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Desoto Inlet
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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.
You will see yellowtail, silver sweep, seapike, possible flathead, Port Jackson sharks, wobbegong sharks, different rays, shrimp, nudibranchs, corals, and plenty more.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
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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
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
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Total number of species: 300
Alamy/Reinhard Dirscherl
Octopus
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iStock-Nigel Marsh
Wobbegong
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Total number of species: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
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Total number of species: 250
Shutterstock-Henry_and_Laura_Whittaker
Grouper/Basslets
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AdobeStock-Dmitry Kok
Leopard seal
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