The Wandra was a wooden coastal cargo steamer built by Denis Sullivan at Coopernook on the Manning River. Her keel was laid in September 1906 and she was launched on 1 June 1907, built from local timbers – an ironbark keel with blackbutt and flooded gum planking. She was 36 m long with an 8 m beam, 164 tons, powered by twin compound engines and a single boiler for about nine knots, and carried a crew of twelve.

On 15 December 1915, carrying timber from Moruya Heads, she was about a mile off Crocodile Head when seas came over the bow and her hull timbers began to open up under the pressure. With pumps unable to cope and the ship listing to port, Captain Reuben Lucey steered for The Drum and Drumsticks, anchored and got the crew into the boat; the Wandra sank as he stepped into it. No one was lost.

The wreck lies on sand at 26 m beside the reef. Nearest the reef is the large boiler with the twin engines beside it, the smaller cylinder facing south towards the bow. The propeller shafts extend north with small propellers, and a small winch and a circular fitting lie ahead of them. To the south are another winch, a bollard, kelp-covered fittings and anchor chain that is sometimes exposed, with hull ribs protruding through the sand. Timber pieces and hardwood sleepers from her cargo are scattered around. Shifting sand hides and reveals features from season to season, and a ship's telegraph recovered by a local diver has since been buried. Compact but full of detail, the Wandra is usually dived in calm seas with good visibility, and the adjacent seal colony makes this a memorable double.

Charters leave from Huskisson (Dive Jervis Bay, Owen Street; boats berthed in Currambene Creek). Private boats launch at the Huskisson ramp in Currambene Creek (the bar can be shallow at low tide), Callala Bay, or Murrays Beach in Booderee National Park; Currarong's ocean ramp gives the shortest run to the outer Beecroft Peninsula when conditions allow. From Huskisson the run across the bay and north up the outside of the Beecroft Peninsula to The Drum and Drumsticks takes about 40 minutes; from Currarong it is roughly 15 minutes south.

Run in on the mark 35° 02.702' S 150° 50.349' E until the reef appears on the sounder and anchor on the reef – you will be only a few metres from the wreck.

The outer Beecroft Peninsula cliffs face east to south-east and take the full force of any south-easterly or easterly swell; the sites are diveable in swell under about 1.5 m and are well sheltered from south-westerly and westerly winds, which make them the go-to sites in winter. North-easterly winds (common on summer afternoons) make the run from Huskisson across the bay entrance rough and cause surge on the northern-facing cliffs. Visibility is commonly 15–25 m and can reach 30 m in winter when clear oceanic water sits against the peninsula.

Currents along the cliffs are usually mild but can run at the bay entrance on a strong tide change. Defence live-firing closures can shut the sea area – check before going.

Descend the anchor line onto the reef and move to the boiler against the reef edge. Inspect the twin compound engines beside it, then follow the shafts north to the small propellers. Swim back south along the hull line past the winches, bollard and anchor chain, and the scattered timber cargo, before returning to the reef and ascending.

Protected historic shipwreck (Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018). Nitrox useful for extended bottom time.

Dive Jervis Bay (Huskisson; boats Avalon and Genesis) runs double boat dives most days, and Deep 6 Diving Jervis Bay / other Huskisson operators also visit; site chosen on the day according to swell and wind. The Wandra is usually combined with a Drum and Drumsticks seal dive.