Deep & Technical Dives in Queensland

Dives beyond recreational limits or needing advanced training: deep wrecks, walls and caves. Technical notes cover gas, decompression and penetration considerations where known.

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Freshwater Lake/RiverMax 65 mShore

Lake Barrine

Atherton Tablelands · QLD

The Tablelands' largest crater lake – deep, rain-fed and rarely dived, beside a 1926 teahouse.

Technical (decompression)Intermediate

Freshwater Lake/RiverMax 65 mShore

Lake Eacham

Atherton Tablelands · QLD

A rainforest-fringed volcanic crater lake with sunken trees, turtles and submerged boats at 25 m – Queensland's classic…

Technical (decompression)Intermediate

ReefMax 55 m

Chardons Reef

Sunshine Coast · QLD

A deep open reef 9 km off Noosa in 30-55 m – a pelagic fishing ground, essentially undocumented as a dive.

Technical (decompression)Expert/Technical

ReefMax 50 m

Barwon Banks

Sunshine Coast · QLD

The Sunshine Coast's deep offshore bank: caves and ledges from 22 m, gorgonians and black coral, pelagic schools and…

Technical (decompression)Expert/Technical

WreckMax 44 m

Barcoola Wreck

Bundaberg & Agnes Water · QLD

A 1994 trawler in 44 m buried in baitfish, with big cod, gropers and bronze whalers – locals rate the fish life above…

Technical (decompression)Expert/Technical

WreckMax 43 m

St Paul Wreck

Brisbane & Moreton Bay · QLD

A 1912 French steamer lost with 18 lives in 1914, with twin boilers, engine and propeller intact at 38-43 m.

Technical (decompression)Expert/Technical

WreckMax 41 m

Althea 2 Wreck

Bundaberg & Agnes Water · QLD

An intact 1991 trawler alone on sand in 41 m, swarming with pelagics – remote and rarely visited.

Technical (decompression)Advanced

Pinnacle/BommieMax 40 mArea view

Advanced Bommie (Agincourt Reef)

Port Douglas · QLD

Two huge coral towers rising from 40 m with a deep gutter – one of the sharkiest spots on Agincourt.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

ReefMax 40 mArea view

Aladdin's Cave (Far Northern GBR)

Far Northern Reef & Torres Strait · QLD

Soft-coral walls and coral gardens, paired with the Stanley Island rock-art excursion.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 40 m

Cat Reef

Far Northern Reef & Torres Strait · QLD

Remote fan-covered walls with pelagics beside Tijou Reef.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

DriftMax 40 m

Comboyuro Point

Brisbane & Moreton Bay · QLD

A deep coffee-rock drift at the northern entrance to Moreton Bay with grey nurse sharks, estuary cod and pelagics.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Pinnacle/BommieMax 40 m

Cracker Jack

Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island · QLD

Vertical walls draped in soft corals, black coral and elephant-ear sponges, with late-summer glassfish clouds and pygmy…

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 40 m

Gary's Gut (Agincourt Reef 4)

Port Douglas · QLD

Dramatic 5–40 m wall with large fan corals and soft corals – the deepest dive on Agincourt 4.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 40 m

Great Detached Reef

Far Northern Reef & Torres Strait · QLD

Remote 46 km shelf-edge reef system with steep gorgonian walls, pinnacles from 60 m and pristine coral.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 40 mArea view

Middle Cay (Swain Reefs)

Swain Reefs · QLD

A deep drop-off hung with huge yellow and red gorgonian fans.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

ReefMax 40 m

Myrmidon Reef

Townsville & Magnetic Island · QLD

Outer-edge reef facing the Coral Sea with caves, canyons, walls and swim-throughs in 20–30 m visibility.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 40 mArea view

Snake Reef (Swain Reefs)

Swain Reefs · QLD

Deep, colourful Swains walls to 40 m with pelagic schools – for experienced divers only.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Sinkhole/CenoteMax 40 mArea view

The New Blue Hole (Pompey Complex)

Swain Reefs · QLD

A 100 m-wide blue hole with sheer walls reported to plunge to 90 m – an expedition-only dive.

Technical (decompression)Expert/Technical

Pinnacle/BommieMax 40 mArea view

The Pinnacles (Great Detached Reef)

Far Northern Reef & Torres Strait · QLD

Twin pinnacles from 60 m to 4 m and 14 m – silvertips, barracuda and a chance of whale sharks.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 40 m

Tijou Reef

Far Northern Reef & Torres Strait · QLD

Remote shelf-edge walls with large fans, soft corals and pelagics.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 40 m

Vertical Gardens

Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island · QLD

A fan- and soft-coral-covered wall likened to Osprey's North Horn, open only in rare calm windows.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

ReefMax 40 m

Wonderland

Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island · QLD

A big coral mound cut by ridges, channels and small caves, with leafy scorpionfish and cuttlefish.

Deep/Advanced + experienceIntermediate

WallMax 38 mArea view

Las Vegas

Brisbane & Moreton Bay · QLD

A deep, intricate rocky wall with good odds of big pelagic fish on clear days.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Pinnacle/BommieMax 38 m

Wolf Rock

Rainbow Beach · QLD

Australia's premier grey nurse shark dive and the only known gestation site for the east-coast population, with dozens…

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 36 m

Manta Ray Drop-off (Bait Reef)

Whitsundays & Bowen · QLD

Vertical wall dropping from 5 m into deep blue water, with fissures, a tunnel, gorgonian fans and winter manta rays.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Sinkhole/CenoteMax 35 mArea view

Cockatoo Reef Blue Hole (Pompey Complex)

Swain Reefs · QLD

A near-circular, coral-rimmed drowned sinkhole up to 295 m across and 40 m deep – one of the GBR's rare blue holes.

