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2232 BERESFIELD
NSW - AUS
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★★★★☆ Fly Point
With undulating soft coral topography and two easy to navigate ledges, Fly Point Marine Park is known as the best shore-access dive on the Eastern sea-board of Australia. Max Depth: 28m. Best dived on high slack tide.
★★★★☆ Pipeline
A favourite macro critter diving site; especially for NIGHT divers. Cruising across the sloping seagrass & soft coral beds to find the pipe, which lies in between several coral & sponge encrusted mooring blocks. Easy navigation with tons of macro life. Max depth 16-18m. Best dived on high slack tide.
★★★★☆ Little Beach - NSW
Sandy beach slopes & ribbon weed, along to the Little Beach Boathouse jetty (3-5m) is always bursting with fish life & provides fabulous wide-angle photo opportunities. A short swim ~100m from the jetty in approx 10-12m lies the sunken wreckage of a barge creating an artificial reef.
★★★★☆ Julian Rocks - Nursery
The perfect site for new divers, old divers, and snorkelers alike, with a protected shallow haven of 5-12m, this area is a very popular dive site.
★★★★☆ Fish Rock Cave
Fish Rock Cave is the only true ocean cave dive in Australia, running 125 meters right through Fish Rock. Fish Rock is in the path of the EAC (East Australian Current) which usually floods the site with warm clear water, bringing a huge variety of temperate and tropical marine species.
★★★★☆ Halifax Point
Steeper rocky ledges covered in sponges makes Halifax one of the most popular deeper/advanced sites to dive in Nelson Bay. The “Twin Bommies” (20m) offers a colourful carpet of sponges, gorgonians & ascidians. Max Depth = ~26m. Best dived on incoming to slack high tide.
★★★★☆ Swansea Bridge
There are a wide variety of ways to dive Swansea Bridge. Enter from the fishing pontoon, weigh station, boat ramp, concrete ledge, or Blackneds bay. Exit points are Blackneds Bay, the concrete ledge, or boat ramp. Explore the bridge structure or the artificial reef at 18m.
★★★★☆ Flagstaff
Two entry options for the site - through bay or over rocks (easiest on high tide). Sandy bottom site. Shallow dive. Explore the rocks at the bay entrance or go for a swim outside the bay for more rocky structures.
★★★★☆ Desoto Inlet
Desoto Inlet is a shallow boat dive (6m – 16m) consisting of overhangs and large rocks. It gets its name from an Old Desoto motor vehicle driven off the cliff into the inlet. Desoto Inlet is on the southern side of the south point, about 80m long and 10m wide.
★★★★☆ HMAS Brisbane (Wreck)
The HMAS Brisbane was scuttled in July 2005 to create an artificial reef off Mooloolaba’s Sunshine Coast. The Queensland government created a Conservation Park around the wreck. This wreck is buzzing with beautiful marine life.
★★★☆☆ Lucy’s Wall
Shallow dive site that is good to training and to refresh skills. Can be classed as confined water. Beach entry and contained by breakwall in the channel.
★★★☆☆ Blacksmiths Western Artificial Reef
Single steel pinnacle reef tower installed August 2019. 7.8m wide, 12m high. Watch as the ocean takes over the structure and all the sealife make it their new home.
★★★★☆ Catherine Hill Coal Loader
The old coal loader is the dominating feature of the bay, a shallow dive that goes to about 11m. Under and about the coal loader you can find a plethora of ship chains, cables and hardware including the remains of the SS Wallarah.
★★★★☆ Moon Island
You can choose from arches to swim through, caves to explore, rocky shelves or just drift down the side of the rock where you can find soft and hard coral beds and loads of marine life!
★★★★☆ Redhead Point
This site is a boat dive off the rock face of Redhead. There is a sandy bottom with many bommies and weedy patches to explore. Dive depth is under 20m, perfect for beginner and advanced divers.
Opening Hours
| Monday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Tuesday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Thursday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Friday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Saturday | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00 - 16:00 |
Opening Hours
| Monday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Tuesday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Thursday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Friday | 10:00 - 17:00 |
| Saturday | 08:00 - 16:00 |
| Sunday | 08:00 - 16:00 |