Diving in Sydney & New South Wales
Explore 178 dive sites in Sydney & New South Wales, Australia. Ocean conditions, marine species, and dive centres.
Marine Life in Sydney & New South Wales
Home to 202 recorded species including 129 reef fish, 41 sharks & rays, 9 whales & dolphins, 5 other, 4 crabs & lobsters, 3 octopus & squid.
Marine Protected Areas in Sydney & New South Wales
- Crowdy Bay - National Park (IUCN Category II)
- Bouddi - National Park (IUCN Category II)
- Bushrangers Bay - Aquatic Reserve (IUCN Category II)
- Long Reef - Aquatic Reserve (IUCN Category IV)
- North Sydney Harbour - Aquatic Reserve (IUCN Category IV)
- Shiprock - Aquatic Reserve (IUCN Category II)
- Towra Point - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- Berkeley - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category IV)
- Boondelbah - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- Coocumbac Island - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category IV)
- Five Islands - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category IV)
- John Gould - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category IV)
- Little Broughton Island - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- Moon Island - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- Seal Rocks - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- Snapper Island - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- Spectacle Island - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- Stormpetrel - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- Towra Point - Aquatic Reserve (IUCN Category II)
- Towra Point Nature Reserve - Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
- Hunter Estuary Wetlands - Wetland of International Importance (Ramsar Site) (IUCN Category Not Reported)
- Comerong Island - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- Barrenjoey - Aquatic Reserve (IUCN Category IV)
- Boat Harbour - Aquatic Reserve (IUCN Category IV)
- Cabbage Tree Bay - Aquatic Reserve (IUCN Category II)
- Bronte-Coogee - Aquatic Reserve (IUCN Category IV)
- Cape Banks - Aquatic Reserve (IUCN Category IV)
- Bird Island - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- Narrabeen - Aquatic Reserve (IUCN Category IV)
- Bushy Island - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- One Tree Island - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- Flat Island - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- Hunter Wetlands - National Park (IUCN Category II)
- Saratoga Island - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- Shark Island - Nature Reserve (IUCN Category Ia)
- Port Stephens - Great Lakes - Marine Park (IUCN Category II)
- Hunter - Australian Marine Park (IUCN Category IV)
- Wisemans Ferry - Historic Site (IUCN Category II)
Getting to Sydney & New South Wales - Nearest Airports
- Newcastle Airport (NTL), Williamtown - 41 km away, approx 60 min travel time
- Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD), Sydney (Mascot) - 101 km away, approx 125 min travel time
- RAAF Base Richmond (XRH), Richmond - 99 km away, approx 123 min travel time
Dive Sites
- 3 mile Bommie (-33.3623, 151.5774)
- 3 mile Bommie (-33.3623, 151.5774)
- 3rd Gutter (-34.5901, 150.8977)
- 3rd Gutter (-34.5901, 150.8977)
- 4th-5th Reefs - 5-20m (-34.0688, 151.1614)
- 7th and 8th Reefs (-34.0679, 151.1628)
- Acheron Ledge (-35.7167, 150.2667)
- Adelaide (Wreck) (-33.4632, 151.4474)
- Adelaide (Wreck) (-33.4632, 151.4474)
- Adreno (diving gear) (-33.9211, 151.1965)
- Avoca (-33.4701, 151.4366)
- Avoca (-33.4701, 151.4366)
- Bait Reef (-31.4099, 152.9252)
- Balmoral Baths (-33.8274, 151.2531)
- Bare Island East (-33.9908, 151.2323)
- Barren s Hut (-34.0901, 151.1742)
