Second Valley - South Australia
Second Valley offers an easy shore dive, perfect for newer divers and those wanting a relaxed entry. You'll find jetties and pylons, which often attract schooling fish and small macro critters like nudibranchs and seahorses. The site is pretty sheltered, making it a good option when the weather kicks up elsewhere.
- Location
- South Australia, Australia, Australasia
- Coordinates
- -35.510834, 138.216920
Marine Protected Area: Encounter
Nearby Dive Sites in South Australia
- Bird Reef (reef)
- Broken Bottom
- Buffalo Reef (reef)
- Christies Beach Reef (reef)
- Donnington Reef (reef)
- Edithburgh Jetty - 5-15m (reef)
- Emmes Reef (reef)
- Encounter Reef (reef)
- Ex-HMAS Hobart (wreck)
- Glenelg Barge (wreck)
- Glenelg Reef (reef)
- Godfey Islands Reef (reef)
- Hareby Island Reef (reef)
- Hawkers Devil Reef (reef)
- HMAS Hobart (D 39) (wreck)
Nearest Dive Centres to Second Valley
- Adelaide Adventure Charter Pty Ltd - ["PADI"]
- Adelaide Scuba - ["PADI"]
- Diving Adelaide - PADI
- The Dive Shop Port Lincoln - ["PADI"]
Marine Life in South Australia
Home to 102 recorded species including 44 reef fish, 17 whales & dolphins, 15 sharks & rays, 7 seagrass & algae, 5 other, 4 starfish.
Notable Species
- Bronze whaler (Carcharhinus brachyurus) - Sharks & Rays
- Snapper (Pagrus auratus) - Reef Fish
- Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) - Seagrass & Algae
- Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) - Whales & Dolphins
- Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) - Whales & Dolphins
- Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) - Sharks & Rays
- Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) - Whales & Dolphins
- Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) - Sharks & Rays
- Inanga (Galaxias maculatus) - Reef Fish
- Cowfish (Tursiops truncatus) - Whales & Dolphins
- Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) - Reef Fish
- Yellow-eye Mullet (Aldrichetta forsteri) - Reef Fish
- Medium-snouted pipefish (Vanacampus phillipi) - Reef Fish
- Crested Weedfish (Cristiceps australis) - Reef Fish
- Bluefin Gurnard (Chelidonichthys kumu) - Reef Fish
- Five-armed seastar (Uniophora granifera) - Starfish
- Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) - Whales & Dolphins
- Tasmanian Blenny (Parablennius tasmanianus) - Reef Fish
- European fan-worm (Sabella spallanzanii) - Worms
- Smooth Toadfish (Tetractenos glaber) - Reef Fish