Seadragon Dive Sites in South Australia

Weedy seadragons from Port Stephens to Geraldton and leafy seadragons in South Australia and southern WA: the piers of the Mornington Peninsula, Kurnell, Rapid Bay, Second Valley, Tinderbox and dozens of kelp-edge shore dives.

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Jetty/PierMax 9 mShore

Edithburgh Jetty

Yorke Peninsula · SA

Arguably Australia's best jetty dive: 150-year-old piles smothered in sponge and ascidian growth hosting anglerfish,…

Open WaterBeginner

ReefMax 20 mShore

Port Noarlunga Reef & Jetty

Adelaide Metro · SA

South Australia's most popular shore dive: a sheltered reef lagoon reached by jetty stairs, with an underwater trail,…

Advanced Open WaterBeginner

Jetty/PierMax 10 mShore

Rapid Bay Jetty

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

South Australia's signature leafy seadragon site, entered by an easy staircase from the new jetty into shallow seagrass…

Open WaterBeginner

Jetty/PierMax 8 mShore

Kingscote Jetty

Kangaroo Island · SA

Leafy seadragons, seahorses and giant cuttlefish under an easy town jetty – Kangaroo Island's reliable fall-back dive.

Open WaterBeginner

Jetty/PierMax 7 mShore

Port Hughes Jetty

Yorke Peninsula · SA

A 417 m 1911 jetty with prolific cowfish, anglerfish, seahorses and weedy seadragons – one of SA's best macro and night…

Open WaterBeginner

Shore/Rock PlatformMax 9 mShore

Second Valley

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

Small caves and a right-angled swim-through in folded cliffs, with occasional seadragons, at one of the Fleurieu's most…

Open WaterIntermediate

Jetty/PierMax 5 mShore

Second Valley Jetty

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

A shallow, easy jetty and seagrass site with a good chance of leafy seadragons, ideal for snorkellers and new divers.

Snorkel/AnyBeginner

Shore/Rock PlatformMax 18 mShore

The Bluff (Rosetta Head)

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

Arguably the most reliable leafy seadragon dive in South Australia, among stacked granite boulders below a historic…

Open WaterIntermediate

Jetty/PierMax 5 mShore

Wool Bay Jetty

Yorke Peninsula · SA

One of the most reliable leafy seadragon sites in South Australia, in water so shallow a single tank can last well over…

Open WaterBeginner

ReefMax 10 mShore

Ballast Head

Kangaroo Island · SA

A sheltered, little-documented headland reef in Nepean Bay near Kingscote.

Open WaterBeginner

ReefMax 6 mShoreArea view

Beachport – Post Office Rock

Limestone Coast · SA

Shallow ledged limestone reef with seadragons and rock lobster, a short walk from Beachport.

Open WaterIntermediate

Jetty/PierMax 7 mShore

Beachport Jetty

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.

Open WaterBeginner

ReefMax 14 mShore

Black's Reef (Encounter Bay)

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

A large reef and bommie field behind the Bluff where seadragons are regularly seen, away from the shore-dive crowds.

Open WaterIntermediate

ReefMax 12 m

Cape Jaffa – Margaret Brock Reef

Limestone Coast · SA

A vast shallow reef around the old Cape Jaffa lighthouse platform – seadragons, sanctuary lobster and five historic…

Open WaterIntermediate

WallMax 40 m

Cape Torrens

Kangaroo Island · SA

Deep drop-offs covered in gorgonians and zoanthids beneath South Australia's highest coastal cliffs.

Deep/Advanced + experienceAdvanced

Jetty/PierMax 7 mShore

Emu Bay Jetty

Kangaroo Island · SA

A quiet, sheltered north-coast jetty with weedy seadragons and cuttlefish over white sand.

Open WaterBeginner

Artificial ReefMax 18 m

Grange Tyre Reef

Adelaide Metro · SA

An old Fisheries Department tyre reef 4 km off Grange where weedy seadragons are occasionally seen.

Open WaterIntermediate

ReefMax 6 mShore

Hog Bay – Frenchmans Rock Reef

Kangaroo Island · SA

An easy reef snorkel in front of the Frenchmans Rock monument, a short walk from the ferry.

Snorkel/AnyBeginner

ReefMax 12 m

Kangaroo Head

Kangaroo Island · SA

One of Kangaroo Island's best leafy seadragon reefs, at an easy 9 m.

Open WaterIntermediate

ReefMax 8 mShoreArea view

King George Beach

Kangaroo Island · SA

A remote north-coast reef with longsnout boarfish and herring cale, reached by 4WD along the beach.