- Bass Flinders (-34.0732, 151.1534)
- Bass Point (-34.6266, 150.8825)
- Bennets Head North (-32.1835, 152.5368)
- Big Seal Rock - The Cavern (-32.4627, 152.5524)
- Bird Island (-33.2288, 151.6024)
- Bird Island (-33.2288, 151.6024)
- Bird Rock (-31.4329, 152.9315)
- Bird Rock (-31.4267, 152.9352)
- Black Rock - 10-20m (-30.9491, 153.0765)
- Blacksmiths Western Artificial Reef (-33.0805, 151.6705)
- Blacksmiths Western Artificial Reef (-33.0805, 151.6705)
- Blue Devil Cave (-34.5898, 150.8991)
- Blue Devil Cave (-34.5898, 150.8991)
- Blue Fish Wall (-33.8022, 151.3031)
- Bowen Island (-35.1135, 150.7650)
- Broughton Island The Looking Glass (-32.6293, 152.3166)
- Broughton Island The Looking Glass (-32.6293, 152.3166)
- Bushrangers Bay (-34.5974, 150.8998)
- Bushrangers Bay (-34.5974, 150.8998)
- Camp Cove South (-33.8401, 151.2778)
- Catherine Hill Coal Loader (-33.1577, 151.6304)
- Cathie Wall (-31.5725, 152.8669)
- Centurion (-33.8174, 151.2810)
- Chowder Bay - 5-15m (-33.8395, 151.2548)
- Chris’ Wall (-33.1196, 151.6530)
- Clifton Gardens (-33.8398, 151.2537)
- Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve (-31.6825, 152.9094)
- Container Wall Botany Bay (-33.9806, 151.2162)
- Cowrie Island (-34.5803, 150.8776)
- Crocodile Head (-35.0748, 150.8344)
- Danger Reefs (-28.1667, 153.6167)
- Depot Beach (-35.6279, 150.3258)
- Desoto Inlet (-33.1608, 151.6348)
- Drum and Drumsticks (-35.0466, 150.8406)
- Echo Point (-35.0454, 150.8364)
- Edith Breakers (-32.4441, 152.5414)
- Ex HMAS Adelaide (-33.4633, 151.4504)
- Fairlight (-33.8009, 151.2758)
- Fairy Bower (-33.8008, 151.2936)
- Fingal Head (-32.7409, 152.2025)
- Fishermans Bay (-32.7893, 152.0924)
- Fish Rock Cave (-30.8833, 153.0667)
- Flagstaff (-33.0871, 151.6645)
- Flinders Reef (-26.9883, 153.4421)
- Fly Point (-32.7145, 152.1519)
- Foggy Shark Cave (-33.4235, 151.5879)
- Ghosties (-33.1774, 151.6340)
- Gordon s Bay Clovelly - 5-15m (-33.9161, 151.2658)
- Gordons Bay Underwater Trip Start (-33.9158, 151.2648)
- Gravel Loader (-34.5938, 150.8859)
- Green Island (-30.9104, 153.0902)
- Guerrilla Bay (-35.8244, 150.2253)
- Halifax Cliffs - 15-40m (-32.7166, 152.1890)
- Halifax Point (-32.7099, 152.1591)
- Harbord (-33.7813, 151.2935)
- Hole in the Wall (-34.6000, 150.8976)
- Hyams Beach (-35.1011, 150.6948)
- Idol Bay (-32.2062, 152.5581)
- Inner Reef (-28.1833, 153.6000)
- Inscription point (-34.0032, 151.2261)
- Itata - 15-30m (-33.7740, 151.2302)
- Jibbon Bombora (-34.0797, 151.1748)
- Julian Rocks (-28.6381, 153.6097)
- Kiama blowhole (-34.6728, 150.8633)
- Koputai (-33.9106, 151.3275)
- Ladys Reef - 5-20m (-30.8817, 153.0436)
- Latitude Reef (-32.2088, 152.5674)
- Leah Lumps (-31.7256, 152.8650)
- Light House Reef - 5-20m (-35.3674, 150.4934)
- Little Beach - NSW (-32.7134, 152.1582)
- Little Manly Cove - 5-15m (-33.8066, 151.2871)
- Lobster Pot (-32.1965, 152.5441)
- Long Reef (-33.7500, 151.3250)
- Lou’s Reef (-34.5966, 150.9051)
- Lucy’s Wall (-33.0886, 151.6602)
- Magic Point (-33.9584, 151.2658)
- Manly Bombie - 10-25m (-33.7916, 151.2948)
- Mareela Reef (-33.5403, 151.2429)
- Mermaid Reef (-31.7636, 152.8100)
- Mermaid Reef (-31.7833, 152.8167)
- Merries Reef (-34.0428, 151.1955)
- Moon Island (-33.0879, 151.6713)
- MV Malabar (-33.9687, 151.2631)
- Norah Head (Cabbage Tree Bay) (-33.2785, 151.5690)
- North Bondi (-33.8934, 151.2823)
- North Coogee (-33.9202, 151.2603)
- North Evans Reef (-29.1667, 153.4667)
- North Reef (-27.1833, 153.1333)
- Oak Park (-34.0702, 151.1573)
- OLD Faithful (-31.5928, 152.8653)
- Old Mans Hat (-33.8220, 151.2936)
- Osbourne Shoals (-34.0580, 151.1823)
- Outer Reef (-28.1833, 153.6333)
- Palm Beach (-33.5998, 151.3276)
- Pig Island (-34.4657, 150.9449)