Deep/Advanced + experienceIntermediate

ReefMax 35 m

Flat Rock

North Stradbroke Island · QLD

A protected rock complex with four sites – coral gardens, turtle caves, a deep coral bowl and a winter grey nurse shark…

Deep/Advanced + experienceIntermediate

WreckMax 35 mArea view

FV Linda Jane Wreck

Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands · QLD

A little-known 35 m trawler wreck whose unpublished position has kept its big groper, red emperor and jewfish intact.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Pinnacle/BommieMax 35 m

Gannet Cay (Swain Reefs)

Swain Reefs · QLD

Fish-packed coral pinnacles to 35 m beneath a protected seabird rookery, with sharks and mantas.

Deep/Advanced + experienceIntermediate

ReefMax 35 mArea view

Horseshoe Reef (Swain Reefs)

Swain Reefs · QLD

The Swains' most varied reef: a big sheltered lagoon, deep walls to 35 m and a wreck site.

Deep/Advanced + experienceIntermediate

WreckMax 35 m

Lady Bowen wreck

Mission Beach & Cassowary Coast · QLD

An 1894 iron sailing ship, once a paddle steamer, sitting upright in 34 m and home to big groupers – the Cassowary…

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

ReefMax 35 m

Roberts Shoal

Brisbane & Moreton Bay · QLD

A 'ruined cathedral' of arches, spires and caves just off the Cape Moreton lighthouse.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 35 m

Shark Alley (Flat Rock)

North Stradbroke Island · QLD

Up to fifteen grey nurse sharks circling through two sandy channels in winter – one of the best shark dives in…

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WreckMax 35 m

SS Llewellyn Wreck

Mackay · QLD

An intact, soft-coral-covered 1884 government steamer lost with all 13 aboard in 1919 and found only in 1997 –…

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Pinnacle/BommieMax 35 m

Steve's Bommie

Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island · QLD

A legendary fish-magnet pinnacle with schooling trevally and barracuda plus superb macro and a memorial plaque.

Deep/Advanced + experienceIntermediate

ReefMax 35 m

Sunshine Reef

Sunshine Coast · QLD

Deeper boulder-and-coral reef off Sunshine Beach in 20-35 m with coral trout, crayfish and grey nurse sharks.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Artificial ReefMax 35 mArea view

Wild Banks Artificial Reef

Brisbane & Moreton Bay · QLD

Eleven-metre-tall steel fish caves in 35 m of blue water that draw pelagic fish – a freediving and fishing reef where…

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

ReefMax 34 m

The Bowl (Flat Rock)

North Stradbroke Island · QLD

A coral-lined basin that runs from a 10 m rim to 34 m, with turtles, groupers and seasonal sharks.

Deep/Advanced + experienceIntermediate

WreckMax 33 mArea view

FV Miss Shoalhaven Wreck

Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands · QLD

A decaying 1988 timber trawler at 33 m that has become a barracuda and ray magnet.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WreckMax 33 m

HMS Pandora wreck

Far Northern Reef & Torres Strait · QLD

The 1791 wreck of the Bounty-hunting frigate HMS Pandora – a permit-only historic shipwreck at 30–33 m.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

ReefMax 33 m

Murphys Reef

Sunshine Coast · QLD

The quieter third reef system off Mooloolaba – ledges and bommies in 12-33 m with fewer divers than the Gneerings.

Deep/Advanced + experienceIntermediate

ReefMax 32 m

Cod Hole

Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island · QLD

Diver-sized potato cod that approach to within centimetres; coral ridges, sand arena and deeper fans with pygmy…

Deep/Advanced + experienceBeginner

Pinnacle/BommieMax 32 m

Middle Reef (Straddie)

North Stradbroke Island · QLD

An 'underwater Ayers Rock' rising from 32 m to 9 m, home to two resident Queensland groupers.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

ReefMax 32 m

Rooney Point Snail Mounds (K'gari)

Hervey Bay & K'gari · QLD

Rare vermetid snail mounds at 28-32 m off K'gari's north-western tip, riddled with holes and full of fish – identified…

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WreckMax 30 m

Cetacea Wreck

Bundaberg & Agnes Water · QLD

A tiny 13 m trawler in 30 m carrying at least 40 estuary cod plus gropers, cobia and big rays.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Pinnacle/BommieMax 30 m

Outer Rock (Bustard Head)

Bundaberg & Agnes Water · QLD

A tide-swept offshore rock off Bustard Head in 20-30 m where bronze whalers and tiger sharks hunt – usually paired with…

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 24 m

Wistari 2 (Wistari Reef)

Heron Island & Capricorn Group · QLD

A deep wall dive from a 24 m mooring, looking out into the blue for rays, sharks and pelagics.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WreckDepth not publishedArea view

Shannon II Wreck

Bundaberg & Agnes Water · QLD

An 18.6 m fibreglass trawler lost in 2004 near the Barcoola – rarely dived and poorly documented.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced