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Stony Point Dive Site Guide | Fleurieu Peninsula, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A rocky shore dive on the Fleurieu Peninsula's Gulf St Vincent coast, known for consistent sea dragon sightings in a dense kelp and seagrass environment.
Boyinaboat Reef Diving Guide
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Boyinaboat Reef near Hillarys Boat Harbour offers beginner‑friendly diving with shallow limestone ledges, swim‑throughs, and colourful marine life including cuttlefish, rays, octopus, and schools of reef fish.
Black Rock Dive Site Forster
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Black Rock off Forster is an advanced offshore dive featuring pinnacles, swim throughs, and pelagic encounters. Grey nurse sharks, kingfish, and eagle rays highlight its wild marine life.
Star of Greece Wreck Dive Site Guide | Port Willunga, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
The iron remains of a three-masted sailing ship wrecked in 1888 on the Gulf St Vincent coast south of Adelaide, scattered across a reef in 3–12 metres of wat...
Baird Bay Reef Diving Guide
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Baird Bay Reef on South Australia’s west coast offers shallow reef dives, playful sea lion encounters, and raw Southern Ocean beauty best suited to confident intermediate divers.
Solo or Buddy: Should you ever Scuba Diving alone?
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Explore the risks, rewards, and best practices of solo scuba diving. Learn when it might be appropriate, how to prepare, and why most divers opt for the buddy system.
Buchanan’s Wall South Solitary Island Dive Guide Coffs Harbour NSW
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Buchanan’s Wall at South Solitary Island is a dazzling granite drop-off alive with soft coral, grey nurse sharks, turtles and macro life a true showcase of NSW’s underwater biodiversity and beauty.
North Haven Wall Dive Site Guide | Adelaide, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A harbour wall and rubble reef within the Port River estuary at the northern edge of metropolitan Adelaide, producing an accessible urban dive with cuttlefis...
Blue Holes Kalbarri WA Dive Site Review
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Tide-fed rock pools packed with marine life in a shallow reef sanctuary
Patch’s Reef Woolgoolga Dive Guide NSW
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A shallow reef off Woolgoolga bursting with colourful marine life, easy shore access and calm conditions perfect for beginner divers, photographers and relaxed underwater exploration.
Brampton Island Wall Dive Guide
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Sheer coral wall with rich fish life off Mackay
Rowley Shoals Dive Guide: Exploring Western Australia’s Remote Coral Cathedral
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Rowley Shoals sits in the distant Timor Sea, far beyond sight of the West Australian coast. This trio of coral atolls forms a near perfect arc on the edge of one of the world’s widest continental shelves, and only a handful of vessels make the thirty hour voyage each spring. With untouched lagoons, towering coral walls and vivid water clarity, the shoals have become a pilgrimage for divers seekin…
South Bondi Reef Dive Site Guide — Bondi, Sydney
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A Sydney shore dive at the south end of Bondi — sandstone gutters, kelp ledges and a curious blue groper community in 5–18 metres beside the city's most famous beach.
Wedge Island Caves Dive Site Guide | Spencer Gulf, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Submerged limestone cave and cavern systems on the Wedge Island coastline in lower Spencer Gulf, offering exceptional visibility, sponge-covered walls, and a...
Chowder Bay Dive Site Guide — Clifton Gardens, Sydney Harbour
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A sheltered Sydney Harbour shore dive at Clifton Gardens — pygmy pipehorses, octopus and weedy pylons in 2–6 metres of training-friendly water.
Dee Why Wide Dive Site Guide — Northern Sydney
By ScubaDownUnder Team
An offshore Northern Beaches reef in 18–30 m, with a winter grey nurse aggregation and the room to do macro on the deeper ledges.
Diving the Cape Banks Caverns, Botany Bay
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Explore swim-throughs and sponge-covered tunnels in Sydney's wildest bay
Bare Island Dive Guide: Sydney’s Shore Diving Gem in Botany Bay
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Classic Sydney shore dive packed with marine life and heritage charm
Tinsmith Reef Dive Site Guide | Outer GBR, QLD, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A remote outer Great Barrier Reef platform reef with pristine coral gardens, strong current diving, and open-ocean pelagic species on the outer slopes.
Black Point Reef Dive Guide, Yorke Peninsula's Shallow Secret
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A shallow, tide-sensitive reef dive ideal for beginners, Black Point Reef offers calm waters, kelp gardens, and abundant marine life just off South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. Perfect for relaxed exploration and macro photography.