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The Spotted Eagle Ray: Graceful Gliders of the Ocean
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Exploring the life, habits and mysteries of the eagle ray
Point Turton Jetty Dive Site Guide | Yorke Peninsula, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A small peninsula-tip jetty on the eastern Yorke coast with clear bay water, reliable sea dragon sightings, and a compact dive well-suited to combining with ...
Are Puffer Fish Dangerous to Scuba Divers?
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Australian dive guide to puffer fish: how they inflate, where you'll spot them, what makes them deadly to predators (and humans), and how they behave underwater.
Diving The Leap Kurnell: Sydney’s Thrilling Drift Adventure
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Exciting drift dive with rich marine life in Kurnell
Diving Danger Reef Great Barrier Reef Queensland
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Remote coral reef diving at its most dramati
The Enchantment of Night Diving in Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Exploring the ocean after dark on Australia’s reefs and coasts
Wallaroo Jetty Dive Site Guide | Yorke Peninsula, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
One of the longest recreational jetty dives in South Australia, with an extended pylon run, resident sea dragons, and the marine community of a well-establis...
Black Reef Dive Site Guide — Southern Great Barrier Reef, QLD
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A liveaboard-access reef on the southern Great Barrier Reef, 110 km offshore from Mackay — turtles, reef sharks and coral trout in 12–25 metres of clear tropical water.
Green Sea Turtles: Facts and Where to See Them
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Green sea turtle facts for divers: diet, migration, nesting, and the best Australian dive sites to swim alongside one.
Diving The Steps Kurnell: Sydney’s Shore Diving Gem
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A macro heaven with weedy sea dragons and big surprises.
Diving Cape Jervis Jetty Fleurieu Peninsula
By ScubaDownUnder Team
An underrated jetty dive rich with marine life and rustic charm
Talia Cave Shore Dive Dive Site Guide | West Coast SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A sea cave accessible by shore dive on the exposed west Eyre Peninsula coast, combining the geological drama of a wave-carved limestone cave with clear South...
Blue Ring Octopus: The Ocean’s Tiny Assassin
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A deadly yet beautiful cephalopod with a short, intense life.
Diving Cockermouth Island Reef Mackay Islands
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A hidden gem of the Mackay Islands
Stonefish: The Ocean’s Master of Disguise
By ScubaDownUnder Team
The world’s most venomous fish lurking in plain sight
Port Jackson Shark: The Gentle, Night-Hunting Shark of Southern Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
The Port Jackson shark (*Heterodontus portusjacksoni*) is a distinctive, slow-moving shark found in the temperate coastal waters of southern Australia
Port Pirie Jetty Dive Site Guide | Spencer Gulf, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
An upper Spencer Gulf industrial port jetty offering an unconventional urban dive with an established pylon community and the incidental marine life that all...
Blue Groper: Diving with NSW's Friendly Giant
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Where to dive with the eastern blue groper in NSW: best sites, behaviour, protection status, and why this curious reef giant loves divers.
Wobbegong: The Camouflaged Carpet Shark of Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
The wobbegong is a group of bottom-dwelling carpet sharks found mainly in the warm coastal waters of Australia and Indonesia
Seahorses: The Delicate Icons of the Underwater World
By ScubaDownUnder Team
The seahorse (genus *Hippocampus*) is one of the ocean’s most enchanting and instantly recognisable creatures