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Stokes Bay Reef Dive Site Guide | Kangaroo Island, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A reef dive accessible through a natural rock tunnel at Stokes Bay on Kangaroo Island's north coast, with kelp forest, reef fish, and occasional pelagic enco...
Sleaford Mere Dive Site Guide | Lincoln National Park, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A freshwater coastal lake connected to the sea in Lincoln National Park, producing an unusual freshwater-influenced dive with diverse birdlife overhead and a...
Voodoo a truly different diving experience in Kurnell
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Dive into Voodoo, Kurnell’s premier shore dive. Master the surge, explore deep sandstone walls at 25 metres, and encounter majestic Grey Nurse Sharks and Giant Cuttlefish
Under the Radar: A Deep Dive into Cape Jervis Jetty
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Cape Jervis Jetty offers a high-octane macro wonderland where nutrient-rich currents fuel vibrant sponge gardens, providing a rugged, tide-swept sanctuary for elusive Leafy Seadragons and cuttlefish.
The Definitive Map: Navigating the Hubs of Bass Point
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Explore the volcanic basalt of Bass Point, Shellharbour. From the sheltered Gut to the shark filled Bushrangers Bay, discover NSW’s premier shore diving for every skill level.
Streaky Bay Jetty Dive Site Guide | Eyre Peninsula, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A jetty in one of the Eyre Peninsula's most appealing coastal towns, with clear bay water, sea dragons, and the sea lion encounters that the bay's resident p...
Port MacDonnell Breakwater Dive Site Guide | Limestone Coast, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A working fishing port breakwater on South Australia's southernmost coast, with cold Southern Ocean water, diverse encrusting life, and a temperate reef comm...
The Sand-Dwellers of Cabbage Tree Bay: A Deep Dive into the Eastern Fiddler Ray
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Dive into Shelly Beach’s sandy "ecotone" to discover the Eastern Fiddler Ray: a geometric evolutionary marvel and docile resident of Sydney’s thriving Cabbage Tree Bay.
Mudjimba Island (Old Woman Island) Dive Site Guide | Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A protected rocky island reserve off Maroochydore offering accessible reef diving with resident turtles and diverse subtropical marine life.
Thistle Island Wall Dive Site Guide | Spencer Gulf, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A remote island wall dive in southern Spencer Gulf with the best visibility in the gulf system, strong current potential, and a temperate reef community rare...
Weebubbie Cave Dive Site Guide | Nullarbor Plain, WA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
One of the deepest and most extensively explored freshwater cave systems on the Nullarbor Plain, holding world-class visibility and a subterranean environmen...
Port Giles Jetty Dive Site Guide | Yorke Peninsula, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A working grain handling jetty on the mid-eastern Yorke Peninsula with an active port facility above the waterline and a productive sea dragon and cuttlefish...
Moreton Island's China Wall
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Moreton Island's China Wall, featuring granite verticality, kelp-covered swim-throughs, Grey Nurse Sharks, and vital navigation tips for advanced, boat-based scuba divers.
Whyalla Jetty Dive Site Guide | Whyalla, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
An industrial city jetty in upper Spencer Gulf that produces good macro diving with cuttlefish, sea dragons, and nudibranchs, most rewarding when combined w...
Wool Bay Jetty Dive Site Guide | Yorke Peninsula, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A working grain jetty on the southern Yorke Peninsula with the classic SA jetty fauna of sea dragons, cuttlefish, and nudibranchs in a relaxed, beginner-frie...
Second Valley Dive Site Guide | Fleurieu Peninsula, SA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A sheltered gulf-side bay on the Fleurieu Peninsula with a short jetty, resident sea dragons, clear water, and an old anchor chain dive that doubles as an ex...
Numbray in the Sand: A Shelly Beach Encounter
By ScubaDownUnder Team
Picture this: You’re gliding over the seagrass meadows at Shelly, the morning light filtering through the green water in long, shimmering curtains. You’ve just passed the usual suspects a school of cheeky Yellowfin Bream and maybe that resident Eastern Blue Groper who thinks he’s a Labrador. You move toward the sandy patches where the reef edge peters out. Most divers cruise right over this "was…
The Crystal Cathedral: Diving Clerke Reef Marine Park, WA
By ScubaDownUnder Team
If you were to design the perfect coral atoll in a laboratory, it would look exactly like Clerke Reef.
Shark Cave Dive Site Guide | Rottnest Island, WA, Australia
By ScubaDownUnder Team
A deep limestone cavern on the outer reef of Rottnest Island where wobbegong and grey nurse sharks rest in numbers, in one of the most atmospheric dives acce...
The Wall at Long Reef: Sydney’s Cathedral of Sharks
By ScubaDownUnder Team
If you’re looking for a dive that screams "classic Sydney" but delivers a punch of adrenaline that feels a world away from the CBD, you need to load up the ute (or the dive boat) and head to the Northern Beaches. specifically, we are talking about Long Reef Wall in Collaroy.