Snorkel-Friendly Dive Sites in Queensland
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.
199 sites · the first 48 shown as cards, the rest listed by state below
Queensland 151
- The Gardens (Agincourt Reef 2) · Max 10 m · Port Douglas
- The Nursery (Flat Rock) · Max 20 m · North Stradbroke Island
- The Pinnacles (Hook Island) · Max 20 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Three Sisters (Milln Reef) · Max 30 m · Cairns
- Tracey's Bommie (Flynn Reef) · Max 25 m · Cairns
- Troppos (Norman Reef) · Max 20 m · Cairns
- Turtle Alley (Lady Musgrave Lagoon) · Max 10 m · Lady Musgrave & Bunker Group
- Turtle Bay (Agincourt Reef 2) · Max 22 m · Port Douglas
- Turtle Bay (Norman Reef) · Max 15 m · Cairns
- Turtle Bommie (Lady Musgrave Lagoon) · Max 10 m · Lady Musgrave & Bunker Group
- Turtle Cleaning Station (Flinders Reef) · Max 14 m · Brisbane & Moreton Bay
- Twin Peaks (Saxon Reef) · Max 22 m · Cairns
- Upolu Cay · Max 18 m · Cairns
- Wave Break Island · Max 12 m · Gold Coast
- Wild West (Opal Reef) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Wonder Wall (Upolu Reef) · Max 16 m · Cairns
- Wreck Site (Agincourt Reef 3) · Max 24 m · Port Douglas
- 360 (Thetford Reef) · Max 18 m · Cairns
- 5 Ways (Moore Reef) · Max 18 m · Cairns
- Arlington Reef · Max 15 m · Cairns
- Banana Bommie (Michaelmas Reef) · Max 15 m · Cairns
- Barren Island · Max 30 m · Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands
- Beautiful Mooring (Opal Reef) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Beaver Reef · Max 22 m · Mission Beach & Cassowary Coast
- Big Brother (Tongue Reef Sister reefs) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Big Peninsula (Great Keppel Island) · Max 14 m · Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands
- Blue Lagoon (Opal Reef) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Briggs Reef · Max 28 m · Cairns
- Burkitt's Reef · Max 9 m · Bundaberg & Agnes Water
- Butterfly Bay (Hook Island) · Max 12 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Casuarina Beach (Lizard Island) · Depth not published · Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island
- Cateran Bay (Border Island) · Max 12 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Clam Gardens · Max 18 m · Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island
- Club 10 (Milln Reef) · Max 18 m · Cairns
- Coral Kingdom · Max 25 m · Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island
- East Meets West (Thetford Reef) · Max 18 m · Cairns
- First Bommie (Norman Reef) · Max 15 m · Cairns
- Fish Bowl (Moore Reef) · Max 25 m · Cairns
- Flare Point · Max 25 m · Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island
- Flat-Top Bommie (Norman Reef) · Max 18 m · Cairns
- Flower Gardens (St Crispin Reef) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Gary's Lagoon (Bait Reef) · Max 18 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Geoffrey Bay Snorkel Trail (Magnetic Island) · Max 6 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island
- Goggle Gardens · Max 20 m · Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island
- Golf Clubs (Hastings Reef) · Max 15 m · Cairns
- Halfway Island (Keppels) · Max 10 m · Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands
- Humpy Island (Keppels) · Max 14 m · Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands
- Inside (Lady Elliot Island) · Max 6 m · Lady Elliot Island
- Keeper Reef · Max 21 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island
- Langford Reef (Langford Island) · Max 15 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Little Sister (Tongue Reef Sister reefs) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Lodestone Reef · Max 20 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island
- Long Bommie (Breaking Patches) · Max 14 m · Cairns
- Luncheon Bay (Hook Island) · Max 15 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Mackay Reef · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Maureen's Cove (Hook Island) · Max 12 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Mermaid Cove (Lizard Island) · Max 12 m · Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island
- Mojo (Opal Reef) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- New Seagull (Opal Reef) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- North Bay (Agincourt Reef) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Nudey Beach (Fitzroy Island) · Max 10 m · Cairns
- Olive Point (Middle Island) · Max 8 m · Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands
- Paradise Reef (Breaking Patches) · Max 18 m · Cairns
- Phil's Lagoon (Tongue Reef Sister reefs) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Pinnacle Reef (Green Island) · Max 12 m · Cairns
- Pirates Cove (Hastings Reef) · Max 18 m · Cairns
- Plato (Opal Reef) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Point Break (Flynn Reef) · Max 20 m · Cairns
- Rayban (Opal Reef) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Reefy Seconds (Lady Elliot Island) · Max 9 m · Lady Elliot Island
- Sandy Seconds (Lady Elliot Island) · Max 9 m · Lady Elliot Island
- Southern Face (Bait Reef) · Max 30 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Southside (Opal Reef) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- St Crispin Reef · Max 18 m · Port Douglas
- Stepping Stones (Bait Reef) · Max 30 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- The Lagoon (Lady Elliot Island) · Max 3 m · Lady Elliot Island
