Sites commonly dived at night, when octopus, cuttlefish, crustaceans and sleeping reef fish come out. Many are sheltered shore or jetty dives.
17 sites
Perth · WA
A WWII landing craft and a sunken junk-style pleasure boat that together are the Swan River's most reliable seahorse…
Perth's classic easy shore and night dive: century-old pylons encrusted with sponges and corals that hold excellent…
Albany & Great Southern · WA
A granite bommie with seadragons, groper and colourful sponges, reached from the beach – good at night.
Perth's classic river macro and night dive, with seahorses on the pylons and weed at the Point Roe narrows.
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…
An intact, upright 51 m dredge in 12 m in the shelter of Cockburn Sound, with good fish life and a strong reputation as…
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.
Easy, shallow limestone patch reef in the sound – a dependable training and night dive.
An 800 m working jetty whose pylons are densely encrusted and full of macro life, with deeper, fish-filled structure at…
Easy sandy entry to granite island reef on the wild coast west of Albany – a good night dive on calm days.
A 1858 iron steamer lying 25 m off the beach in 3 m of water, with a 200 m trail of reef modules and sculptures running…
A quiet line of historic jetty pylons in 5–8 m off the CY O'Connor statue, with good macro life, seagrass edges and…
Perth's most-dived shore site: two light aircraft, small scuttled boats and steel structures joined by rope lines in…
Sheltered granite reef beside the HMAS Perth with pineapple fish and blue devils – one of Albany's best night dives.
Easy, uncrowded shore diving on granite reef and seagrass inside a scenic nature reserve, with leafy sea dragons and…
The last remnants of a playground-style artificial reef, now home to a group of unusually large lionfish.
A sheltered boulder-wall dive with a choice of sides for the wind, useful as a second dive after Ammo Jetty or as an…
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