Shore Dives in New South Wales
Sites you can reach from the beach, rocks or a jetty without a charter. Always check the local swell, tide and entry notes on each site page, and dive with a buddy.
241 sites · the first 48 shown as cards, the rest listed by state below
New South Wales 193
- Catherine Hill Bay shore dives · Max 9 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- Cattle Bay (Cannery Wharf) · Max 9 m · Eden & Green Cape
- Chinamans Beach · Depth not published · Jervis Bay
- Chowder Bay / Clifton Gardens · Max 10 m · Sydney Harbour
- Chowder Bay Wharf (naval wharf and mooring chains) · Max 12 m · Sydney Harbour
- Clovelly Pool / Clovelly Bay · Max 11 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Coal Cliff · Max 15 m · Wollongong & Kiama
- Collins Flat Beach (Spring Cove) · Max 8 m · Sydney Harbour
- Crowdy Head reefs · Max 22 m · Port Macquarie & Camden Haven
- Dee Why Point / Dee Why to Curl Curl reef (northern end) · Max 14 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Delwood Beach (Fairlight) · Max 12 m · Sydney Harbour
- Desoto Inlet Drift · Max 16 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- Diggers Beach (Coffs Harbour) · Max 6 m · Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands
- Dobroyd Head / Reef Beach · Max 12 m · Sydney Harbour
- Dolphin Point · Max 12 m · Ulladulla
- Duranbah · Max 10 m · Tweed & Byron Bay
- Evans Head reefs · Max 16 m · Ballina & Evans Head
- Fairlight · Max 12 m · Sydney Harbour
- Fairy Bower · Max 10 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Favourite wreck (North Bay) · Depth not published · Lord Howe Island
- Flagstaff / Moon Island Bay (Swansea Heads) · Max 8 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- Flagstaff Point · Max 12 m · Wollongong & Kiama
- Flat Rock (North Bendalong) · Depth not published · Shoalhaven Coast
- Flat Rock (South Bondi) · Max 12 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Fly Point · Max 22 m · Port Stephens
- Forty Baskets Beach · Max 10 m · Sydney Harbour
- Freshwater (Harbord) · Max 18 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Gaol Reef / Turtle Wall (Trial Bay) · Max 10 m · South West Rocks
- Garden Bay (Malua Bay) · Max 10 m · Batemans Bay
- Gordons Bay · Max 12 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Green Patch · Depth not published · Jervis Bay
- Green Point (Camp Cove) · Max 19 m · Sydney Harbour
- Greenfield and Blenheim Beaches · Depth not published · Jervis Bay
- Guerilla Bay · Max 15 m · Batemans Bay
- Halifax Park (Nelson Bay) · Max 26 m · Port Stephens
- Haycock Point · Max 18 m · Merimbula
- Henry Head (Botany Bay) · Max 27 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Hereward wreck (Maroubra Beach) · Max 3 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Herring Pools · Depth not published · Lord Howe Island
- Hive Wreck Site · Max 2 m · Shoalhaven Coast
- Hole in the Wall (Booderee) · Depth not published · Jervis Bay
- Honeymoon Bay · Max 10 m · Jervis Bay
- Horseshoe Bay (Bermagui) · Max 6 m · Bermagui & Tathra
- Hyams Beach · Max 10 m · Jervis Bay
- Iluka Bluff / Woody Head reefs · Max 15 m · Yamba & Iluka
- Indian Point (Congwong Bay) · Max 16 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Inscription Point (Kurnell) · Max 14 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Jibbon Beach (Bundeena) · Max 8 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Kiama Gutter · Max 17 m · Wollongong & Kiama
- Kianinny Bay · Max 18 m · Bermagui & Tathra
- Kirribilli Point · Max 8 m · Sydney Harbour
- Kutti Beach (Vaucluse) · Max 8 m · Sydney Harbour
- La Perouse Point (Larpa) · Max 14 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Ladies Reef (South West Rocks) · Max 10 m · South West Rocks
- Laurieton – Grants Head · Max 15 m · Port Macquarie & Camden Haven
- Lennards Island · Max 25 m · Eden & Green Cape
- Lennox Head Reef · Max 18 m · Tweed & Byron Bay
- Lilli Pilli (Port Hacking) · Max 13 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Little Bay · Max 13 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Little Bay – 4th Hole · Max 12 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Little Beach (Nelson Bay) · Max 20 m · Port Stephens
- Little Hyams Beach · Depth not published · Jervis Bay
- Little Manly Cove · Max 10 m · Sydney Harbour
- Lobster Bay · Max 6 m · Shoalhaven Coast
- Lobster Beach (Wagstaffe) · Max 6 m · Central Coast