- The Rocks (Agincourt Reef) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Tongue Reef · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Turtle Bay (Tongue Reef Sister reefs) · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Undine Reef · Depth not published · Port Douglas
- Watsons Bay (Lizard Island) · Max 8 m · Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island
- Wreck Beach (Great Keppel Island) · Max 12 m · Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands
- Yonge Reef · Max 20 m · Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island
- Arthur Bay (Magnetic Island) · Max 10 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island
- Balding Bay (Magnetic Island) · Max 7 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island
- Black Island (Bali Hai) · Max 12 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Blue Lagoon (Lizard Island) · Max 5 m · Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island
- Blue Lagoon (Ribbon Reefs) · Max 20 m · Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island
- Brampton Island · Max 8 m · Mackay
- Brook Islands · Max 12 m · Mission Beach & Cassowary Coast
- Bulwer Wrecks · Max 6 m · Brisbane & Moreton Bay
- Central Reef (Swain Reefs) · Max 20 m · Swain Reefs
- Clam Bay (Great Keppel Island) · Max 5 m · Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands
- Davies Reef · Max 25 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island
- Dunk Island · Max 10 m · Mission Beach & Cassowary Coast
- Ellison Reef · Max 18 m · Mission Beach & Cassowary Coast
- Fairfax Islands Reef · Max 20 m · Lady Musgrave & Bunker Group
- Family Islands · Max 10 m · Mission Beach & Cassowary Coast
- Fitzroy Reef – South-East Gardens · Max 12 m · Lady Musgrave & Bunker Group
- Fitzroy Reef Lagoon · Max 15 m · Lady Musgrave & Bunker Group
- Florence Bay (Magnetic Island) · Max 15 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island
- Gannet Cay (Swain Reefs) · Max 35 m · Swain Reefs
- Gatakers Reef (Point Vernon) · Max 6 m · Hervey Bay & K'gari
- Haslewood Island – Waite Bay · Max 18 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Hayman Island – East Reef · Max 12 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Henry's Bommie (Fairey Reef) · Max 15 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Hixson Cay (Swain Reefs) · Max 30 m · Swain Reefs
- Horseshoe Bay (Bowen) · Max 6 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Horseshoe Reef (Swain Reefs) · Max 35 m · Swain Reefs
- Hoskyn Islands – Cabbage Patch · Max 18 m · Lady Musgrave & Bunker Group
- Kelso Reef · Max 21 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island
- Keswick Island – Connie Bay & Basil Bay · Max 10 m · Mackay
- Kings Beach (Caloundra) · Max 6 m · Sunshine Coast
- Knuckle Reef Lagoon · Max 20 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Lake Eacham · Max 65 m · Atherton Tablelands
- Little Fairey Inlet (Fairey Reef) · Max 16 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Llewellyn Reef – Trout Spot · Max 10 m · Lady Musgrave & Bunker Group
- Mackerel Bay (Hook Island) · Max 12 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Masthead Island Reef · Max 20 m · Heron Island & Capricorn Group
- Murray Bay (Bowen) · Max 6 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Myora Reef · Max 5 m · North Stradbroke Island
- Mystery Cay (Swain Reefs) · Max 20 m · Swain Reefs
- Nelly Bay – Coconut Reef (Rocky Bay) · Max 8 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island
- Noosa National Park Headland (Tea Tree Bay – Granite Bay) · Max 6 m · Sunshine Coast
- North West Island Reef · Max 20 m · Heron Island & Capricorn Group
- One Bum Beach (Barren Island) · Max 9 m · Capricorn Coast & Keppel Islands
- Peel Island – Horseshoe Bay · Max 4 m · Brisbane & Moreton Bay
- Pelorus Island – Front Reef · Max 10 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island
- Pelorus Island – House Mooring · Max 10 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island
- Pioneer Bay Giant Clam Gardens (Orpheus Island) · Max 6 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island
- Platypus Dredge Wreck (Arthur Bay) · Max 8 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island
- Point Arkwright · Max 8 m · Sunshine Coast
- Point Cartwright · Max 8 m · Sunshine Coast
- Pretty Patches · Max 18 m · Cairns
- Rose Bay (Bowen) · Max 7 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Saba Bay (Hook Island) · Max 15 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Sandshoe Reef (Swain Reefs) · Max 30 m · Swain Reefs
- Scawfell Island – Refuge Bay · Max 12 m · Mackay
- SS Cooma Wreck (North Reef) · Max 6 m · Heron Island & Capricorn Group
- St Bees Island Fringing Reef · Max 12 m · Mackay
- Sudbury Reef · Max 18 m · Cairns
- Summer Bay · Max 15 m · Ribbon Reefs & Lizard Island
- Taiwan Reef (Swain Reefs) · Max 15 m · Swain Reefs
- Tallebudgera Creek · Max 10 m · Gold Coast
- Tambaroora Wreck (Polmaise Reef) · Max 8 m · Heron Island & Capricorn Group
- The Gardens (Whitsunday Island) · Max 15 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- The Shoals (Fairey Reef) · Max 25 m · Whitsundays & Bowen
- Tryon Island Reef · Max 15 m · Heron Island & Capricorn Group
- Wheeler Reef · Max 25 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island
- Wilson Island Reef · Max 18 m · Heron Island & Capricorn Group
- Yanks Jetty (Orpheus Island) · Max 8 m · Townsville & Magnetic Island