Honeymoon Cay - Derry Reef - GBR

★★★★★ (12)

Discover a world of enchantment—vibrant corals, schools of tropical fish, and the gentle glide of sea turtles. This captivating dive promises an unforgettable journey into the heart of nature’s love story, where the beauty of the reef comes alive in every underwater embrace.

Explore a romantic underwater haven. Encounter colorful corals, tropical fish, and the occasional sea turtle. A mesmerizing dive experience.

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Dive Sites Nearby

GOLD COAST DIVE CENTRE, 4220 MIAMI

Cook Island - North Wall (★4.3)

“Cook Island” is known as a Marine Reserve and is home to a wide variety of marine life and breeding seabirds. Cook Island provides a great opportunity to visit a protected area and witness why so many love this special place. Max depth here is 13m.
GOLD COAST DIVE CENTRE, 4220 MIAMI

Nine Mile Reef (★4.1)

The top of the reef sits at about 10 meters deep, dropping to 30 meters with the drop-off covered in numerous hard and soft corals. Reef fish are scattered across the shallower parts, with pelagic fish, sharks, turtles, stingrays, eagle rays, and the occasional manta ray circling the reef.
Aqualung

Tweed River (★3.9)

Tweed River is a great location for beginner divers, Tweed heads is located off Coral Street, Tweed Heads. The dive site has easy access with concrete stairs down to the entry point. as well as a beach option for drift diving. Very Lovely Site. Vis is great in Winter and High Tides.
ADRENO GOLD COAST, 4215 SOUTHPORT

Wonder Reef On The Gold Coast (★3.7)

Wonder reef is the world’s first artistically designed buoyant reef consisting of 9 beautiful individual reef spirals. Each buoyant reef is anchored to the seafloor and moves with the energy of the ocean like a giant kelp forest.
Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Gold Coast Offshore (★4.0)

Ten minutes offshore from the Gold Coast is open water suitable for freediving line training and courses. The bottom depth is approximately 40 meters deep.
Mares

Gold Coast Seaway (★3.5)

With over 400 different species found in the Seaway, the Seaway dive site is one of the most popular shore dives in South East Queensland as it offers a wonderful habitat for these creatures!
Mares

Wave Break Island (★3.9)

Wave Break Island offers the perfect location and conditions with around 450 species of fish to encounter! Whether you are a qualified diver or it is your first time in the water, your experienced guide guarantees a professional, safe, and fun experience.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Manta Bommie (★4.3)

Located a short boat ride from Point Lookout, Manta Bommie is one of the top 10 dive sites in Australia. At a maximum depth of 15m, Manta Bommie is suitable for divers and snorkelers of all levels. With large rock/reef formations surrounded by sand patches, the site is home to a wide variety of unique marine life.
Aqualung

Shag Rock - Coral Gardens (★4.0)

Shag Rock is an exposed rocky reef only a short 6 to 8 minute boat ride from the beach our Dive boats are launched from. Because of this it is the most protected dive site and offers great diving when conditions elsewhere take a turn for the worse.
Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Shag Rock - Horseshoe (★3.5)

Shag Rock is an exposed rocky reef only a short 6 to 8 minute boat ride from the beach our Dive boats are launched from. Because of this it is the most protected dive site and offers great diving when conditions elsewhere take a turn for the worse.
Aqualung

Shag Rock - Sanctuary Cove (★4.1)

A great site for divers of all levels, Sanctuary Cove is generally the most sheltered site in the area. A great spot for macro photography with lots of unique marine life such as frogfish and peacock mantis shrimp.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Boat Rock (★4.1)

An advanced site that is prone to heavy current all year, this site is rarely dived (avg 4-5 times a year). Ranging in depths from 14-34m, this site requires pristine conditions to be safely dived.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Shag Rock - Sunken Reef (★3.9)

Shag Rock is an exposed rocky reef only a short 6 to 8 minute boat ride from the beach our Dive boats are launched from. Because of this it is the most protected dive site and offers great diving when conditions elsewhere take a turn for the worse.
MANTA LODGE AND SCUBA CENTRE, 4183 POINT LOOKOUT

Shag Rock - Swim Through (★4.0)

Shag Rock is an exposed rocky reef only a short 6 to 8 minute boat ride from the beach our Dive boats are launched from. Because of this it is the most protected dive site and offers great diving when conditions elsewhere take a turn for the worse.
Scubapro, Stephen Frink

DC3 Undercarriage (Wreck) (★4.8)

This dive site contains the wing assembly, wheel, and propellor parts from a DC3 aircraft that vanished in the mid-1940s. It was picked up and deposited by a trawler in the 1990s. The remainder of the plane and it’s 6 occupants still remains undiscovered as of 2019.
Aqualung

Amity Point (★3.3)

It is best to do this shore dive a half hour before high tide, that is when visibility will be the best and current will be slack. Watch out for boat traffic, have a dive flag up, and carry an SMB with you at all times. Make sure you have a surface watch. Watch out for fishermen as there could be a lot of lines in the water.
Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Sevens Reef (★4.5)

A deep site prone to heavy current, Sevens Reef is only suitable for technical divers or highly experienced recreational divers. With depths ranging from 30m to 50m divers need to be trained and equipped for decompression diving. An open ocean site, it is well known for its large sharks and whales.
Mares

Flat Rock - The Pinnacles (★4.1)

Located on the western side of Flat Rock, with depths ranging from 12m to 35m, The Pinnacles is suitable for Advanced divers only. It is a good spot for turtles, rays, and migrating humpback whales.
MANTA LODGE AND SCUBA CENTRE, 4183 POINT LOOKOUT

Flat Rock - Shark Alley (★4.2)

A deeper site for advanced divers, Shark Alley is a seasonal aggregation zone for endangered Grey Nurse (sand tiger) sharks. Being further out to sea, it is also a great place to see whales and other large pelagic marine life. Max depth is 28m with the reef rising to 12m on either side of the alley.
Mares

Flat Rock - Nursery (★4.3)

Flat rock is located approximately 2.5 nautical miles north of point lookout. The Nursery is an amazing dive site located on the southwestern corner of the reef at Flat Rock.
Aqualung

Flat Rock - Turtle Cave (★4.2)

Located on the northern side of flat rock, this site is suitable for all levels of divers with a small cave sitting at 10m and the reef dropping to a max depth of 30m. Turtle cave is a great site for drift diving around the edges of Flat Rock and seeing large pelagic life that frequents the coastline.
Aqualung

Flat Rock - Blue Corner (★4.5)

An advanced site located on the ocean side of Flat Rock, Blue Corner ranges in depth from 25 to 45m. Suitable for technical or experienced recreational divers only. Amazing site to see big sharks and all manner of pelagic life including whales. Well known for it’s population of Bull and Sandbar Whaler Sharks.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Curtin Artificial Reef (★3.9)

Curtin Artificial Reef is the oldest reef created FOR divers, By divers. At this dive site, there are over 25 purposely sunken boats & others which can be found between 15m and 25m making this a great drift dive site. This is also a popular fishing site so be vigilant for fishing lines.
Mares, Janez Kranjc

Hendersons Rock (★4.1)

Cherubs Cave is named after a cave system located under a large circular shaped bommie on the north-west side of the main bommie. The cave has four entrances that are difficult to find as they are covered with kelp. Once in the cave, light penetrates through the other entrances, aiding navigation.
ADRENO BRISBANE, 4102 WOOLLOONGABBA

Cherubs Cave (★4.5)

A small concrete cherub once marked the main entrance to this hidden cave off Moreton Island. While the guardian has since disappeared, this underwater world remains to be discovered by the adventurous diver.