Sites commonly dived at night, when octopus, cuttlefish, crustaceans and sleeping reef fish come out. Many are sheltered shore or jetty dives.
8 sites
Christmas Island · External Territory
A sheer, effectively bottomless wall reached from the beach, with trevally, reef sharks and seasonal whale sharks.
Coral Sea · External Territory
A coral village of huge bommies with a centuries-old anchor in a swim-through, flashlight fish at night and a sheer…
WWII history in 5–18 m: the broken-up Norwegian freighter Eidsvold, torpedoed in Flying Fish Cove in 1942, now…
Arguably Australia's best shore dive: a pristine coral slope and wall 50 m from the car park, endemic and hybrid reef…
Caves along Osprey's walls, especially good in the late afternoon and at night.
A macro-rich slope with giant Acropora and feather stars, ribbon eels and Spanish dancers – the island's favourite boat…
A dense garden eel colony and easy shallow reef right off the beach; the island's go-to training and night dive.
Shallow bommies on sand at the Holmes overnight mooring – excellent visibility by day and a superb night dive.
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