Sites commonly dived at night, when octopus, cuttlefish, crustaceans and sleeping reef fish come out. Many are sheltered shore or jetty dives.
23 sites
Yorke Peninsula · SA
The quickest Yorke Peninsula jetty dive from Adelaide – shallow, easy and full of crabs, pike and rays under the piles.
Limestone Coast · SA
A sheltered 772 m jetty in Rivoli Bay – easy pylon diving and night dives when the open Limestone Coast is blown out.
Eyre Peninsula · SA
An easy shallow day or night dive in the last town before the Nullarbor, with critters in the old debris.
Arguably Australia's best jetty dive: 150-year-old piles smothered in sponge and ascidian growth hosting anglerfish,…
A sheltered, lit steamer-era jetty in near-enclosed Waterloo Bay – Elliston's all-weather day or night dive.
Adelaide Metro · SA
Wobbegongs almost guaranteed among historic concrete mooring blocks in 5 m, and one of the best night and muck dives…
An easy city night dive among jetty piles and debris, with cuttlefish, octopus and nudibranchs.
Kangaroo Island · SA
Leafy seadragons, seahorses and giant cuttlefish under an easy town jetty – Kangaroo Island's reliable fall-back dive.
Port Lincoln's deeper shore dive – a colourful 12 m reef with often good visibility beside Kirton Point.
A shallow, easy jetty dive with gorgonians beside the ferry terminal – best at night.
The lower Yorke Peninsula's go-to sheltered dive and a first-class night dive, with pyjama squid, slipper lobsters and…
A 417 m 1911 jetty with prolific cowfish, anglerfish, seahorses and weedy seadragons – one of SA's best macro and night…
An easy, colourful town jetty dive in Port Lincoln – ideal for a check-out or night dive between shark and sea lion…
South Australia's most popular shore dive: a sheltered reef lagoon reached by jetty stairs, with an underwater trail,…
A short, pretty jetty dive in a historic windjammer port, best on easterly days, and the base for the Wardang Island…
Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA
South Australia's signature leafy seadragon site, entered by an easy staircase from the new jetty into shallow seagrass…
An easy, sheltered town jetty dive for anyone staying in Stansbury, with typical Gulf St Vincent jetty macro life.
Clear-water jetty with basket stars and gorgonians rarely seen elsewhere on the peninsula, an upturned Ford Telstar and…
A sheltered shallow jetty in a remote west-coast town – base for Point Labatt sea lions (viewing) and Baird Bay swims.
Whyalla & Upper Spencer Gulf · SA
The Eyre Peninsula's leafy seadragon jetty, with large leafies camouflaged in the weed and colourful piles – an easy…
An easy, sheltered village jetty dive on the swell-exposed west coast – day or night.
A well-kept macro secret on one of Australia's longest jetties, with dense nudibranch life and colourful growth on the…
One of the most reliable leafy seadragon sites in South Australia, in water so shallow a single tank can last well over…
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