Open WaterIntermediate

Shore/Rock PlatformMax 8 mShore

Kings Beach (Victor Harbor)

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

A rugged, scenic southern-coast beach below Kings Head, diveable only on rare calm days.

Open WaterAdvanced

WreckMax 7 mShoreArea view

Kingscote – Fanny M Wreck and Nepean Bay Reef

Kangaroo Island · SA

Anchors and timbers of the 1884 barque Fanny M hidden in a sheltered weedy reef off Kingscote.

Open WaterBeginner

ReefMax 8 mShore

Lasseter's Reef

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

A compact kelp-covered dome off Second Valley surrounded by seagrass where leafy seadragons are resident.

Open WaterIntermediate

Muck/SandMax 5 mShore

Normanville Jetty & Seagrass

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

A hectare of shallow seagrass with at least 20 syngnathid species, including rare pipefish found almost nowhere else.

Snorkel/AnyBeginner

Jetty/PierMax 12 mShore

Old Rapid Bay Jetty

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

The storm-damaged 1942 ore jetty whose encrusted piles and 'Cathedral' made Rapid Bay world-famous – currently closed…

Open WaterIntermediate

ReefMax 20 mShoreArea view

Oliver's Reef

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

Kelp-covered small reefs off the Encounter Bay coast with occasional leafy seadragons.

Advanced Open WaterIntermediate

Shore/Rock PlatformMax 8 mShore

Petrel Cove

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

A dramatic granite cove on the exposed side of the Bluff – a flat-day exploratory site beside Victor Harbor's…

Open WaterIntermediate

Jetty/PierMax 16 m

Port Giles Jetty

Yorke Peninsula · SA

The deepest of the east-coast Yorke jetties with more fish than Edithburgh – but now a boat-only, rarely dived site…

Open WaterIntermediate

ReefMax 5 mShore

Racecourse Bay (Port MacDonnell)

Limestone Coast · SA

Shallow limestone reef a short drive from Port MacDonnell – a calm-day alternative to the harbour.

Open WaterIntermediate

WallMax 12 m

Rapid Head

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

A boat-only wall and reef in a sanctuary zone with leafy seadragons, crayfish and visits from a local seal colony.

Open WaterIntermediate

ReefMax 12 m

Robe – Cape Dombey and Obelisk Reefs

Limestone Coast · SA

Kelp-topped limestone ledges, overhangs and boulders beneath Robe's historic Obelisk.

Open WaterIntermediate

ReefMax 15 m

Seacliff Reef

Adelaide Metro · SA

Adelaide's most highly rated natural reef: a curving ancient shoreline with gutters and ledges and 'thousands of fish'.

Open WaterBeginner

ReefMax 8 mShore

Southend Reef

Limestone Coast · SA

Uncrowded shallow reef at the gateway to Canunda National Park – rewarding on the rare flat days.

Open WaterIntermediate

Jetty/PierMax 10 mShore

Stenhouse Bay Jetty

Yorke Peninsula · SA

Clear-water jetty with basket stars and gorgonians rarely seen elsewhere on the peninsula, an upturned Ford Telstar and…

Advanced Open WaterIntermediate

ReefMax 8 mShore

Stinky Bay (Nora Creina)

Limestone Coast · SA

Shallow limestone ledges with seadragons and wobbegongs – 'all of it good diving' on a calm day.

Open WaterIntermediate

Shore/Rock PlatformMax 10 mShore

Stokes Bay

Kangaroo Island · SA

A sheltered rock pool reached through a boulder tunnel – Kangaroo Island's best family snorkel, with seahorses in the…

Snorkel/AnyBeginner

Shore/Rock PlatformMax 12 mShore

The Blowhole (Deep Creek)

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

An unspoilt, rarely dived rocky coast in Deep Creek Conservation Park, teeming with crayfish, seals and seadragons.

Advanced Open WaterAdvanced

Jetty/PierMax 5 mShore

Tumby Bay Jetty

Whyalla & Upper Spencer Gulf · SA

The Eyre Peninsula's leafy seadragon jetty, with large leafies camouflaged in the weed and colourful piles – an easy…

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

Cave/CavernMax 10 mShore

Whale Bones

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

A honeycomb of limestone caves and swim-throughs beneath a 2-3 m reef top, with harlequin fish and seadragons.

Open WaterIntermediate

IslandMax 6 mShore

Wright Island

Fleurieu Peninsula & Victor Harbor · SA

A shallow maze of undercuts and holes around a small granite island in the heart of Encounter Bay.

Open WaterBeginner