Piers and jetties are some of Australia's best macro dives: leafy and weedy seadragons, seahorses, nudibranchs and octopus under the pylons, usually with easy entries and parking nearby.
21 sites
Perth · WA
Perth's classic easy shore and night dive: century-old pylons encrusted with sponges and corals that hold excellent…
Perth's classic river macro and night dive, with seahorses on the pylons and weed at the Point Roe narrows.
A sheltered industrial jetty with gently sloping pylons, heavy encrustation and some very large sea stars; a dependable…
Geographe Bay & Busselton · WA
A 1.8 km heritage jetty whose end is a forest of sponge- and coral-covered piles at 8 m, with an Underwater Observatory…
Thirteen WA artworks on the seabed at 8 m beside Busselton Jetty, visible to snorkellers and slowly becoming reef.
Esperance & Recherche Archipelago · WA
Leafy seadragons and a dedicated dive trail at the end of Esperance's new 415 m jetty, a short walk from the dive shop.
Ningaloo – Exmouth · WA
Consistently rated among the world's top pier dives: a Defence-protected forest of pylons packed with big groper,…
Margaret River & Augusta · WA
Calm, clear lagoon water with a jetty, stairs and pontoon at Augusta - easy family snorkelling.
Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands · WA
Macro life under harbour jetties and breakwaters – a fallback when the wind rules out other sites.
Large smooth and black stingrays and eagle rays gliding around the old jetty piles in waist-deep water.
A rough-weather option with surprisingly good walls of zoanthids and fan sponges, and plenty of inquisitive toadfish…
Turquoise Coast · WA
Free community snorkel trail of 70-plus reef balls around the old jetty piles – when not buried by sand.
An 800 m working jetty whose pylons are densely encrusted and full of macro life, with deeper, fish-filled structure at…
A very shallow, sheltered jetty suited to children's snorkelling and supervised first dives.
The mostly buried remains of an 1879 schooner beside the old Lockeville Jetty piles.
Albany & Great Southern · WA
Sheltered town beach with a heritage jetty, pontoon, shark barrier and full facilities.
A sheltered, easily reached jetty on the Rockingham foreshore with depth close to shore; best combined with the nearby…
A quiet line of historic jetty pylons in 5–8 m off the CY O'Connor statue, with good macro life, seagrass edges and…
A no-fishing tyre-module reef at the old Tanker Jetty's end – seadragons, seals and relaxed fish.
Pilbara & Dampier · WA
An easy macro dive on coral-covered pylons.
A tiny, clear and sheltered jetty in about 4 m that suits children and gentle macro snorkelling.
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