- Long Bay (Malabar) · Max 10 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Long Reef Aquatic Reserve (shore) · Max 12 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Mahon Pool (North Maroubra) · Max 24 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Manly Beach (South Steyne – Queenscliff) · Max 8 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Manly Bommie · Max 14 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Manly Cove (Oceanworld nets) · Max 6 m · Sydney Harbour
- Manly Gasworks (Little Manly Point) · Max 7 m · Sydney Harbour
- Mara Creek reefs · Max 10 m · Yamba & Iluka
- Merewether Ocean Baths shore dive · Max 9 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- Merewether Reef (The Mowie Hole) · Max 15 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- Merimbula Wharf · Max 16 m · Merimbula
- Middle Beach · Depth not published · Lord Howe Island
- Middle Head (Cobblers Beach and Obelisk Beach) · Max 12 m · Sydney Harbour
- Mimosa Rocks · Max 18 m · Bermagui & Tathra
- Mistral Point · Max 23 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Mona Vale Headland · Max 15 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Mosquito Bay (Lilli Pilli) · Max 12 m · Batemans Bay
- Murrays Beach · Max 12 m · Jervis Bay
- Mutton Bird Island (Coffs Harbour) · Max 15 m · Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands
- MV Malabar wreck (Long Bay) · Max 10 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Mystery Bay · Max 10 m · Narooma & Montague Island
- Nambucca Heads – Bolwarra / V-Wall shore dive · Max 10 m · South West Rocks
- Nambucca Heads – V-Wall / Bolwarra shore dive · Max 10 m · Nambucca & Urunga
- Narooma Bar Beach · Max 6 m · Narooma & Montague Island
- Narrawallee Beach and Inlet · Max 8 m · Ulladulla
- Neds Beach · Max 15 m · Lord Howe Island
- Newcastle Ocean Baths shore dive · Max 9 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- Nielsen Park / Shark Bay · Max 8 m · Sydney Harbour
- North Bay · Max 5 m · Lord Howe Island
- North Bondi (Ben Buckler Point) · Max 21 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- North Curl Curl · Max 20 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Oak Park (Cronulla) · Max 10 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Obelisk Beach (Middle Head south) · Max 12 m · Sydney Harbour
- Old Gulch · Depth not published · Lord Howe Island
- Old Settlement Beach · Max 4 m · Lord Howe Island
- Palm Beach (ocean side – rock pool and Kiddies Corner) · Max 16 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Palm Beach Baths / Barrenjoey Pittwater side · Max 8 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Pambula River Mouth · Max 6 m · Merimbula
- Parsley Bay · Max 12 m · Sydney Harbour
- Pebbly Beach (Murramarang) · Max 10 m · Batemans Bay
- Pelican Foreshore (Lake Macquarie) · Max 15 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- Plantation Point · Max 10 m · Jervis Bay
- Point Upright · Max 20 m · Batemans Bay
- Port Macquarie – Flynns Beach & Shelly Beach shore/snorkel · Max 8 m · Port Macquarie & Camden Haven
- Port Macquarie – Lighthouse Beach reef · Max 10 m · Port Macquarie & Camden Haven
- Port Macquarie – Tacking Point / Nobbys reefs · Max 16 m · Port Macquarie & Camden Haven
- Port Macquarie Breakwall / Town Beach shore dive · Max 9 m · Port Macquarie & Camden Haven
- Potato Point · Max 12 m · Narooma & Montague Island
- Pretty Beach (Murramarang) · Max 10 m · Ulladulla
- Pretty Point · Max 10 m · Batemans Bay
- PS Maitland wreck (Maitland Bay) · Max 5 m · Central Coast
- Quarantine Bay · Max 8 m · Eden & Green Cape
- Quarantine Station / Quarantine Bay · Max 16 m · Sydney Harbour
- Sandon Point · Max 6 m · Wollongong & Kiama
- Sawtell Reef · Max 15 m · Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands
- Scottish Rocks · Depth not published · Jervis Bay
- Scotts Head reefs · Max 15 m · Nambucca & Urunga
- Shark Net Beach (Huskisson) · Depth not published · Jervis Bay
- Shark Point (Clovelly) · Max 26 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Shelly Beach (Moruya Heads) · Max 8 m · Batemans Bay
- Shelly Beach (Nambucca Heads) · Max 12 m · Nambucca & Urunga
- Shelly Beach / Cabbage Tree Bay (Manly) · Max 16 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Shiprock (Port Hacking) · Max 18 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Shoal Bay & Nelson Head · Max 12 m · Port Stephens
