Queensland
Diving in Mackay
Mackay's reefs are 30–60 km offshore and its inshore water is tidal and turbid, so diving here is a neap-tide, dry-season affair, run by a local club and the occasional charter to Credlin, Bugatti and the closer Cumberland Islands.
Dive sites in this region
WreckMackay
SS Llewellyn Wreck
An intact, soft-coral-covered 1884 government steamer lost with all 13 aboard in 1919 and found only in 1997 – untouched,…
ReefMackay
Credlin Reef
Mackay's best outer reef – walls, canyons and plateaus with barracuda schools, sharks and turtles in 15–25 m visibility.
WreckMackay
MV Cremer Wreck (St Bees Island)
Two 8 m engines and a propeller shaft from a 1943 wartime grounding, in shallow water off Grimston Point.
Shore/Rock PlatformMackay
Mackay Harbour North Wall
Mackay's convenient shore dive – a coral-grown breakwater with turtles, sea snakes and lionfish, used by dive schools.
WreckMackay
Singapore Wreck (Keswick Island)
Large, coral-covered remains of an 1877 steamer at Singapore Rock in a green zone off Keswick Island.
IslandMackay
Brampton Island
Former resort island with sheltered beaches and shallow fringing reef for snorkelling in the Cumberland Islands National Park.
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Keswick Island – Connie Bay & Basil Bay
Easy beginners' coral garden beside the Keswick Island ferry landing, with quiet independent shore diving.
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Scawfell Island – Refuge Bay
Sheltered anchorage with a beach and coral beneath granite cliffs and rainforest in a remote national park.
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St Bees Island Fringing Reef
Quiet national-park island reefs beside Keswick, with the Cremer wreck and caves on its north coast.
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