Deep & Technical Dives in Tasmania

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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WreckMax 72 mArea view

SS Tasman

Tasman Peninsula · TAS

Rarely seen 1883 steamer at 70 m beneath the Hippolyte Needle – a serious technical expedition target.

Technical (decompression)Expert/Technical

IslandMax 65 m

Hippolyte Rocks

Tasman Peninsula · TAS

Remote seal-colony islets with bull kelp shallows, sponge reefs from 30 m and huge fish schools.

Technical (decompression)Advanced

Pinnacle/BommieMax 65 mArea view

The Needle (Hippolyte)

Tasman Peninsula · TAS

Current-swept sponge pinnacle that sank the SS Tasman; one of Tasmania's most dramatic deep dives.

Technical (decompression)Expert/Technical

Pinnacle/BommieMax 50 mArea view

5 Mile Reef (North-West)

Tasmania North & North-West · TAS

Up to 30 m visibility on a deep offshore bommie full of pelagics.

Technical (decompression)Expert/Technical

WallMax 50 m

Cape Pillar

Tasman Peninsula · TAS

Sheer columnar walls under a 300 m cape at the edge of the Southern Ocean, with superb clarity.

Technical (decompression)Advanced

Pinnacle/BommieMax 45 m

Sisters Rocks

Tasman Peninsula · TAS

Vertical walls that bloom with sponges, sea whips and anemones below 30 m; regarded as one of Australia's best…

Technical (decompression)Advanced

WreckMax 42 m

SS Nord

Tasman Peninsula · TAS

Intact 88 m steamer upright at 42 m, cloaked in colour and fish; rated among Australia's best wreck dives.

Technical (decompression)Advanced

WallMax 40 m

Cape Hauy / The Candlestick

Tasman Peninsula · TAS

Diving beneath the Candlestick and Totem Pole – columnar dolerite walls in clean oceanic water.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 40 m

Cape Sonnerat (Schouten Island)

Tasmania East Coast · TAS

Rated 10/10 by the regional guide: granite caverns at 30-40 m lit by a flue-like opening, with clouds of butterfly…

Deep/Advanced + experienceExpert/Technical

WallMax 40 m

Deep Glen Bay North Wall

Tasman Peninsula · TAS

Colourful sponge and sea-whip wall that is the fallback when the Sisters are blown out, with seals and seadragons.

Deep/Advanced + experienceIntermediate

IslandMax 40 m

Lemon Rock (Wineglass Bay)

Tasmania East Coast · TAS

A remote granite islet at the mouth of Wineglass Bay with a sheer drop to 40 m and clouds of butterfly perch.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Pinnacle/BommieMax 40 m

Mistaken Cape (Maria Island)

Tasmania East Coast · TAS

An expedition dive on Maria Island's eastern tip: 15 m walls of yellow zoanthids and spires in exceptionally clear…

Deep/Advanced + experienceExpert/Technical

Pinnacle/BommieMax 40 m

Mount Everest (Bicheno)

Tasmania East Coast · TAS

A mound rising from 40 m to 5 m - a whole vertical profile in one dive and a colourful safety stop after The Castle.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Kelp ForestMax 40 m

Munro Bight

Tasman Peninsula · TAS

Giant kelp and walls beneath Australia's tallest sea cliffs, with seals – often paired with the Nord.

Deep/Advanced + experienceIntermediate

IslandMax 40 m

Tasman Island

Tasman Peninsula · TAS

Remote island wall under the Tasman Island lighthouse with deep-water sponges, seals and clean Southern Ocean water.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Cave/CavernMax 40 m

The Castle (Bicheno)

Tasmania East Coast · TAS

A 30 m tunnel between two granite boulders at 25 m, packed with crayfish and lined with sea whips and zoanthids.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

IslandMax 40 m

The Friars (Bruny Island)

Bruny Island & D'Entrecasteaux Channel · TAS

Remote volcanic islets with swim-throughs, seals and clean Southern Ocean water off Bruny's southern tip.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 40 m

The Hairy Wall

Tasmania East Coast · TAS

A long granite drop-off bristling with sea whips, often with the clearest water in the reserve.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Pinnacle/BommieMax 40 m

The Thumbs

Tasman Peninsula · TAS

Deep wall under striking rock formations with sea whips and sponge gardens from 25 m.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