- Short Point (Merimbula) · Max 12 m · Merimbula
- Skillion Cave (Terrigal) · Max 20 m · Central Coast
- Snapper Point (Merry Beach) · Max 18 m · Ulladulla
- Snapper Point / Bongon Beach (Munmorah) · Max 12 m · Central Coast
- Snug Cove Wharf · Max 10 m · Eden & Green Cape
- South Broulee Cave · Max 15 m · Batemans Bay
- South Maroubra · Max 15 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Spoon Bay Reef (Wamberal) · Max 17 m · Central Coast
- SS Centennial wreck (Taylors Bay) · Max 15 m · Sydney Harbour
- SS Cities Service Boston · Depth not published · Wollongong & Kiama
- SS Goolgwai wreck (Long Bay) · Max 10 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- SS Minmi wreck (Cape Banks) · Max 8 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- SS Paterson wreck (Cabbage Tree Bay area) · Max 10 m · Central Coast
- SS Plutus · Depth not published · Shoalhaven Coast
- SS Shamrock wreck (Catherine Hill Bay) · Max 6 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- SS Tekapo wreck (South Maroubra) · Max 7 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Stockton Breakwall wrecks · Max 8 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- Sugarloaf Bay / Boat Beach (Seal Rocks shore) · Max 10 m · Forster & Seal Rocks
- SV Berbice wreck (Stockton Beach) · Max 5 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- SV Durisdeer wreck (Stockton Beach) · Max 5 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- Swansea Bridge · Max 12 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- Swansea Channel West Drift · Max 14 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- Swansea Coal Loader / SS Wallarah remains · Max 11 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- Sylph's Hole · Max 5 m · Lord Howe Island
- Tathra Wharf · Max 15 m · Bermagui & Tathra
- Terrigal Haven · Max 15 m · Central Coast
- Terrigal Reef / SS Lord Ashley · Max 12 m · Central Coast
- The Arch (Bass Point) · Max 26 m · Wollongong & Kiama
- The Basin (Pittwater) · Max 6 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- The Container Wall (Port Botany) · Max 14 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- The Gutter (Bass Point) · Max 20 m · Wollongong & Kiama
- The Gutter Sponge Gardens · Max 23 m · Wollongong & Kiama
- The Leap (Kurnell) · Max 22 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- The Leap Deep (Kurnell) · Max 22 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- The Monument / Sutherland Point (Kurnell) · Max 14 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- The Pipeline (Nelson Bay) · Max 18 m · Port Stephens
- The Steps (Eden) · Max 15 m · Eden & Green Cape
- The Steps (Kurnell) · Max 15 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Tomaree Head, Boat Harbour, One Mile & Birubi Point shore/snorkel sites · Max 10 m · Port Stephens
- Toowoon Bay (Little Bay) · Max 6 m · Central Coast
- Towradgi Point · Max 15 m · Wollongong & Kiama
- Trial Bay shore sites — Little Bay, Gap Beach, Horseshoe Bay & Front Beach · Max 8 m · South West Rocks
- TSS Belbowrie wreck (South Maroubra) · Max 8 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- TSS John Penn · Max 12 m · Batemans Bay
- TSS Merimbula · Max 14 m · Shoalhaven Coast
- Tura Head · Depth not published · Merimbula
- Turners Beach / Clarence River breakwalls · Max 10 m · Yamba & Iluka
- Tweed River – Jack Evans Boat Harbour / Rock Wall · Max 12 m · Tweed & Byron Bay
- Ulladulla Harbour · Max 8 m · Ulladulla
- Urunga foreshore / Bellinger-Kalang river mouth · Max 6 m · Nambucca & Urunga
- Wallis Lake estuary diving · Max 8 m · Forster & Seal Rocks
- Walter Hood · Max 5 m · Shoalhaven Coast
- Watsons Bay Pool · Max 6 m · Sydney Harbour
- Weedy Sea Dragon Point (East Boyd Bay) · Max 8 m · Eden & Green Cape
- Werri Point · Max 10 m · Wollongong & Kiama
- Windang Island · Max 12 m · Wollongong & Kiama
- Windy Point (Cronulla) · Max 12 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Wobbegong Bay (Durras) · Max 15 m · Batemans Bay
- Wollongong Harbour · Max 10 m · Wollongong & Kiama
- Wonboyn · Max 5 m · Eden & Green Cape
- Wyargine Point (Edwards Beach, Balmoral) · Max 10 m · Sydney Harbour
- Yacaaba Head reef · Max 20 m · Port Stephens
- Yena Wall (Kurnell) · Max 18 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Yowie Bay Boat Ramp · Max 14 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay