Snorkel-Friendly Dive Sites in New South Wales
Sites that work for snorkellers as well as divers: shallow reefs, lagoons, piers and sheltered bays where a non-diving companion can join in. Many are also the best first dives.
137 sites · the first 48 shown as cards, the rest listed by state below
New South Wales 89
- Bar Beach (Merimbula) · Max 10 m · Merimbula
- Barlings Beach and Barlings Island · Max 11 m · Batemans Bay
- Bass and Flinders Point (Cronulla) · Max 6 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Bawley Point · Max 13 m · Ulladulla
- Bittangabee Bay · Max 10 m · Eden & Green Cape
- Black Rock (South West Rocks) – Northern Side · Max 16 m · South West Rocks
- Black Rock (South West Rocks) – Southern Side · Max 20 m · South West Rocks
- Blue Pool (Bermagui) · Max 2 m · Bermagui & Tathra
- Blue Pool (Carrington Falls) · Max 4 m · Wollongong & Kiama
- Boat Harbour (Gerringong) · Depth not published · Wollongong & Kiama
- Bongin Bongin Bay (Mona Vale Basin) · Max 15 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Bottle and Glass Point (Nielsen Park) · Max 8 m · Sydney Harbour
- Broughton Island – Providence, Esmeralda Cove & Coal Shaft Bay · Max 15 m · Port Stephens
- Broulee Island · Max 20 m · Batemans Bay
- Callala Bay · Depth not published · Jervis Bay
- Cape Byron headland dives · Max 8 m · Tweed & Byron Bay
- Castle Rock Beach / Grotto Point (Clontarf) · Max 10 m · Sydney Harbour
- Catherine Hill Bay shore dives · Max 9 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- Chinamans Beach · Depth not published · Jervis Bay
- Collins Flat Beach (Spring Cove) · Max 8 m · Sydney Harbour
- Delwood Beach (Fairlight) · Max 12 m · Sydney Harbour
- Diggers Beach (Coffs Harbour) · Max 6 m · Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands
- Dolphin Point · Max 12 m · Ulladulla
- Far Rocks · 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
- Forty Baskets Beach · Max 10 m · Sydney Harbour
- Garden Bay (Malua Bay) · Max 10 m · Batemans Bay
- Green Patch · Depth not published · Jervis Bay
- Greenfield and Blenheim Beaches · Depth not published · Jervis Bay
- Herring Pools · Depth not published · Lord Howe Island
- 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
- Jibbon Beach (Bundeena) · Max 8 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Kianinny Bay · Max 18 m · Bermagui & Tathra
- Kutti Beach (Vaucluse) · Max 8 m · Sydney Harbour
- Little Bay · Max 13 m · Sydney South & Botany Bay
- Little Hyams Beach · Depth not published · Jervis Bay
- 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
- Middle Beach · Depth not published · Lord Howe Island
- Mimosa Rocks · Max 18 m · Bermagui & Tathra
- Mosquito Bay (Lilli Pilli) · Max 12 m · Batemans Bay
- Mystery Bay · Max 10 m · Narooma & Montague Island
- Nambucca Heads – V-Wall / Bolwarra shore dive · Max 10 m · Nambucca & Urunga
- Narrawallee Beach and Inlet · Max 8 m · Ulladulla
- Nielsen Park / Shark Bay · Max 8 m · Sydney Harbour
- North Solitary Island – Anemone Bay · Max 30 m · Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands
- Obelisk Beach (Middle Head south) · Max 12 m · Sydney Harbour
- Old Gulch · Depth not published · Lord Howe Island
- Old Wharf (Montague Island) · Max 8 m · Narooma & Montague 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
- Pebbly Beach (Murramarang) · Max 10 m · Batemans Bay
- Plantation Point · Max 10 m · Jervis 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
- Pot Holes · Depth not published · Lord Howe Island
- 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
- Shark Net Beach (Huskisson) · Depth not published · Jervis Bay
- Shelly Beach (Moruya Heads) · Max 8 m · Batemans Bay
- Shelly Beach (Nambucca Heads) · Max 12 m · Nambucca & Urunga
- Shoal Bay & Nelson Head · Max 12 m · Port Stephens
- Short Point (Merimbula) · Max 12 m · Merimbula
- South Solitary Island – Anemone Flat · Max 14 m · Coffs Harbour & Solitary Islands
- Spoon Bay Reef (Wamberal) · Max 17 m · Central Coast
- SS Plutus · Depth not published · Shoalhaven Coast
- SS Shamrock wreck (Catherine Hill Bay) · Max 6 m · Newcastle & Lake Macquarie
- Sugarloaf Bay / Boat Beach (Seal Rocks shore) · Max 10 m · Forster & Seal Rocks
- The Basin (Pittwater) · Max 6 m · Sydney Northern Beaches
- Trial Bay shore sites — Little Bay, Gap Beach, Horseshoe Bay & Front Beach · Max 8 m · South West Rocks
- Turners Beach / Clarence River breakwalls · Max 10 m · Yamba & Iluka
- Urunga foreshore / Bellinger-Kalang river mouth · Max 6 m · Nambucca & Urunga
- 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
- Wollongong Harbour · Max 10 m · Wollongong & Kiama
- Wyargine Point (Edwards Beach, Balmoral) · Max 10 m · Sydney Harbour