Snorkel-Friendly Dive Sites in Western Australia
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.
144 sites · the first 48 shown as cards, the rest listed by state below
Western Australia 96
- Esperance Jetty · Max 8 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Flinders Bay (Augusta) · Max 4 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Gnarabup Bay & Prevelly Lagoon · Max 5 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Hamersley Pool · Depth not published · Perth
- Janet Wreck · Max 7 m · Rottnest Island
- Koombana Bay (Dolphin Discovery Centre) · Max 5 m · Geographe Bay & Busselton
- Little Boat Harbour Dive Trail (Bremer Bay) · Max 10 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Little Island (Marmion) · Max 10 m · Perth
- Paradise Beach Drift · Max 4 m · Ningaloo – Coral Bay
- Penguin Island · Max 5 m · Perth
- Point Peron · Max 10 m · Perth
- Point Picquet · Max 6 m · Geographe Bay & Busselton
- Rocky Bay · Max 5 m · Rottnest Island
- Seal Island (Shoalwater) · Max 6 m · Perth
- The Aquarium (Yallingup) · Max 4 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Turtle Bay (East Wallabi Island) · Max 5 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Agincourt Wreck · Max 6 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Ahwina Tug Wreck (Gull Rock) · Max 3 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Arpenteur Wreck (Hassell Beach, Cheyne Bay) · Max 3 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Bar Flats (Shark Bay) · Max 4 m · Kalbarri & Shark Bay
- Belinda & Penguin Wrecks (Middle Island) · Max 4 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Blue Bay (Halls Head) · Max 8 m · Mandurah & Peel
- Blue Lagoon (Clerke Reef) · Max 25 m · Rowley Shoals
- Brewis Reef · Max 9 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Bundegi Reef · Max 10 m · Ningaloo – Exmouth
- Bunker Bay - Shelley Beach · Max 5 m · Geographe Bay & Busselton
- Burns Beach Reef · Depth not published · Perth
- Camilla Hulk (Naval Base) · Max 3.5 m · Perth
- Carnac Island · Max 14 m · Perth
- Cervantes Wreck (Thirsty Point) · Max 3 m · Turquoise Coast
- Chalmers Wreck · Max 4 m · Perth
- Chaudiere Wreck · Max 6 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Clerke Aquarium · Max 12 m · Rowley Shoals
- Coral Patches (Pelsaert Group) · Max 17 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Cosy Corner · Max 7 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Direction Island · Max 3 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Duck Rock & Transit Plinth · Max 6 m · Rottnest Island
- Duke of Orleans Bay & Wharton Beach · Max 15 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Dynamite Bay & Point Louise (Green Head) · Max 6 m · Turquoise Coast
- 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
- Falcon Bay · Depth not published · Mandurah & Peel
- Fish Hook Bay · Max 10 m · Rottnest Island
- Frenchman Bay & Whaling Cove · Max 8 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Gannet Rock · Max 4 m · Geographe Bay & Busselton
- Garden Island (Defence restricted) · Depth not published · Perth
- Green Island (Rottnest) · Max 10 m · Rottnest Island
- Gregories & Bottle Bay (Francois Peron NP) · Max 4 m · Kalbarri & Shark Bay
- Hadda Wreck (Beacon Island) · Max 6 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- Hangover Bay (Nambung) · Max 5 m · Turquoise Coast
- Hellfire Bay (Cape Le Grand) · Max 8 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- J P Webb Wreck (Ledge Point) · Max 4 m · Turquoise Coast
- Jurien Bay Jetty & Underwater Snorkel Trail · Max 6 m · Turquoise Coast
- Katinka Wreck · Max 6 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Kilcarnup · Max 6 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Kingfisher Wreck (Princess Royal Harbour) · Max 3 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Leeman & Fishermans Islands · Max 12 m · Turquoise Coast
- Little Beach & Waterfall Beach (Two Peoples Bay) · Max 8 m · Albany & Great Southern
- 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
- Lucky Bay (Cape Le Grand) · Max 10 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Marine Beach & Elizabeth Reef (South Cottesloe) · Depth not published · Perth
- Mary Cove · Max 5 m · Rottnest Island
- Mary Wreck (Lockeville Jetty) · Max 3 m · Geographe Bay & Busselton
- Maud's Landing · Max 6 m · Ningaloo – Coral Bay
- Middleton Beach & Ellen Cove · Max 5 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Morley Island Dive Trail · Max 25 m · Geraldton & Abrolhos Islands
- No. 20 McDermott Barge · Max 5 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- North Beach (Perth) · Max 10 m · Perth
- Peaceful Bay (Walpole) · Max 8 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Pebbles Beach (King Bay) · Max 6 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Quarry Bay · Max 5 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- Ranger's Bommies · Max 8 m · Ningaloo – Exmouth
- Roberts Point (Mandurah) · Max 5 m · Mandurah & Peel
- Sandy Point Sanctuary Zone (Dirk Hartog Island) · Max 8 m · Kalbarri & Shark Bay
- Skippy Rock · Max 6 m · Margaret River & Augusta
- South Mole & Bathers Beach · Max 7 m · Perth
- SS Fin · Max 2 m · Ningaloo – Coral Bay
- Sues Groyne · Depth not published · Perth
- Surf Point Sanctuary Zone (Dirk Hartog Island) · Max 8 m · Kalbarri & Shark Bay
- The Sisters (Warnbro Sound) · Max 8 m · Perth
- Thevenard Island Pier · Max 4 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Thistle Cove (Cape Le Grand) · Max 8 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Tourist Rock (Cheynes Beach) · Max 13 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Two Peoples Bay · Max 15 m · Albany & Great Southern
- Ulidia Wreck · Max 6 m · Perth
- Villalta Wreck (Seabird) · Max 3 m · Turquoise Coast
- Wells Park Jetty · Max 4 m · Perth
- West Lewis Island · Max 10 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Withnell Bay · Max 6 m · Pilbara & Dampier
- Woodman Point Groyne · Max 9 m · Perth
- Woody Island (Recherche Archipelago) · Max 10 m · Esperance & Recherche Archipelago
- Yanchep Lagoon · Max 5 m · Perth
- Zedora Wreck · Max 5 m · Perth