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- Bramble Cay : Bramble Cay is a small sandy cay located on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef but with excellent diving.
- Southeast : The Southeast of Bramble Cay is diving on top of a wicked drop-off filled with different species of fish.
- RMS Quetta : The RMS Quetta became one of Australia's worst ship wreck tales when she sank in 1890 at a loss of 133 people.
- Agincourt Reef : Agincourt Reef is popular reef system with plenty of mooring sites, helicopter landing platforms and an underwater observatory.
- Japanese Wreck : The main highlight while diving at the Japanese Wreck is not its remains but more the spectacular coral reef that originally sank it.
- Nursery Bommie : The nice pinnacle Nursery Bommie is known for its many anemones and curious clownfish.
- Lizard Island : Visit Lizard Island if you are looking for relaxations, isolation and superb scuba diving and snorkeling.
- Opal Reef :
- Barracuda Pass : Barracuda Pass is one of the better known dive sites located in the famous Opal Reef just offshore Port Douglas.
- Osprey Reef : Dive site Osprey Reef is a large coral reef only reached on long liveaboard trips.
- North Horn : North Horn is the most northern part of Osprey Reef, a popular dive site where shark feedings are often held.
- Ribbon Reef 10 : Ribbon Reef 10 is the most northern and last of the Ribbon Reefs with a dive site named Cod Hole known throughout the globe.
- Cod Hole : The Cod Hole on Ribbon Reef 10 is one of the world's most famous dives, known for its gigantic potato cods.
- Pixie's Pinnacle : Pixie Pinnacle is diving and exploring the many inhabitants and colorful sections of corals of this small but excellent pinnacle.
- Snake Pit : Snake Pit is a set of coral bommies where the highlight it diving with sea snakes, hence its name.
- Flynn Reef :
- Hastings Reef : Hastings Reef is one of the most popular training reefs offshore Cairns with shallow diving and plenty of marine fish.
- The Fish Bowl : Diving at Hastings Reef at dive site The Fish Bowl
- Holmes Reef : The treacherous Holmes Reef is named after one of captain Holmes first voyages around the seas.
- Nonki : Diving at Holmes Reef at dive site Nonki
- Predators Playground : Diving at Holmes Reef at dive site Predators Playground
- Milln Reef : Milln Reef is one of the most popular reefs near Cairns with several world class dive sites.
- Three Sisters : Diving at Milln Reef at dive site Three Sisters
- Moore Reef : Diving related tours to Moore Reef are numerous and well worth the effort.
- Davies Reef : Davies Reef is relatively close to Townsville and one of the first reefs with its own automatic weather station.
- Flinders Reef :
- Keeper Reef :
- Kelso Reef :
- Wall :
- Wheeler Reef : Wheeler Reef is a popular reef inside the GBR Marine Park located at less than 100km from Townsville.
- Yongala Wreck : Diving at one of the best wreck dives in the world, the SS Yongala Wreck
- Bait Reef : Bait Reef is one of the more popular reefs near the Whitsundays and Hamilton Island.
- Heron Island : Heron Island is a paradise in Australia, surrounded by pristine beaches and brilliant coral reefs.
- Hervey Bay :
- Hoskyn Islands : Hoskyn Islands West, Northwest of West tip, is an excellent place to dive for Manta rays
- Lady Elliot Island : Lady Elliot is one of Australia's best protected scuba diving islands where sights of manta rays, whales and turtles are common.
- Oublier Reef : Oublier Reef is one of the outer barrier reefs visited by live-aboard trips from Airlie Beach and the Whitsundays.
- West Face : Diving at Oublier Reef at dive site West Face
- Whitsundays : The Whitsunday Islands consists out of 74 pristine white islands with excellent shallow coral reefs, cruises of all kinds and superb snorkeling and diving.
- Dolphin Point : Dolphin Point is a great hard and soft coral dive in the north of Hayman Island, Whitsundays.
- Pinnacles : The steep Pinnacles at Pinnacle Bay is one of the best dive sites in the Whitsundays.
- Wood Pile : The Wood Pile drop-off is adorned with coral life and drops down to 30m deep.
- HMAS Brisbane : Dive site the HMAS Brisbane is diving on top of a huge destroyer that served in the Vietnam War and Gulf War.
- Moreton Island : Flinders Reef, a true coral reef on Moreton Island, the Curtin Artificial Reef and the wrecks around Smiths Rock make Moreton Island great for scuba diving.
- Aarhus : The Aarhus which sank in 1894 fully loaded with kerosene is considered Australia's first major oil spills.
- Arizona Cave : The Arizona Cave was discovered in 2004 and makes for an excellent cave dive.
- Cementco Wreck, Crusader 2 : The Crusader 2 or Cementco Wreck prematurely sank northeast of Flinders Reef when they tried to let it sink at its northern end.
- Cherubs Cave : Cherubs Cave is one of Brisbane's best diving sites with plenty of rocky gulleys and sharks are common.
- Curtin Artificial Reef : The Curtin Artificial Reef is one of the largest reef projects in Australia with over 30 wrecks, several cars and loads of concrete rubble.
- Flinders Reef : Brisbane's only true coral reef is Flinders Reef, located just northwest of Cape Moreton.
- Gotham City : Gotham City or Emperors Tomb is known for its huge granite pinnacle rising from substantial depths towards 22 meter deep.
