Find your dive

Most divers don't know what's out there. Start with what you want — an animal, a kind of dive, a level, a place — and every matching site in Australia is one click away.

By animal By kind of dive By experience By your certification By place Ranked lists Plan a trip →

Near you

What can I dive near here?

Uses your device location once, rounded to the nearest kilometre; nothing is stored.

What do you want to see?

Grey nurse sharks at Fish Rock and Magic Point, seals at Montague Island, whale sharks at Ningaloo, seadragons under the Victorian piers. Each animal page lists every site that records it, with the season.

Shark Dives1,262 sites Seal & Sea Lion Dives285 sites Manta Ray & Whale Shark Sites137 sites Turtle Dive Sites675 sites Seadragon Dive Sites274 sites Dive Sites with Whales & Dolphins220 sites

What kind of dive?

Wreck Dives560 sites Shore Dives898 sites Jetty & Pier Dives152 sites Cave, Cavern & Sinkhole Dives379 sites Night Dive Sites259 sites Offshore Dive Sites632 sites Liveaboard Dive Sites216 sites Drift Dives341 sites Wall Dives617 sites

What kind of experience?

Beginner-Friendly Dive Sites893 sites Deep & Technical Dives423 sites Remote & Rarely Dived Sites1,324 sites Famous Dive Sites416 sites Snorkel-Friendly Dive Sites795 sites

What are you certified to dive?

Every site is tiered by its maximum depth. Pick your level and see only the sites you can dive in full.

Easy0–10 m Open Water10–18 m Advanced Open Water18–30 m Deep / Advanced + experience30–40 m Technical40 m +

Which course gets you to the next tier →

Where are you going?

Queensland594 sites New South Wales685 sites Victoria395 sites Tasmania238 sites South Australia258 sites Western Australia434 sites Northern Territory82 sites External Territories169 sites

Where to dive this month Dive centres by state Full search with filters

Live rankings

Computed from the data every day: the deepest, the most remote, the top ten in each state, the best within two hours of each capital.

Ranked lists

The 15 Best Wreck Dives in Australia15 sites The 20 Best Shore Dives in Australia20 sites The 12 Best Jetty & Pier Dives in Australia12 sites The Best Dive Sites in Australia for Beginners14 sites The Best Technical & Deep Dives in Australia14 sites The Best Cave & Sinkhole Dives in Australia10 sites The Best Macro & Critter Dives in Australia12 sites The Best Big-Animal Dives in Australia15 sites The Best Dive Sites on the Great Barrier Reef15 sites The Best Dive Sites in Sydney12 sites The Best Dive Sites near Melbourne12 sites The Best Dive Sites near Perth12 sites

Trip planner

Turn a shortlist into a dive trip

Pick a region, how many days you have, your certification and what you want to see. The planner builds a day-by-day itinerary from the sites and operators in the directory, with weather fallbacks.

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