Remote & Rarely Dived Sites in Western Australia
Expedition sites and places few divers ever see: Coral Sea atolls, the Rowley Shoals, far-north reefs and wild southern coastlines. Expect liveaboards, long boat rides or self-organised trips.
225 sites · the first 48 shown as cards, the rest listed by state below
Western Australia 177
- Coral Garden (Mindarie) · Max 21 m · Perth
- Coral Patches (Pelsaert Group) · Max 17 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Cosy Corner Offshore Reefs · Max 15 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Cowaramup Bay · Max 25 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Crayfish Gully (Mindarie) · Max 20 m · Perth
- Crocodile Cove (Lake Argyle) · Max 10 m · Broome & Kimberley
- Crown of England · Max 9 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Cumberland Wreck · Max 8 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Cupcakes (Clerke Reef) · Max 50 m · Rowley Shoals
- Dewy Ledge (Mindarie) · Max 20 m · Perth
- Direction Island · Max 3 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Disaster Rock · Max 25 m · Broome & Kimberley
- Drummond Cove · Max 10 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Duke of Orleans Bay & Wharton Beach · Max 15 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Dunsborough Artificial Reef · Max 27 m · Geographe Bay & Busselton
- Dunster Castle Wreck (Stokes Inlet) · Max 5 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Eagle Bay Coral Bommies · Max 15 m · Geographe Bay & Busselton
- Eagle Bluff (Shark Bay) · Max 5 m · Kalbarri & Shark Bay
- Easter Group – Rat Island & Little Sandy Island · Max 15 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Eco Beach Reef · Max 8 m · Broome & Kimberley
- Eddystone · Max 8 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Eel Creek (Clerke Reef) · Max 20 m · Rowley Shoals
- Eglinton Wreck · Max 8 m · Perth
- Europa Wreck (Three Breaks Reef) · Max 14 m · Turquoise Coast
- Falcon Bay · Depth not published · Mandurah & Peel
- Fish Eyes (Black Point, Bremer Bay) · Max 16 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Five Fathom Bank & Seaward Reef · Max 20 m · Perth
- Football Field (King George Sound) · Max 66 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Gantheaume Point to Riddell Point Reef · Max 10 m · Broome & Kimberley
- Garden Island (Defence restricted) · Depth not published · Perth
- Gem Wreck · Max 6 m · Rottnest Island
- Georgette Wreck (Redgate Beach) · Max 5 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Geraldton Harbour Breakwater & Jetties · Max 8 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Gordon's Grotto (Mindarie) · Max 15 m · Perth
- Great Australian Bight (Thevenard) · Max 8 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Greg's Grotto · Max 14 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Gregories & Bottle Bay (Francois Peron NP) · Max 4 m · Kalbarri & Shark Bay
- Grouper Gully (Mindarie) · Max 20 m · Perth
- Gudrun Wreck (Cape Peron) · Max 6 m · Kalbarri & Shark Bay
- Gunton Island · Max 35 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Hadda Wreck (Beacon Island) · Max 6 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Half Moon Reef (Pelsaert Group) · Max 25 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Hamelin Island · Max 9 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Hamelin Island NE Bommie · Max 15 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Hamersley Shoal · Max 20 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Highland Forest Wreck · Max 8 m · Perth
- HMAS Plym (Montebello Islands) · Max 12 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Horrocks Beach Reefs · Max 20 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Ian's Cave Reef (Mindarie) · Max 20 m · Perth
- Imperieuse Reef · Max 40 m · Rowley Shoals
- Indicators (Canal Rocks) · Max 30 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Israelite Bay · Max 10 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- J P Webb Wreck (Ledge Point) · Max 4 m · Turquoise Coast
