Neverfail Reef is mentioned in Michael McFadyen's Montague Island article as one of the sites near Pebbly Bay and the Bubble Cave at the northern end of the island. He gives no description, depth or position, and none of the other sources consulted – the Marine Life Network, Underwater Safaris, Narooma Charters – list a site by this name.

The name suggests a reliable site – one that 'never fails' to deliver a dive in most conditions – which would make sense for a reef in the lee of the northern end of the island. The reefs in this area are granite boulders and rock with kelp in the shallows and sponges and sea squirts deeper. Fish life includes blue groper, sweep, yellowtail, red morwong and eastern blue devilfish, and the seal colony and summer grey nurse aggregation are close by.

The row is kept so that the name is not lost, but divers should ask Narooma operators whether it is still used and where it is. If the site is confirmed, depths, position and a proper description should be added. Otherwise it may correspond to one of the Marine Life Network's named sites under a different name. Narooma operators rotate through many sites around the island depending on wind, swell and current, and several sites have more than one local name, so it is quite possible that Neverfail Reef is still dived under a different label. Ask the crew which sites are planned when booking.

Boat access only. Narooma Charters leaves from the Narooma town wharf on Wagonga Inlet (about 25 minutes to the island) and Underwater Safaris from Narooma marina; private boats launch at the Apex Park or Bar Beach ramps inside the inlet. Every trip crosses the Narooma bar, one of the most dangerous on the NSW coast, so departures depend on bar conditions; Bermagui harbour (about 24 km by sea) is the fallback launch point.

McFadyen mentions Neverfail Reef alongside Pebbly Bay and the Bubble Cave at the northern end of the island; no GPS mark has been published, so the site is dived with a Narooma operator.

Montague Island is about 9 km offshore and fully exposed, but with sites on all sides operators can usually find shelter from the wind of the day: the northern bays in southerlies, the western side in easterlies. The real limit is the Narooma bar, which closes in moderate easterly or southerly swell, especially on a run-out tide; McFadyen calls it probably the most dangerous bar in NSW. Trips are frequently delayed or cancelled, so allow spare days.

Currents are strong on the northern and eastern sides. The name suggests a site that can be dived in most conditions, but no published source confirms how sheltered it is.

Follow the operator's briefing: descend to the reef, set a turn pressure, explore on a set compass heading and return on the reciprocal to the boat, watching for current near the northern end of the island and deploying an SMB if you drift.

Mentioned by McFadyen as a Montague site; not listed by current operators under this name.