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Port Noarlunga Reef

Port Noarlunga Reef

Adelaide, SA

Beginner 2–10 m

Shallow reef just offshore from jetty with rich biodiversity and swim-throughs.

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Port Pirie Jetty

Port Pirie Jetty

Spencer Gulf, SA

Beginner 3–8 m

An upper Spencer Gulf industrial port jetty offering an unconventional urban dive with an established pylon community and the incidental marine life that all...

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Port Victoria Jetty

Port Victoria Jetty

Yorke Peninsula, SA

Beginner 3–8 m

A historic grain port jetty on the west coast of Yorke Peninsula facing Spencer Gulf, with good sea dragon sightings and a marine museum nearby that provides...

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Port Vincent Jetty

Port Vincent Jetty

Yorke Peninsula, SA

Beginner 2–6 m

A sheltered northern Yorke Peninsula jetty with calm conditions and a productive shallow-water community including resident sea dragons and year-round cuttle...

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Port Wakefield Wall

Port Wakefield Wall

Gulf St Vincent, SA

Advanced 8–18 m

A tidal harbour wall at the northern end of Gulf St Vincent offering an accessible urban dive with the encrusting community and macro life that all establish...

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Port Willunga

Port Willunga

Fleurieu Peninsula, SA

Open Water 2–12 m

Port Willunga is a shore-entry beach dive 35 km south of Adelaide on the Fleurieu Peninsula, distinct from the Star of Greece wreck that lies just offshore. Entry is from the sand…

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Portsea Pier

Portsea Pier

Mornington Peninsula, VIC

Beginner 3–10m

One of Victoria's most popular and accessible night dives, with a richly encrusted pier structure hosting sea horses, sea dragons, and prolific nudibranch li...

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Racecourse Reef – Crescent Head

Racecourse Reef – Crescent Head

Crescent Head, NSW

Intermediate 6–14 m

Fringing reef dive with coral bommies and ledges.

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Rapid Bay Jetty

Rapid Bay Jetty

Fleurieu Peninsula, SA

All Levels 3–10 m

The old decommissioned jetty at Rapid Bay hosts one of South Australia's most celebrated populations of leafy sea dragons in easily accessible shallow water.

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Red Rock Reef

Red Rock Reef

Red Rock, NSW

Beginner 4–10 m

Shore-accessible reef with gullies and macro life.

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Roe Reef

Roe Reef

Rottnest Island, WA

Beginner 5-15m

A shallow limestone reef on Rottnest Island's northern flank with extensive ledges, gutters and bommies in 5-15 metres of water, popular as a training and introductory boat dive.

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Round Top Island

Round Top Island

Mackay Coast, QLD

Beginner 3–10 m

Close-to-shore site with seagrass and some coral bommies.

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Rowley Shoals

Rowley Shoals

Offshore Broome, WA

Advanced 5–40m

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 wi…

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Rye Pier

Rye Pier

Mornington Peninsula, VIC

Beginner 2-7m

Beginner-grade Mornington Peninsula shore dive under the Rye Pier and across the adjacent reef. A common training site for Open Water students from Melbourne.

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Sandon River Mouth

Sandon River Mouth

Sandon, NSW

Beginner 2–6 m

Calm estuarine dive with seagrass and juvenile fish.

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Sandstone Reef – Minnie Water

Sandstone Reef – Minnie Water

Minnie Water, NSW

Intermediate 6–12 m

Scattered sandstone reef with strong reef fish life.

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Scawfell Island Coral Gardens

Scawfell Island Coral Gardens

Mackay Islands, QLD

Beginner 3–10 m

Sheltered coral garden ideal for new divers and snorkellers.

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Scawfell Island Pinnacle

Scawfell Island Pinnacle

Mackay Islands, QLD

Intermediate 10–22 m

Rocky pinnacle with bommies and strong fish life.

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Scottish Prince Shipwreck

Scottish Prince Shipwreck

Gold Coast, QLD

All Levels 5–10 m

On a calm day off the southern end of Main Beach, a dark scattered shape lies in twelve metres of water about 1.5 kilometres from the surf line: the broken remains of an iron clip…

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Seal Bay Snorkel Area

Seal Bay Snorkel Area

Kangaroo Island, SA

Beginner 2–5 m

A rarely dived section of coastline adjacent to Seal Bay Conservation Park, where Australian sea lions enter the water and encounters with the animals on the...

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Seal Rocks

Seal Rocks

Seal Rocks, NSW

Advanced 15-30m

A cluster of offshore rocks off the NSW mid-north coast, one of the most reliable places in Australia to dive with grey nurse sharks.

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Second Valley

Second Valley

Fleurieu Peninsula, SA

Intermediate 4–18 m

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...

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Shag Rock

Shag Rock

Kingscliff, NSW

Intermediate 6–18 m

Island reef with gullies and abundant reef fish.

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Shark Cave

Shark Cave

Rottnest Island, WA

Advanced 18–30m

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...

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Shark Point

Shark Point

Clovelly, NSW

Advanced 10–25 m

Deep reef with large boulders, drop-offs, and strong marine life diversity.

