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Diving in Margaret River & Augusta

The Cape-to-Cape coast has limestone reef, caves and the Hamelin Bay stingray beach, where huge smooth rays cruise the shallows; Canal Rocks, Gnarabup and Cowaramup Bay are shore dives on flat days and the offshore reefs off Augusta and Flinders Bay hold sea lions and clear water.

Dive sites in this region

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Margaret River & Augusta

Agincourt Wreck

An 1863 wooden barque with its cargo of timber sleepers still stacked in the hull, 100 m off the beach in 5 m.

Shore or BoatUp to 6 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Chaudiere Wreck

An 1863 Sunderland-built barque with stacked sleepers and copper sheathing, the closest wreck to the Hamelin Bay ramp.

Shore or BoatUp to 6 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Hamelin Bay Jetty & Stingrays

Large smooth and black stingrays and eagle rays gliding around the old jetty piles in waist-deep water.

ShoreUp to 4 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Katinka Wreck

The bow, bowsprit, windlass and masts of an 805-ton iron barque wrecked in the 1900 storm, in 5-6 m.

Boat (day trip)Up to 6 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Peak Island & Toba Wreck

A 1907 Aru Islands-built pearling ketch against the reef at Peak Island, with overhangs and hard corals around it.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

SS Pericles Wreck

Three boilers and 10 m-high engines of a 152 m Edwardian liner in 35 m off Cape Leeuwin - all 413 aboard survived.

Boat (day trip)Up to 35 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Canal Rocks

Granite sea canals and seaward limestone reefs with a sponge garden and blue groper, with a boat ramp right on site.

Shore or BoatUp to 20 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Cosy Corner

Overhangs full of blue devils, harlequin fish and foxfish on reef platforms close to shore near Augusta.

ShoreUp to 7 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Flinders Bay (Augusta)

Calm, clear lagoon water with a jetty, stairs and pontoon at Augusta - easy family snorkelling.

ShoreUp to 4 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Georgette Wreck (Redgate Beach)

Site of the 1876 Georgette wreck and Grace Bussell's famous rescue, with a shallow inshore reef for calm-day snorkels.

ShoreUp to 5 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Gnarabup Bay & Prevelly Lagoon

A reef-protected lagoon with caves and a fish nursery, a snorkel trail and free fish-ID slates from the beach cafe.

ShoreUp to 5 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Hamelin Island

A sheltered lee-side reef flat with ledges, small caves, sea fans and a long list of reef fish.

Boat (day trip)Up to 9 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Hamelin Island NE Bommie

A 50 m bommie with caves and swim-throughs and resident Port Jackson sharks off Hamelin Island.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Injidup Natural Spa

A natural rock-pool 'spa' where waves cascade over granite - a scenic swim, not a dive.

ShoreUp to 2 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Mushroom Rock

An overhang with colourful invertebrates and narrow channels full of fish, a 200 m swim from the Hamelin Bay ramp.

Shore or BoatUp to 15 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Quarry Bay

A sheltered snorkel near Cape Leeuwin in the bay that supplied stone for the lighthouse.

ShoreUp to 5 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Skippy Rock

A sheltered, boulder-strewn cove near Cape Leeuwin with waves broken by continuous reef - and a permanent rip to avoid.

ShoreUp to 6 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

The Aquarium (Yallingup)

A granite-sheltered lagoon on the surf coast, reached by a 1.3 km coastal walk - calm, clear snorkelling in a wild setting.

ShoreUp to 4 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Yallingup Lagoon

A reef-protected 1-3 m lagoon beside Yallingup town with stingrays and seagrass - the Capes' easiest snorkel.

ShoreUp to 3 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Cosy Corner Offshore Reefs

Island-sheltered reefs with schools of bream, sweep and zebrafish, reached by boat from Hamelin Bay.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Cowaramup Bay

Inshore reef and deeper offshore reefs with blue groper and kingfish at Gracetown, diveable on flat days.

Shore or BoatUp to 25 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Cumberland Wreck

Anchor, cannon and timbers of one of WA's earliest colonial-era wrecks, hidden in weed south of Cape Hamelin.

Boat (day trip)Up to 8 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Indicators (Canal Rocks)

Offshore walls and caves at 20-30 m off Canal Rocks, rich in fish and rarely dived.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Margaret River & Augusta

Kilcarnup

A remote limestone reef with good fish life and some shelter from the west, reached by 4WD and a steep track.

ShoreUp to 6 m
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