- Jack's Patch · Max 27 m · Rottnest Island
- Jackson's Rock · Max 18 m · Rottnest Island
- James Service Wreck · Max 9 m · Mandurah & Peel
- Jervoise Bay Groyne & Boat Ramps · Max 10 m · Perth
- Jimmy Goes to China · Max 40 m · Rowley Shoals
- Kilcarnup · Max 6 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- King Reef (Exmouth Artificial Reef) · Max 17 m · Ningaloo – Exmouth
- Kingfisher Wreck (Princess Royal Harbour) · Max 3 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Kingston Spit · Max 18 m · Rottnest Island
- Kiryo Maru I Wreck · Max 9 m · Rottnest Island
- Lacepede Islands · Max 15 m · Broome & Kimberley
- Lady Lyttleton Wreck (Emu Point Channel) · Max 13 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Lapwing Wreck (Long Island) · Max 32 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Leeman & Fishermans Islands · Max 12 m · Turquoise Coast
- Lighthouse Passage & Hell's Gates (Geraldton) · Max 18 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Lion Island · Max 15 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Long Island (Recherche) · Max 30 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Long Island (Wallabi Group) · Max 15 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Long Jetty (Rockingham) · Max 4.5 m · Perth
- Lubra Wreck (Jurien Bay) · Max 4 m · Turquoise Coast
- Lygnern & Samuel Plimsoll Wrecks · Max 8 m · Perth
- Magistrates Rock · Max 30 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Mandalay Wreck (Mandalay Beach, Walpole) · Max 2 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Mandurah Artificial Reef · Max 25 m · Mandurah & Peel
- Manfred Wreck (Lacepede Islands) · Max 4 m · Broome & Kimberley
- Mary Wreck (Lockeville Jetty) · Max 3 m · Geographe Bay & Busselton
- Maud's Landing · Max 6 m · Ningaloo – Coral Bay
- Mayhill Wreck (Geraldton) · Max 6 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Mermaid Caves · Max 20 m · Rowley Shoals
- Mermaid Wall · Max 40 m · Rowley Shoals
- Minis & Mighties (Clerke Reef) · Max 50 m · Rowley Shoals
- Mira Flores Wreck · Max 10 m · Rottnest Island
- Mistaken Island · Max 12 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Miwok II Barge · Max 11 m · Rottnest Island
- Monkey Rock (Steep Point) · Max 25 m · Kalbarri & Shark Bay
- Montebello Islands – North West Island Drop-off · Max 30 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Montebello Islands Lagoons · Max 20 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Montgomery Reef · Max 10 m · Broome & Kimberley
- Morley Island Dive Trail · Max 25 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Murra-El-Elevyn Cave · Max 20 m · Nullarbor Caves
- Murray Reefs · Max 8 m · Mandurah & Peel
- Mushroom Reef · Max 8 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Mutton Bird Island (Albany) · Max 12 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Naturaliste Reef · Max 50 m · Geographe Bay & Busselton
- North Beach (Perth) · Max 10 m · Perth
- North Point Hole · Max 26 m · Rottnest Island
- Observatory Point (Esperance) · Max 8 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Olwolgin Cave · Max 15 m · Nullarbor Caves
- Opera House · Max 31 m · Rottnest Island
- Palm Beach Jetty (Rockingham) · Max 15 m · Perth
- Pannikin Bay Airstrip (Lake Argyle) · Max 15 m · Broome & Kimberley
- Pannikin Plains Cave · Max 40 m · Nullarbor Caves
- Paul's Point (Mindarie) · Max 20 m · Perth
- Peaceful Bay (Walpole) · Max 8 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Pelsaert Island & Drop-off · Max 25 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Plectropoma Pass · Depth not published · Rowley Shoals
- Porpoise Bay Caves · Max 15 m · Rottnest Island
- Quarry Bay · Max 5 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Rankin Road · Max 20 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Rapid · Max 5 m · Ningaloo – Coral Bay
- Raven Wreck · Max 7 m · Rottnest Island
