Bare Island East

★★★☆☆ (1,599)

Bare Island is one of the prettiest dive sites in Sydney, with vibrant and diverse sponge gardens populated by lots of delicate creatures such as pygmy pipefish, nudibranchs, sea stars and seahorses

It’s also one of the dive sites in Sydney for reliable sightings of the curious Red Indian Fish, so named for their shape, which resembles the headdress of indigenous North American

Dive Activity

Potential Wildlife Sightings

Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content

The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 300

Octopus

23 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 200

Moray Eel

8 Sightings
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Total number of species: 3000

Nudibranch

30 Sightings
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10
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Total number of species: 80

Stingrays

20 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 250

Grouper/Basslets

16 Sightings
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5
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11
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Total number of species: 90

Goatfish

4 Sightings
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.

Total number of species: 80

Emperor

4 Sightings
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