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Shelly Beach

Shelly Beach

Manly, NSW

Beginner 2–12m

Shelly Beach in Manly offers calm conditions, easy shore access, and rich marine life, making it one of Sydney’s top shore diving spots for beginners and experienced divers alike.

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Shiprock

Shiprock

Port Hacking, NSW

Intermediate 3-18m

A small aquatic-reserve wall dive in Port Hacking, a Sydney macro mecca dived only at slack tide and rated the city's best night dive.

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Sisters Rocks

Sisters Rocks

Tasman Peninsula, TAS

Advanced 35-45m

A series of pinnacles off Cape Surville, considered one of Australia's best wall dives, with sheer faces dropping past 45 metres.

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Skillion Caves

Skillion Caves

Terrigal, Central Coast NSW

Intermediate 10–24 m

Scillion Caves sits below the dramatic sandstone headland known as The Skillion at Terrigal. This site features swim-throughs, small caverns, and sponge-covered rock faces. It’s a…

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Sleaford Mere

Sleaford Mere

Lincoln NP, SA

Beginner 2–6 m

A freshwater coastal lake connected to the sea in Lincoln National Park, producing an unusual freshwater-influenced dive with diverse birdlife overhead and a...

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Smith Rock

Smith Rock

Moreton Island, QLD

Advanced 6m to 21m

Smith Rock is one of the most significant and notorious dive sites in South East Queensland. Known as a "ship-killer," this jagged granite outcrop has claimed several vessels, inc…

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Snelling Beach

Snelling Beach

Kangaroo Island, SA

Intermediate 4–12 m

A sandy-bottomed beach dive on Kangaroo Island's north coast with extensive seagrass beds, sea dragons, and a relaxed drift along the reef fringe in clear gu...

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South Bondi Reef

South Bondi Reef

Bondi, NSW

Intermediate 5–18m

A Sydney shore dive at the south end of Bondi — sandstone gutters, kelp ledges and a curious blue groper community in 5–18 m beside the city's most famous beach.

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South Cumberland Islands Bommie

South Cumberland Islands Bommie

Mackay, QLD

Intermediate 10–20 m

Bommie dive with coral outcrops and good fish variety.

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South Maroubra Reef

South Maroubra Reef

Maroubra, NSW

Intermediate 8–20 m

Ledges and boulders with resident fish schools and weedy habitats.

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Split Solitary Island

Split Solitary Island

Coffs Harbour, NSW

Intermediate 8–20 m

Split reef structure with coral and good fish life.

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Spot X Reef

Spot X Reef

Arrawarra, NSW

Intermediate 5–15 m

Patch reef with sand gullies and coral cover.

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SS Annie M. Miller

SS Annie M. Miller

Sydney, NSW

Advanced 25–33m

Sydney's SS Annie M. Miller wreck off Dover Heights is an advanced, 46-metre deep historical dive. Featuring variable 8-20m visibility and potential currents, it's a thriving arti…

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SS Macedon Wreck

SS Macedon Wreck

Rottnest Island, WA

Intermediate 5-12m

An 1883 steamship wrecked on Rottnest Island's northern reef and now broken up across a shallow limestone bottom, with the boiler, anchor and machinery still recognisable in 5 to…

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SS Mauna Loa

SS Mauna Loa

Darwin, NT

Advanced 18-22m

US merchant cargo ship sunk in the 19 February 1942 Darwin raid, lying close to the USAT Meigs and routinely dived as the second tank of a Meigs trip.

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SS Nord Wreck

SS Nord Wreck

Tasman Peninsula, TAS

Advanced 35-42m

The SS Nord struck an unmapped pinnacle near the Hippolyte Rocks in 1915 and now sits largely intact in 35-42 metres, one of the deepest and best-preserved wrecks in Tasmanian wat…

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SS Yongala Wreck

SS Yongala Wreck

Great Barrier Reef - Townsville

Advanced 14-30m

One of the worlds best wreck dives, the SS Yongala sank in 1911 and is now an artificial reef teeming with marine life. The 109-meter vessel attracts massive schools of fish and p…

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SS Zealandia

SS Zealandia

Darwin, NT

Advanced 18-24m

Australian passenger and cargo steamship sunk in the 19 February 1942 Darwin raid, with a long pre-war working life on the Sydney-Wellington route before her requisition for war s…

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St Bees Island Reef

St Bees Island Reef

Mackay, QLD

Intermediate 5–14 m

Fringing reef with bommies, coral cover and small fish.

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Stack Island

Stack Island

Shellharbour, NSW

Advanced 10–25m

Offshore island dive with caves, swim-throughs and pelagic species.

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Star of Greece Wreck

Star of Greece Wreck

Port Willunga, SA

Advanced 6–18 m

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...

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Steve's Bommie

Steve's Bommie

Ribbon Reefs, QLD

Intermediate 5-30m

An isolated coral pinnacle on the Ribbon Reefs, rising from 30 metres to near the surface and ranked among the Great Barrier Reef's finest dives.

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Stokes Bay Reef

Stokes Bay Reef

Kangaroo Island, SA

Intermediate 5–15 m

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...

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