Offshore Dive Sites in South Australia

Islands, pinnacles, seamounts and reefs 10 km or more from the coast, plus the liveaboard-only reefs of the Coral Sea, the Rowley Shoals and the outer Great Barrier Reef. Expect clearer water, bigger animals, longer boat rides and weather cancellations.

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IslandMax 22 m

Neptune Islands – Great White Shark Cage Diving

Eyre Peninsula · SA

Australia's only licensed great white shark cage diving, beside the country's largest fur seal colony – surface cages…

Advanced Open WaterBeginner

IslandMax 30 m

Pearson Island

Eyre Peninsula · SA

Granite blocks dropping beyond 30 m in exceptionally clear water at one of SA's most remote islands, with harlequin…

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

IslandDepth not published

Dangerous Reef

Eyre Peninsula · SA

The historic white shark cage-diving and filming site of the 1970s, now a protected pinniped breeding colony with no…

Snorkel/AnyAdvanced

IslandMax 30 m

Hopkins Island – Australian Sea Lions

Eyre Peninsula · SA

Playful, endangered Australian sea lions spinning around snorkellers in a clear, shallow cove, plus a 30 m-to-4 m…

Advanced Open WaterBeginner

IslandMax 50 m

Wedge Island

Yorke Peninsula · SA

Remote island with 150 m cliffs, walls and drifts to 50 m and Shark Cove's undercut ledge and tunnel through North…

Technical (decompression)Advanced

WallMax 25 m

Wedge Island – West Bay

Yorke Peninsula · SA

Sheer walls, deep ledges and boulder crevices with leafy seadragons and catsharks at one of SA's most remote island…

Advanced Open WaterAdvanced

IslandMax 12 m

Stickney Island

Eyre Peninsula · SA

A shallow reef honeycombed with caves and crevices full of gorgonians, soft corals, blue devils and boarfish in the Sir…

Open WaterIntermediate

IslandMax 20 m

Grindal Island – Sea Lions

Eyre Peninsula · SA

An alternative sea lion swim venue in Lincoln National Park, with boulder bommies and swim-throughs on its south-side…

Advanced Open WaterIntermediate

IslandMax 20 m

Spilsby Island

Eyre Peninsula · SA

The largest island of the Sir Joseph Banks Group, with clear water, rich fish life on south-east reefs and a sheltered…

Advanced Open WaterIntermediate

IslandMax 20 m

Topgallant Island

Eyre Peninsula · SA

Rarely dived walls and gutters to 20 m in clear Bight water off Elliston.

Advanced Open WaterAdvanced

Artificial ReefMax 20 m

Ardrossan Barge

Yorke Peninsula · SA

A 1911 Sydney-built hopper barge scuttled in 1984 as a fish haven beside the protected Zanoni – no permit required and…

Advanced Open WaterAdvanced

WreckMax 18 m

Zanoni Wreck

Yorke Peninsula · SA

One of Australia's best-preserved 19th-century composite sailing ships, lying intact on her side in 18 m with masts,…

Advanced Open WaterAdvanced

WreckMax 39 m

AV Ulonga Wreck

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

A 1910 Murray paddle steamer turned coastal schooner, lost in 1976, sitting upright in 38 m with a Chrysler Valiant…

Technical (decompression)Expert/Technical

WreckMax 20 m

John Robb Wreck

Adelaide Metro · SA

A rarely visited, broken-up 1879 Port Adelaide-built vessel far offshore, with its bow still recognisable.

Advanced Open WaterAdvanced

IslandMax 30 m

The Pages

Kangaroo Island · SA

Pristine walls and big fish schools around sea lion islets in the middle of Backstairs Passage.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

ReefMax 9 m

Tipara Reef and San Miguel Wreck

Yorke Peninsula · SA

A barely submerged reef 14 km off Moonta with the 1865 San Miguel wreck – a time capsule of copper-mining cargo and…

Open WaterIntermediate

WreckMax 11 m

Degei Wreck

Eyre Peninsula · SA

An intact 1940 trawler on her side in 10-11 m, covered in gorgonians and soft corals and patrolled by boarfish – Port…

Open WaterBeginner

WreckMax 13 m

Eleni K Wreck

Eyre Peninsula · SA

An upright 134.6 m WWII Liberty ship in 11-13 m with her bridge 2 m below the surface – one of South Australia's best…

Open WaterIntermediate

WreckMax 22 m

Leeton Tug Wreck

Whyalla & Upper Spencer Gulf · SA

A small scuttled tug in 22 m in the Whyalla shipping channel – a slack-water, fish-rich challenge.

Advanced Open WaterAdvanced

WreckMax 4 m

SS Investigator Wreck

Yorke Peninsula · SA

Anchor and propeller of an 1882 steamer lying in just 3-4 m – ideal for snorkellers and new divers on the Wardang trail.

Open WaterBeginner

WreckMax 4 m

Aagot Wreck

Yorke Peninsula · SA

Scattered iron barque remains among the rocks of Wardang Island's wild western shore – an atmospheric snorkel on flat…

Open WaterIntermediate

WreckMax 2 m

Monarch Wreck

Yorke Peninsula · SA

Scattered timbers of an 1871 wooden schooner in 2 m on Wardang Island's southern shore – a snorkel between deeper wreck…

Snorkel/AnyBeginner

WreckMax 6 m

Notre Dame d'Arvor Wreck

Yorke Peninsula · SA

Burnt remains of a French grain barque that ran aground in 1920 – a shallow, poignant snorkel on the Wardang trail.

Open WaterBeginner

WreckMax 12 m

SS Australian Wreck

Yorke Peninsula · SA

A flattened but extensive 1879 Dundee-built steam coaster with a detached boiler and prolific fish, lying next to the…

Open WaterBeginner

WreckMax 10 m

SS MacIntyre Wreck

Yorke Peninsula · SA

A converted river barge turned coastal steamer, lost in 1927 a short swim from the SS Australian – an easy two-wreck…

Open WaterBeginner