The 29 published records are research options, not a list of trips available today. Match the plan to your training, recent experience and the operator’s current requirements.
When should I visit Eyre Peninsula for diving?
Choose dates with a provider who runs the activity you want, then discuss seasonal patterns, recent conditions and alternative itineraries. A generic best-month claim cannot establish the conditions at your exact site or guarantee a wildlife encounter.
Can I use these maps to enter or navigate a dive site?
No. Recorded and approximate map positions support orientation only. Confirm the exact access, permissions, meeting point and route with the responsible local provider or manager.
Regional planning context: South Australian Tourism Commission — regional trip information ↗. Directory counts come from published YouDive records. Individual site claims remain subject to their source and review notes.
Dive sites in this region
IslandEyre Peninsula
Baird Bay – Sea Lions and Dolphins
Snorkel with endangered Australian sea lions at Jones Island and a resident dolphin pod in chest-deep water – one of SA's finest…
IslandEyre Peninsula
Neptune Islands – Great White Shark Cage Diving
Australia's only licensed great white shark cage diving, beside the country's largest fur seal colony – surface cages for anyone,…
IslandEyre Peninsula
Dangerous Reef
The historic white shark cage-diving and filming site of the 1970s, now a protected pinniped breeding colony with no recreational…
WreckEyre Peninsula
Degei Wreck
An intact 1940 trawler on her side in 10-11 m, covered in gorgonians and soft corals and patrolled by boarfish – Port Lincoln's…
WreckEyre Peninsula
Eleni K Wreck
An upright 134.6 m WWII Liberty ship in 11-13 m with her bridge 2 m below the surface – one of South Australia's best wreck dives.
Jetty/PierEyre Peninsula
Elliston Jetty
A sheltered, lit steamer-era jetty in near-enclosed Waterloo Bay – Elliston's all-weather day or night dive.
IslandEyre Peninsula
Grindal Island – Sea Lions
An alternative sea lion swim venue in Lincoln National Park, with boulder bommies and swim-throughs on its south-side reefs.
IslandEyre Peninsula
Hopkins Island – Australian Sea Lions
Playful, endangered Australian sea lions spinning around snorkellers in a clear, shallow cove, plus a 30 m-to-4 m pinnacle for…
Jetty/PierEyre Peninsula
Kirton Point Jetty
Port Lincoln's deeper shore dive – a colourful 12 m reef with often good visibility beside Kirton Point.
ReefEyre Peninsula
Memory Cove
A sheltered wilderness cove with a granite fringe and fish nursery, in one of Lincoln National Park's most beautiful settings.
Jetty/PierEyre Peninsula
Port Lincoln Town Jetty
An easy, colourful town jetty dive in Port Lincoln – ideal for a check-out or night dive between shark and sea lion trips.
WreckEyre Peninsula
Bronzewing Tug Wreck
A 1930 ex-Navy tug scuttled in 1990 in shallow, sheltered Boston Bay – an easy close-to-town wreck.
Details need confirmationReefEyre Peninsula
Cape Donington
Sheltered granite and limestone ledges and caves at the Boston Bay entrance, plus offshore Donnington Reef – next door to the…
Details need confirmationReefEyre Peninsula
Cape Wiles Lagoon
A clear, calm lagoon on the wild Whalers Way coast with fur seals, car-sized boulders and a 50 m cave at 15 m.
Details need confirmationJetty/PierEyre Peninsula
Ceduna Old Jetty
An easy shallow day or night dive in the last town before the Nullarbor, with critters in the old debris.
Details need confirmationJetty/PierEyre Peninsula
Fowlers Bay Jetty
A remote historic jetty on the edge of the Nullarbor, in a bay where southern right whales calve each winter.
Details need confirmationIslandEyre Peninsula
Langton Island Sea Lions
Uncrowded shallow-water swims with Australian sea lions in the Sir Joseph Banks Group.
Details need confirmationIslandEyre Peninsula
Lewis Island
A seal colony dive with colourful bommies off the south-west tip, in the tidal channels of Thorny Passage.
Details need confirmationJetty/PierEyre Peninsula
Mount Dutton Bay Jetty (Coffin Bay)
A calm, shallow seagrass snorkel beside the 1870s Mount Dutton Bay woolshed in the sheltered Coffin Bay inlets.
Details need confirmationIslandEyre Peninsula
Pearson Island
Granite blocks dropping beyond 30 m in exceptionally clear water at one of SA's most remote islands, with harlequin fish,…
Details need confirmationReefEyre Peninsula
Point Avoid – Golden Island Reef
A sheltered limestone reef and blue groper nursery in the lee of Golden Island, Coffin Bay National Park – diveable only on rare…
Details need confirmationReefEyre Peninsula
Point Sir Isaac
Big blue groper on every dive at the remote tip of Coffin Bay Peninsula – reached by a classic 4WD track.
Details need confirmationIslandEyre Peninsula
Spilsby Island
The largest island of the Sir Joseph Banks Group, with clear water, rich fish life on south-east reefs and a sheltered jetty – a…
Details need confirmationIslandEyre Peninsula
Stickney Island
A shallow reef honeycombed with caves and crevices full of gorgonians, soft corals, blue devils and boarfish in the Sir Joseph…
Details need confirmation