Secluded Cemetery takes its name from the Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, whose graves run to the cliff edge on the coast north of Cape Banks, and the reef sits straight off the cemetery's southern boundary, only about 150 m from the rocks. It is an uncomplicated wall in pristine condition. From a sandy and rocky bottom at about 25 m the reef comes up in two steps to a top at 18 m – a first drop of around four metres with large rocks scattered on the floor, then a smaller one-metre wall to the sand – and it runs north–south parallel to the shore, occasionally turning in towards the land to form a large bay.

Seaward, the bottom continues down in a very slow slope to 50 m. The top of the reef has sponge gardens and a couple of small overhangs. Fish are typical of this clean coast: black reef leatherjackets, bream, yellowtail, silver sweep, one-spot pullers and seapike in numbers, with blue morwong, fiddler rays, yellowtail kingfish, eastern blue devilfish and weedy seadragons less often.

Visibility is frequently excellent – 25 m on McFadyen's most recent dive – and a gentle current from the north makes this the natural start of a drift south past Truck Tyre Reef to Pistol Crack, about 800 m away, which is how the St George Scuba Club often dives it. Charter boats have never worked this section of coast so it is effectively private-boat only, and that is exactly why it is worth doing: a colourful, fishy wall at moderate depth, fifteen minutes from the Botany Bay ramps, without another diver in sight. Highly recommended by McFadyen as an entry point to the whole undived Little Bay–Cape Banks stretch.

Private boat only. Out of Botany Bay, round Cape Banks and run north about 1.5 km to sit straight off the southern end of the cemetery on the cliff top; a small distinctive post on the skyline marks the spot. About 12–15 minutes from the heads.

Anchor on the reef top at 18 m where the sounder shows the two steps up from 25 m, or start here and drift south with the boat following to Pistol Crack about 800 m away.

Exposed to all swell but with a deep reef top the site is comfortable in seas up to about 1.5 m; a slight current from the north is common and is used for the drift to Pistol Crack. Westerly and north-westerly winds give the best conditions; strong north-easterlies build chop by midday. Visibility here is often better than the bay sites – 25 m has been recorded – because the coast is steep and clean.

Reduced after heavy rain and east-coast lows.

Descend to the reef top at 18 m and drop the first 4 m step then the 1 m step to the sand at 25 m; explore the wall north and south of the anchor and the rocks out on the sand, then finish shallow in the sponge gardens and overhangs on the top. Alternative: drift south along the wall for about 800 m to Pistol Crack with the boat following an SMB.

No regular charter – private boat or dive-club (St George Scuba Club) only