Tasmania
Diving in Tasmania North-East
The north-east corner around St Helens, Binalong Bay and the Bay of Fires has orange lichen-covered granite above water and kelp, sponge and sea whips below, with the wrecks of the Blencathra and others around Georges Bay. The area has been hit hard by long-spined urchins, but the deeper reefs remain rich.
Dive sites in this region
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Binalong Bay / Skeleton Bay
A skull-shaped granite rock with swim-throughs and big banded morwong in a sheltered Bay of Fires cove.
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Eddystone Boat Ramp
A sheltered, very shallow kelp cove - the easy option at remote Eddystone Point.
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Barrenjoey (Tenth Island)
Tasmania's largest accessible fur seal colony, in shallow water off Lulworth.
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East Sandy Point (Bridport)
A convenient, fishy volcanic reef minutes from the Bridport ramp.
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Eddystone Point
Fringing granite reef below the historic Eddystone Point lighthouse.
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Eddystone Rock
Wave-swept granite ledges off remote Eddystone Point.
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Fosters Island
A shallow weed garden with the remains of two 19th-century wrecks, near the Loch Finlas and General Picton.
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General Picton (Fosters Island)
Swim-throughs among the iron plates of an 1888 four-master against a Bass Strait reef.
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Grants Point Cove (Humbug Point)
An easy cove with picnic facilities near Binalong Bay.
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Loch Finlas (Fosters Island Reef)
Rated 9/10: a relatively intact 1885 iron ship with a canted bow and counter stern at 19-24 m.
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Mariposa Reef (Four Mile Creek)
An easy holiday shore dive to a small island reef between Scamander and St Helens.
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Mayfield (Swan Island wreck)
The largest sailing ship wrecked in Tasmania - a 2285-ton steel four-master off Swan Island.
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Musselroe Point
A long, exposed reef near Cape Portland known mainly for crayfish.
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Nobbys Rock (St Helens)
A scenic granite rock with reef patches and butterfly perch close to the Georges Bay entrance.
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Outer Doughboy (St Helens Rocks)
A sheer granite wall on the outer St Helens Rocks with healthy fish and invertebrate life.
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Picnic Rocks (Deep Creek)
A 500 m maze of granite bommies, overhangs and caves beside the Deep Creek campground.
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Sloop Rock (Bay of Fires)
A shallow reef beneath the photogenic granite spire of Sloop Rock in the Bay of Fires.
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St Helens Island
Abrupt granite drop-offs to 20 m and colourful sponges in clean ocean water off St Helens Point.
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Stumpys Ballroom (Stumpys Bay)
A swim-through 'ballroom' in sheltered granite reefs off a Mount William National Park beach.
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Waterhouse Island
A tide-swept Bass Strait island reef with velvetfish and crevice life.
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