Explore Australia's premier diving destinations with detailed site information, marine life guides, and essential safety data.
Fleurieu Peninsula, SA
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.
View dive site →Eyre Peninsula, SA
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...
View dive site →Lake Macquarie, NSW
Tidal dive under bridge pylons, great for macro spotting.
View dive site →West Coast, SA
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...
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Moreton Island, QLD
Cluster of 15 sunken vessels deliberately scuttled as a breakwater off the western shore of Moreton Island, dive-able from the beach and the most-dived shore wreck site in southea…
View dive site →Mt Gambier, SA
A world-class freshwater cave system near Mt Gambier with extraordinary visibility, permanent haloclines, and one of Australia's most significant technical c...
View dive site →Terrigal, NSW
Terrigal Haven is the Central Coast’s quintessential training and relaxation dive site. It may lack the dramatic topography of deep offshore reefs, but it compensates with calm wa…
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Terrigal, NSW
The HMAS Adelaide is a purpose-sunk ex-Royal Australian Navy guided missile frigate resting upright on the sandy seabed just off Terrigal. Scuttled in 2011, the 138-metre vessel h…
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Freshwater, NSW
Underwater rock formations like building blocks with tunnels and swim-throughs.
View dive site →Moreton Bay, QLD
A headland dive site offering encounters with various fish species and coral formations.
View dive site →Victor Harbor, SA
A granite headland at Victor Harbor with kelp forest diving, resident sea dragons, and a rugged reef structure that produces some of the most visually dramat...
View dive site →Moreton Island, QLD
A 67-meter-long hopper barge that sank in 1985, now a popular wreck dive with diverse marine life.
View dive site →Clovelly, NSW
Vibrant reef with sponges and soft corals, popular photography site.
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Shellharbour, NSW
Narrow entry channel leading to reef and kelp beds, ideal for beginners when calm.
View dive site →Kurnell, NSW
Drift dive along a vibrant sponge garden wall with abundant marine life.
View dive site →Tweed Heads, NSW
Isolated bommie with vertical walls and shark activity.
View dive site →Port Macquarie, NSW
Shallow Port Macquarie shore dive popular for training and night dives, with dense macro life across broken reef and short kelp.
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Kurnell, NSW
Kurnell's The Steps Drift in Sydney's Botany Bay National Park: a scenic shore drift between The Steps and Monument with soft corals and weedy seadragons.
View dive site →Spencer Gulf, SA
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...
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Hobart, TAS
A protected reserve 23km south of Hobart with an underwater interpretive trail, ideal for snorkelling and entry-level shore diving.
View dive site →Outer GBR, QLD
A remote outer Great Barrier Reef platform reef with pristine coral gardens, strong current diving, and open-ocean pelagic species on the outer slopes.
View dive site →Port Macquarie, NSW
Easy entry dive with gullies and small reef patches.
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Eyre Peninsula, SA
Tumby Bay Jetty sits on the Spencer Gulf coast of the eastern Eyre Peninsula, 45 km north of Port Lincoln. It is one of South Australia's classic shore-entry jetty dives, with a r…
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Exmouth, WA
Turquoise Bay is consistently voted one of the best beaches in the world. The "Drift" involves walking south along the beach, entering the water, and letting the natural current c…
View dive site →Tweed Heads, NSW
A shore-accessible dive site with easy entry, ideal for training and night dives.
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Darwin, NT
Largest casualty of the 19 February 1942 Darwin raid, the 12,500-ton US Army transport USAT Meigs sits broadly upright on the sand at 28 metres and is the biggest dive-able wreck…
View dive site →Kangaroo Island, SA
A reef dive on the southern coast of Kangaroo Island with Southern Ocean visibility, dramatic kelp forest, and the cooler water community that the island's e...
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Kurnell, NSW
Located on the southern headland of Botany Bay in New South Wales, Voodoo is a premier shore dive known for its dramatic underwater topography and vibrant marine life. It is often…
View dive site →Yorke Peninsula, SA
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...
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Tasman Peninsula, TAS
A boat-dive area on the Tasman Peninsula with a string of dramatic sea caves and dolerite walls, including the entrance to Australia's largest sea cave system.
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Royal National Park, NSW
Unusual dive site in Royal NP with freshwater-saltwater mix.
View dive site →Coogee, NSW
Rocky reef near Coogee Beach with swim-throughs and diverse marine life.
View dive site →Spencer Gulf, SA
Submerged limestone cave and cavern systems on the Wedge Island coastline in lower Spencer Gulf, offering exceptional visibility, sponge-covered walls, and a...
View dive site →Wedge Island, SA
A tidal drift dive along the exposed reef walls of Wedge Island in lower Spencer Gulf, delivering exceptional visibility, diverse sponge communities, and the...
View dive site →Wedge Island, SA
A remote Spencer Gulf island jetty with excellent visibility, sea dragons, and a marine community that benefits from the island's distance from the mainland ...
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Nullarbor Plain, WA
One of the deepest and most extensively explored freshwater cave systems on the Nullarbor Plain, holding world-class visibility and a subterranean environmen...
View dive site →Yorke Peninsula, SA
A remote reef system at the southern tip of Yorke Peninsula, where Spencer Gulf meets Investigator Strait, with strong currents, clear water, and an exposed ...
View dive site →Moreton Bay, QLD
A 50ha area of clustered concrete reef balls installed in 2010, attracting a variety of fish species.
View dive site →Whyalla, SA
An industrial city jetty in upper Spencer Gulf that produces good macro diving with cuttlefish, sea dragons, and nudibranchs, most rewarding when combined w...
View dive site →Outer GBR, QLD
A remote outer GBR platform reef known for pristine coral structures on its sheltered face and consistent shark activity on the windward current-exposed slopes.
View dive site →Wooli, NSW
Exposed site with large boulders and sharks.
View dive site →Rainbow Beach, QLD
Australia's most reliable grey nurse shark aggregation, on a cluster of four volcanic pinnacles a kilometre off Double Island Point at the eastern tip of Rainbow Beach.
View dive site →Iluka, NSW
Rocky reef dive near campground, ideal for macro spotting.
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Yorke Peninsula, SA
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...
View dive site →Wooli, NSW
Nearshore reef system with coral and rocky ledges.
View dive site →Wooli, NSW
Deep offshore pinnacle with large pelagics.
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Phillip Island, VIC
The broken remains of an iron-hulled sailing vessel wrecked in 1893 on the rocky coast of Phillip Island, colonised by kelp and home to a productive reef com...
View dive site →Kamay Botany Bay NP, NSW
Remote site with dramatic drop-offs and caves, accessed by long walk.
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