Dive Sites in Australia

100 dive sites and underwater attractions

Western Australia

wreck

SS Wyola was a 306Β GRT steam tug built in 1912 by JT Eltringham & Co of South Shields, England for the Swan River Shipping Company of Western Australia. Wyola was 125Β ft (38Β m) long between perpendiculars, had a beam of 24.7Β ft (7.5Β m), a depth of 13.1Β ft (4.0Β m) and a draught of 14Β ft 0Β in (4.3Β m). Her 179 NHP triple-expansion engine gave Wyola a speed of 11.5Β kn (21.3Β km/h). She was also fitted with a powerful salvage pump, making her one of the most powerful tugs in Australia at that time.

ship wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 32.0203Β° South, 115.4495Β° East.

Shark

πŸ“ Kingstown Barracks
wreck

ship wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. This is a hull_showing wreck. Historic wreck site. Located at 32.0136Β° South, 115.5415Β° East.

Geffrard was a 321-tons-burden British brig that traded between Australia, Mauritius, and Shanghai, and was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia on 13 June 1875. She was built in 1853 by Fred Clark in Jersey in the Channel Islands. By 1873 she had made her way to Melbourne and was owned by Fred Davis and under the control of Captain William James Munday.

Raven

πŸ“ Kingstown Barracks
wreck

ship wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 32.0210Β° South, 115.5513Β° East.

Lady Elizabeth

πŸ“ Kingstown Barracks
wreck

ship wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 32.0175Β° South, 115.5495Β° East.

Solveig

πŸ“ Point Samson
wreck

Omeo

πŸ“ North Coogee
wreck

ship wrecked on the coast of Western Australia. This is a hull_showing wreck. Historic wreck site. Located at 32.1056Β° South, 115.7615Β° East.

Miwok II

πŸ“ Kingstown Barracks
wreck

crane barge scuttled off the coast of Western Australia. This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 32.0141Β° South, 115.5593Β° East.

Alex T Brown

πŸ“ Yanchep
wreck

ship wrecked on the coast of Western Australia. This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 31.5246Β° South, 115.6051Β° East.

ship wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 32.0520Β° South, 115.7257Β° East.

Janet

πŸ“ The Settlement
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ship wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 31.9864Β° South, 115.5583Β° East.

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shipwreck off Rottnest Island in Western Australia. This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 32.0258Β° South, 115.4485Β° East.

ship wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 32.0054Β° South, 115.4709Β° East.

Dive Site 2483194709

πŸ“ Kalbarri
🌊 Indian Ocean

Uribes

πŸ“ Kingstown Barracks
wreck

ship wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 32.0027Β° South, 115.5573Β° East.

Transit

πŸ“ The Settlement
wreck

ship wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 31.9831Β° South, 115.5500Β° East.

Other Locations

Moltke

πŸ“ Arcadia
🌊 Coral Sea
wreck

The Moltke was a three-masted barque built in Hamburg, Germany in 1870. The vessel was wrecked off the coast of northern Queensland, Australia in 1890 before being refloated and hulked. In 1911 the vessel was scuttled off Geoffrey Bay, Magnetic Island. The wreck of the vessel now hosts a wide range of underwater life and is a popular open-water dive site.

Snorkeling in the Rip

πŸ“ Bantam
🌊 Indian Ocean

Victoria

McVeigh's Water Wheel

πŸ“ Melbourne
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 37.6707Β° South, 145.8844Β° East.

SS Ozone

πŸ“ Indented Head
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

The Ozone was a ship built in 1886 near Glasgow, in Scotland. It could exceed 17 knots and is regarded as one of the finest paddle steamers ever built.

Coogee

πŸ“ Ocean Grove
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 38.3087Β° South, 144.5703Β° East.

Portsea Pier

πŸ“ Melbourne
🌊 Pacific Ocean

Shipwreck: Amsterdam V

πŸ“ Melbourne
🌊 Pacific Ocean
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Dive Site 1729985271

πŸ“ Mornington
🌊 Pacific Ocean

Dive Site 2720508924

πŸ“ East Geelong
🌊 Pacific Ocean

Portsea Pier West Reef

πŸ“ Portsea
🌊 Pacific Ocean

HMAS J3

🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

Portsea Pier East Reef

πŸ“ Melbourne
🌊 Pacific Ocean

Eliza Ramsden

πŸ“ Melbourne
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 38.2954Β° South, 144.6731Β° East.

South Australia

barque launched in 1856. This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 34.8105Β° South, 138.5416Β° East.

York

πŸ“ Weeroona Island
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MV Excelsior

πŸ“ Adelaide
wreck

This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 34.7719Β° South, 138.5117Β° East.

Dive Site 974110189

πŸ“ Adelaide
wreck

This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 34.8116Β° South, 138.5295Β° East.

Dive Site 974110158

πŸ“ Port Adelaide
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This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 34.8115Β° South, 138.5292Β° East.

This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 34.8112Β° South, 138.5280Β° East.

Dive Site 974110182

πŸ“ Adelaide
wreck

This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 34.8118Β° South, 138.5303Β° East.

Dive Site 974110231

πŸ“ Adelaide
wreck

This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 34.8117Β° South, 138.5300Β° East.

Dive Site 974110219

πŸ“ Port Adelaide
wreck

This is a wreck dive site. Historic wreck site. Located at 34.8117Β° South, 138.5298Β° East.

New South Wales

Fly Point

πŸ“ Nelson Bay
🌊 Pacific Ocean

Plutus

πŸ“ Currarong
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

Wreck of The Rover

πŸ“ Moruya
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

SS Duckenfield

πŸ“ Sydney
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

Adreno (diving gear)

πŸ“ Sydney
🌊 Pacific Ocean

Swansea Bridge

πŸ“ Swansea
🌊 Pacific Ocean

Dive Site 1010384580

πŸ“ Sydney
🌊 Pacific Ocean

Dive Site 1829616408

πŸ“ Sydney
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

Dive Site 2039767974

πŸ“ Port Hacking
🌊 Pacific Ocean

SS Wollongbar

πŸ“ Byron Bay
🌊 Coral Sea
wreck

The Pipeline

πŸ“ Nelson Bay
🌊 Pacific Ocean

Wallis Lake

πŸ“ Whoota
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

Chowder Bay

πŸ“ Sydney
🌊 Pacific Ocean

SS Oakland

πŸ“ Hawks Nest
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

Halifax

πŸ“ Nelson Bay
🌊 Pacific Ocean

Clifton Gardens

πŸ“ Mosman
🌊 Pacific Ocean

Yaamba

πŸ“ Taree
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

Dive Site 1469201025

πŸ“ Sydney
🌊 Pacific Ocean

HMAS Parramatta 1930

πŸ“ Bar Point
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

Tasmania

G.Ward Cole

πŸ“ Devonport
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

S.S. William Pitt

πŸ“ Tasman
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

The S.S. William Pitt, a steam dredge hopper vessel, was scuttled in Canoe Bay in the 1960s to serve as a breakwater.

Barque Otago

πŸ“ Otago
🌊 Pacific Ocean
wreck

About Diving in Australia

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