Quiet Corner is a sheltered nook of Adventure Bay where the barque Natal Queen was driven ashore in a storm in 1909. The Marine Life Network guide describes iron ribs on the shore and a pair of anchors out in deeper water, a thick garden of Macrocystis kelp, and wrasse and leatherjackets, noting that fish are heavily speared and that the site is popular with spearfishers in school holidays. It rates it as a sheltered, easy shore dive in 2-4 m, suggesting divers may need extra weight in the shallows.

The wreck remains are modest – rusting iron frames and the two anchors – but they give a strong sense of the bay's maritime history, which stretches from Cook and Bligh through the whaling era to the timber and passenger trade of the early twentieth century. The kelp garden is the natural highlight, with golden fronds swaying over the rocks and sand, and sheltering juvenile fish, wrasse, leatherjackets, seahorses and weedy seadragons. Because it is so shallow and sheltered, Quiet Corner suits snorkellers, families and new divers, and is an easy night snorkel.

The anchors and remains are historic material and protected: look but do not remove anything. Kelp condition varies with water temperature; in warm years the canopy may be thin. With Adventure Bay's cafes and accommodation nearby, it is an easy dive to fit into a Bruny Island visit.

Photographers will enjoy the contrast of the rusting anchors against the golden kelp, best on a sunny morning when light pours into the shallows, and the site is calm enough for a relaxed snorkel with children.

Bruny Island is reached by the vehicle ferry from Kettering (about 35 km, 40 minutes south of Hobart via the Southern Outlet and Channel Highway) to Roberts Point on North Bruny; the crossing takes about 20 minutes and runs frequently, but book or queue early in summer. From Roberts Point drive south across The Neck to Adventure Bay (about 35-40 minutes), where there are boat ramps and a jetty. There are no dive shops or air fills on Bruny – bring filled cylinders from Hobart or Kingston.

The Marine Life Network guide describes Quiet Corner as an easy shore dive with a short walk to the entry; the iron ribs of the Natal Queen are visible on the shore, making the spot easy to identify. Park nearby and walk down to the water.

Adventure Bay faces east into the Tasman Sea and is sheltered from westerly and south-westerly winds, so it is often calm when the channel side is choppy. Easterly and north-easterly winds and swell make the bay and the outer sites rough; southerly groundswell wraps around Fluted Cape and Cape Connella. The Marine Life Network notes that swell reduces visibility and strips delicate growth from the shallow reefs.

Best after several days of westerlies; late summer and autumn are the most reliable. Heavy rain has little effect except near creek mouths. Quiet Corner, as its name suggests, is the most sheltered part of the bay.

Look at the ribs on the shore, then snorkel or dive out through the kelp garden to find the two anchors in the deeper water at about 4 m. Return through the kelp. The guide suggests extra weight may be needed in the shallows.

No operator trips; independent divers, snorkellers and spearfishers (popular in school holidays).