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Diving in Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

The Houtman Abrolhos, 60 km off Geraldton, are 122 islands with coral reefs, the Batavia (1629) wreck site and huge crayfish populations in water that mixes tropical and temperate species. Geraldton itself has the Point Moore reefs and the SS Sunbeam and other wrecks.

Dive sites in this region

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Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Batavia Wreck Site (Morning Reef)

Cannons and anchors of the 1629 Batavia – Australia's most notorious shipwreck and mutiny – in 7 m on Morning Reef.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 7 m
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Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Hadda Wreck (Beacon Island)

Iron knees of an 1877 guano barque amid lush coral gardens in a sanctuary zone near Beacon Island.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 6 m
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South Tomi Wreck

A toothfish poacher caught after a 6,000 km naval chase, now an upright 57 m wreck with engine-room access in 25 m.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Anemone Lump (Easter Group)

Anemone-covered coral bommie from 38 m to 3 m with baitfish clouds, big plate corals and curious emperors.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 38 m
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Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Beacon Island Dive Trail

Pelagic action in the passages beside Batavia's Graveyard, from a trail off the Beacon Island jetty.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 32 m
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Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Pelsaert Island & Drop-off

A sanctuary drop-off with 20 m-plus visibility, crays, morays and baldchin groper.

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

A limestone reef packed with crayfish and a resident moray eel, a few minutes from central Geraldton.

ShoreUp to 15 m
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Turtle Bay (East Wallabi Island)

Pristine shallow coral a short swim from the beach – the Abrolhos's most accessible snorkel via fly-in day tours.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 5 m
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Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Xantho Wreck (Port Gregory)

The wreck site of WA's first coastal steamship, whose conserved engine is displayed in Fremantle.

Boat (day trip)Up to 5 m
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Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Zeewijk Wreck (Half Moon Reef)

Cannons of the 1727 Zeewijk, whose survivors built the first European boat in Australia.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 8 m
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Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Ben Ledi & Windsor Wrecks (Pelsaert Group)

Two shallow iron wrecks, one with its boiler above the surface, in the southern Abrolhos.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 6 m
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Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Coral Patches (Pelsaert Group)

Steep coral slopes of finger and plate coral inside the Pelsaert lagoon.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 17 m
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Drummond Cove

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

ShoreUp to 10 m
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Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands

Easter Group – Rat Island & Little Sandy Island

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

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 15 m
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Geraldton Harbour Breakwater & Jetties

Macro life under harbour jetties and breakwaters – a fallback when the wind rules out other sites.

ShoreUp to 8 m
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Half Moon Reef (Pelsaert Group)

Big fish and reef sharks on the exposed seaward face of the reef that wrecked the Zeewijk.

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

Clearer water than Geraldton with ledges and swim-throughs on offshore limestone reef.

ShoreUp to 20 m
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Lighthouse Passage & Hell's Gates (Geraldton)

Offshore reefs where coral trout and turtles meet dhufish, blue devils and pineapple fish.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Long Island (Wallabi Group)

Tropical staghorn with temperate fish at the island where the Batavia mutineers were executed.

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

A 100 m spread of iron wreckage from an 1895 loss, 400 m off the Geraldton port entrance.

ShoreUp to 6 m
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Morley Island Dive Trail

A gentle reef slope with finger-coral shallows and low walls – good for mixed snorkel/dive groups.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 25 m
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Rolland Passage (Easter Group)

Drifting coral gardens in wide passages, with clownfish and butterflyfish at 28-29°S.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 30 m
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