- Red Bluff (Kalbarri) · Max 5 m · Kalbarri & Shark Bay
- Remark Island & Frederick Island · Max 50 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Rob's Bommie · Max 6 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Roberts Point (Mandurah) · Max 5 m · Mandurah & Peel
- Rocky Bay (Swan River) · Max 8.5 m · Perth
- Roebuck Bay Flying Boat Wrecks (deep-water Catalinas) · Max 14 m · Broome & Kimberley
- Roebuck Deeps · Max 40 m · Broome & Kimberley
- Rolland Passage (Easter Group) · Max 30 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Rottnest Ships' Graveyard · Max 200 m · Rottnest Island
- Salmon Bay Unidentified Wreck · Max 26 m · Rottnest Island
- Salmon Holes (Torndirrup) · Max 8 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Sandra's (Dillon Bay, Bremer Bay) · Max 18 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Sandy Hook Island · Max 30 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Sandy Point Sanctuary Zone (Dirk Hartog Island) · Max 8 m · Kalbarri & Shark Bay
- Scott Reef · Max 40 m · Broome & Kimberley
- Sepia Wreck · Max 15 m · Perth
- Seringapatam Reef · Max 40 m · Broome & Kimberley
- Sheer Delight (Clerke Reef) · Depth not published · Rowley Shoals
- Skippy Rock · Max 6 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Snapper Peak (Mindarie) · Max 20 m · Perth
- South Mole & Bathers Beach · Max 7 m · Perth
- South Park (Clerke Reef) · Depth not published · Rowley Shoals
- South Tomi Wreck · Max 25 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- SS Fin · Max 2 m · Ningaloo – Coral Bay
- SS Mildura Wreck · Max 4 m · Ningaloo – Exmouth
- SS Pericles Wreck · Max 35 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Stefano · Max 12 m · Ningaloo – Coral Bay
- Sugarloaf Rock · Max 22 m · Geographe Bay & Busselton
- Sultan's Reef · Max 14 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Surf Point Sanctuary Zone (Dirk Hartog Island) · Max 8 m · Kalbarri & Shark Bay
- Swirl Rock · Max 37 m · Broome & Kimberley
- Tantabiddi North Reef Break · Max 15 m · Ningaloo – Exmouth
- The 23 Metre Ledge (Mindarie) · Max 23 m · Perth
- The Bat Cave (Clerke Reef) · Max 50 m · Rowley Shoals
- The Bommie (Rowley Shoals) · Depth not published · Rowley Shoals
- The Clipper (Maranda, Graveyard Site 06) · Max 65 m · Rottnest Island
- The Coombe Deep Wrecks (Swan River) · Max 22 m · Perth
- The Honeycombs (Canal Rocks) · Max 6 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- The Wall (Mindarie) · Max 21 m · Perth
- Thevenard Island Pier · Max 4 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Thistle Cove (Cape Le Grand) · Max 8 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Thomas Island & Cape Le Grand Islands · Max 30 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Thornliebank Wreck (Graveyard Site 44) · Max 46 m · Rottnest Island
- Tommy Grahams Cave · Max 36 m · Nullarbor Caves
- Tourist Rock (Cheynes Beach) · Max 13 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Trap Reef · Max 13 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Tryall Wreck (Tryal Rocks) · Max 8 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Two Fold Bay Wreck · Max 12 m · Perth
- Two Peoples Bay · Max 15 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Vergulde Draeck Wreck (Gilt Dragon) · Max 8 m · Turquoise Coast
- Villalta Wreck (Seabird) · Max 3 m · Turquoise Coast
- Ville de Rouen Wreck · Max 9 m · Perth
- Waikiki Beach Artificial Reef Remnants · Max 15 m · Perth
- Weebubbie Cave · Max 40 m · Nullarbor Caves
- Wells Park Jetty · Max 4 m · Perth
- West End Reefs · Max 30 m · Rottnest Island
- Whale Rock (Broome) · Max 18 m · Broome & Kimberley
- Whitfords Rock (Marmion) · Depth not published · Perth
- Xantho Wreck (Port Gregory) · Max 5 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Zedora Wreck · Max 5 m · Perth
- Zeewijk Wreck (Half Moon Reef) · Max 8 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Zuytdorp Wreck · Max 10 m · Kalbarri & Shark Bay
- Zvir · Max 10 m · Ningaloo – Coral Bay