- Pipeline (-32.7179, 152.1405)
- Point Perpendicular (-35.0947, 150.8014)
- Port Macquarie Artificial Reef (-31.4174, 152.9825)
- Redhead Point (-33.0085, 151.7305)
- Sewage Pipe (-32.7141, 152.1485)
- Shark Bay (-35.8585, 150.1813)
- Shark point (-33.9145, 151.2725)
- Shelley Beach (-33.8005, 151.2975)
- Shiprock (-34.0687, 151.1299)
- Skillion Cave (-33.4496, 151.4519)
- Slot Cave (-35.0814, 150.7971)
- Snapper Point (-35.5720, 150.3772)
- South Evans Reef (-29.2167, 153.4333)
- South Reef (-27.2667, 153.1167)
- South Reef (-33.8333, 151.2808)
- South Reef (-28.2000, 153.6167)
- Sow and Pigs Reef (-33.8367, 151.2705)
- SS Annie M Miller (-33.8683, 151.2978)
- SS Catterthun (-32.4309, 152.5783)
- SS Currajong (-33.8551, 151.2489)
- SS Duckenfield (-33.7181, 151.3240)
- SS Galava (Wreck) (-33.4868, 151.6084)
- SS Kelloe (-33.9848, 151.2664)
- SS Macleay Wreck (-32.7040, 152.2464)
- SS Oakland Wreck (-32.6778, 152.2345)
- SS Satara (-32.7590, 152.8308)
- SS Tuggerah (-34.1376, 151.1517)
- SS Undola (-34.1789, 151.0940)
- SS Woniora (-34.0215, 151.2600)
- Stoney Creek (-35.1686, 150.7576)
- Swansea Bridge (-33.0859, 151.6407)
- Swansea Bridge (-33.0862, 151.6396)
- Terrigal Haven (-33.4477, 151.4500)
- The Arch (-35.0840, 150.8204)
- The Arch (-34.5995, 150.9018)
- The Bar (-33.8167, 151.2567)
- The Church (-34.5863, 150.8899)
- The Coolooli (-33.7181, 151.3492)
- The Cutting Farkernell (-34.0247, 151.2288)
- The Gantry (-35.5056, 150.3938)
- The Gutter (-34.5930, 150.8988)
- The Igor (-35.1792, 150.7387)
- The Leap (-34.0060, 151.2289)
- The Loader (-34.5917, 150.8854)
- The monuments (-34.0015, 151.2229)
- The Pinnicles (-32.2114, 152.5843)
- The Pipeline (-32.7180, 152.1414)
- The Slide, Terrigal (-33.4506, 151.4501)
- The Steps (-34.0040, 151.2272)
- The Tribars (-33.9850, 151.2120)
- The Valiant (-33.5784, 151.3456)
- The Valliant (Wreck) (-33.5725, 151.3408)
- The Wall (-33.7378, 151.3285)
- Titan Crane (-31.6642, 152.8733)
- Voodoo (-34.0415, 151.2112)
- Wagstaffe Bar (-33.5294, 151.3318)
- Wall (-31.4817, 152.9438)
- Waterfall (-33.8226, 151.2943)
- Whale Of A Time (-34.0180, 151.2313)
- Windy Point (-34.0658, 151.1574)
- Wottamolla (-34.1384, 151.1201)
- Wreck of AHS Centaur (-27.2830, 153.9870)
- Wreck of Dunbar (-33.8503, 151.2881)
- Wreck of HMAS Adelaide (-33.4667, 151.4500)
- Wreck of HMAS Australia (-33.8903, 151.7680)
- Yena Extension (-34.0136, 151.2316)
- Yena Gap (-34.0124, 151.2310)
Dive Centres
- Abyss Scuba Diving - https://www.abyss.com.au
- Aquatic Explorers - https://aquaticexplorers.org/
- CENTRAL COAST DIVERS - https://www.centralcoastdivers.com.au
- Deep Sensations Pty Ltd - https://www.deepsensationsfreediving.com/
- Dive Centre Bondi - https://travel.padi.com/dive-center/australia/dive-centre-bondi/
- Dive Centre Manly - http://www.divesydney.com.au
- Dive Forster
- DIVE NEAR ME PTY LTD - https://www.divenearme.com.au
- DIVE SWANSEA - https://www.diveswansea.com.au
- Eunoia Freediving - https://www.eunoiafreediving.com/
- FEET FIRST DIVE - https://feetfirstdive.com.au/
- Forster Dive Centre - https://travel.padi.com/dive-center/australia/forster-dive-centre-2/
- FREEDIVING CENTRAL PTY LTD - https://www.divessi.com/divecenter/731606
- Frog Dive Sydney - http://www.frogdive.com.au
- Geo Divers Sydney - https://travel.padi.com/dive-center/australia/geo-divers-sydney/
- GIBBERAGONG ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTRE - https://www.gibberongeec.nsw.edu.au
- Grey Nurse Charters - http://www.greynurse.com.au
- Pro Dive
- SEA LIFE - SYDNEY AQUARIUM - https://www.sharkdivextreme.com.au
- Wilderness Sea N' Ski - https://travel.padi.com/dive-center/australia/wilderness-sea-n-ski/
- William Clarke College - https://www.wcc.nsw.edu.au