ReefMax 40 mArea view

The Trident

Tasman Peninsula · TAS

Deep reef with massive sponges and overhangs from Go Dive Tasmania's site list.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Pinnacle/BommieMax 40 mArea view

Twin Peaks (Sundial Caves)

Tasman Peninsula · TAS

Twin spires with a 35 m swim-through, a cave maze and deep sponge and gorgonian gardens.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Pinnacle/BommieMax 39 m

Golden Bommies

Tasmania East Coast · TAS

Twin 10 m bommies smothered in yellow zoanthids and sea whips rising from sand at 39 m; huge schools of butterfly perch…

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 37 m

The Canyon (Bicheno)

Tasmania East Coast · TAS

A 20 m-wide canyon with a 15 m sponge-covered wall, boulder swim-throughs and the local masked garden gnome.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

ReefMax 36 m

The Rose Garden (Bicheno)

Tasmania East Coast · TAS

A 100 m-plus strip of boulders covered in every colour of sponge - one of the most photogenic invertebrate gardens in…

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 35 m

Cape Surville

Tasman Peninsula · TAS

Steep wall under Cape Surville with yellow anemone patches; a quieter alternative to the nearby Sisters.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Shore/Rock PlatformMax 35 mShore

George Town Sponge Gardens

Tasmania North & North-West · TAS

Spectacular current-fed sponge gardens reachable from the shore at George Town.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WreckMax 35 m

SS Lake Illawarra

Hobart & Derwent · TAS

Tasmania's largest shipwreck lying beneath the Tasman Bridge span it brought down in 1975 – a dark, historically…

Wreck specialty recommendedExpert/Technical

Pinnacle/BommieMax 35 m

Trap Reef

Tasmania East Coast · TAS

Kelp-lined gutters on a pinnacle just outside the harbour, with good schooling fish.

Deep/Advanced + experienceIntermediate

WreckMax 34 mArea view

SS Musgrave (Betsey Island)

Hobart & Derwent · TAS

The graveyard's deepest wreck – an anemone-encrusted 1883 stern with its steering quadrant at 34 m.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WallMax 33 m

Magic Garden (Bicheno)

Tasmania East Coast · TAS

A full-height granite wall with an undercut cave system and tunnels lined with delicate invertebrates.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

ReefMax 33 m

Paradise Reef

Tasmania East Coast · TAS

A two-sided sponge and sea-whip reef that gives deep-site colour at more moderate depths.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Pinnacle/BommieMax 32 m

The Steps (Bicheno)

Tasmania East Coast · TAS

A stepped bommie with a chimney, dropping from 6 m to 32 m.

Deep/Advanced + experienceIntermediate

Pinnacle/BommieMax 30 m

Barrel Rock (Tamar)

Tasmania North & North-West · TAS

Dense, current-fed sponge growth on a beacon-marked rock in the Tamar channel.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WreckMax 30 mArea view

The Seal (Don Heads wreck)

Tasmania North & North-West · TAS

A deep, rarely visited wreck off Don Heads, home to resident cod.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

WreckMax 24 m

Loch Finlas (Fosters Island Reef)

Tasmania North-East · TAS

Rated 9/10: a relatively intact 1885 iron ship with a canted bow and counter stern at 19-24 m.

Wreck specialty recommendedExpert/Technical

DriftMax 15 m

Hells Gates (Macquarie Harbour)

Tasmania West Coast · TAS

The infamous entrance to Macquarie Harbour, with two shallow historic wrecks on its spits.

Advanced Open WaterExpert/Technical

WreckMax 9 m

Mayfield (Swan Island wreck)

Tasmania North-East · TAS

The largest sailing ship wrecked in Tasmania - a 2285-ton steel four-master off Swan Island.

Wreck specialty recommendedExpert/Technical

WreckMax 4 m

SS Kawatiri (Hells Gates)

Tasmania West Coast · TAS

A tragic 1907 wreck on the shoal that bears its name, periodically uncovered by shifting sand.

Advanced Open WaterExpert/Technical

Cave/CavernDepth not publishedShore

Kubla Khan Cave Sump (Mole Creek)

Tasmania Freshwater & Caves · TAS

Site of Tasmania's first cave dive (1959) - a 1.1 km zero-visibility sump, for expedition cave divers only.

Cave/Cavern certificationExpert/Technical