The Dredge - South Australia
The Dredge, off South Australia, offers a unique wreck dive. It’s a submerged dredge, now an artificial reef, attracting various temperate fish species. We’ve spotted old wives, wrasse, and even small schools of jackass morwong around the structure. This site suits divers looking for something a bit different from natural reefs, especially those keen on exploring historical machinery.
- Location
- South Australia, Australia, Australasia
- Coordinates
- -34.977783, 138.440690
Marine Protected Area: Adelaide International Bird Sanctuary -Winaityinaityi Pangkara
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 The Dredge
- 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