- Henderson Rock : Caves, gutters and deep ledges are found while diving at fantastic Henderson Rock.
- Hutchinson Shoal : Hutchinson Shoal offers a great wall dive often drifting from one highlight to another.
- Marietta Dal : The Marietta Dal was one of Australia's Liberty Ships which struck Smith Rock in 1950.
- Owen Stanley Range :
- St Paul Wreck : The steamer St Paul sank in March 1914 in front of Brisbane with a fully load of ore and with the loss of 18 lives.
- Tangalooma Wrecks : Diving site Tangalooma Wrecks consists out of fifteen artificially scuttled wrecks forming a break-wall for boats.
- Bass Point : Bass Point, a small peninsula just south of Shellharbour, Kiama, is known as a great habitat for grey nurse sharks.
- Arch, Cave : The Arch and Cave offer a nice swimmthrough, archway and cave where grey nurse sharks can be spotted.
- Bushrangers Bay : Bushrangers Bay is an easy accessed and pretty bay with plenty of aquatic life.
- Gravel Loader : The Gravel Loader with its vast pylons creates an excellent muck diving site and habitat for juvenile fish.
- Gutter : The Gutter is one of the most popular and most accessed dive sites at Bass Point.
- Lou's Reef, Rock : The vertical wall at dive site Lou's Rock amazes all who dives here.
- Broughton Island : Broughton Island is a group of popular green islands particularly known for its many seabirds and clear blue waters.
- Byron Bay : Byron Bay is a great scuba destination with whale watching, dolphin trips and breathtaking views across its spectacular bay and beaches.
- Cape Pinnacle : Cape Pinnacle is one huge and deep pinnacle with plenty of huge visitors such as groupers, cod and cobia.
- Spot X : Spot X is a popular dive site with an immense amount of marine and coral life.
- Tassie Wreck : The Tassie Two or Tassie II is a small ammunition supply boat that sank at the end of WWII.
- Three Sisters : Three Sisters consists out of a set of three bommies bisected with sandy channels.
- Windara Banks : The Windara Banks is a huge rocky outcrop, by divers often compared with Ayers rock in the ocean.
- Catherine Hill Bay : Trench to Jetty
- Entrance :
- Haven :
- HMAS Adelaide :
- Forster : Forster and Tuncurry, north in the Great Lakes area, provide for marvelous scenery and excellent diving.
- Bait Grounds : The Bait Grounds is a shallow dive filled with several kinds of bait fish and its predators such as grey nurse sharks.
- Barge : The Barge is one of Forster's most popular shark dives with sights of up to 40 grey nurse sharks each dive.
- Bennets Head Bommy : At dive site Bennett's Head Bommy you can find all sorts of marine life, kelp forests and crustaceans.
- Black Head Reef : Dive site Black Head Reef is diving at a small reef known for its huge amounts and diversity of nudibranchs.
- Colours : Three coral bommies and its many colorful inhabitants have named this spot the Colours.
- Haydens Rock : Haydens Rock is a beautiful shore dive site for beginners as well as advanced scuba enthusiasts.
- Idol Bay : Idol Bay is known as the most, in fish, crowded dive site around Forster with all kinds of marine species.
- Latitude Rock : Gutters parallel to Latitude Rock create an excellent dive site popular for crayfish and shrimp.
- One Mile Gutters : One Mile Gutters is a series of nice gutters covered in kelp forests.
- Pinnacles : The Pinnacle is a deep single coral head rising towards the surface with a mind-blowing amount of fish.
- Julian Rocks : Julian Rocks is one of the best reserves in New South Wales with spectacular dive sites and numerous marine creatures.
- Cod Hole : The Cod Hole is a great cave also suitable for non cave specialists with many large fish such as jewfish, grouper and cods.
- Cray Cave : The Cray Cave is a narrow cave, or actually narrow swimthrough, often inhabited with crabs and lobsters.
- Cray Crag : Those interested in crayfish and shrimp should visit the dive site and bommie Cray Crags.
- Hole of Death : The Hole of Death is a very interesting volcanic hole only accessible in good weather and quiet seas.
- Hugo's Trench : Hugo's Trench is a rough dive site surrounded with steep walls, many large fish and a strong surge.
- MoHole : The nice horizontal cave Mohole is often reached by divers after succeeding a pretty dive on the Needles.
- Needles : The Needles are named after a series of bommies nicely stacked behind each other with sandy lanes in between.
- Nursery : Diving at the Nursery is diving amongst juvenile fish and invertebrate life.
- Split Bommie : Clouds of fish can be found while diving at Split Bommie, a popular dive site for novice divers.
- North Solitary Island :
- Port Stephens : Port Stephens and Nelson Bay are great getaway destinations with secluded bays, pristine beaches and many protected dive sites nearby and at its offshore islands.
- Boondelbah Island : Bondelbah Island offers quite a few dive sites of which Safety Cove is one of the best.
- Cabbage Tree Island : Cabbage Tree Island is known as it is the only place worldwide where you can find the Donut Nembrotha nudibranch.
- Fingal Island : Fingal Island is a small island close to shore with some spectacular wall dives and soft coral gardens.
- Fly Point : Bream and schools of fish are the main attraction while diving at dive site Fly Point.
- Halifax Park : Just offshore, we find dive site Halifax Park, which is home of the resident blue groper Frank.
- Little Island : Little Island, today a great diving area, but it has been used for bombing by the RAAF years ago.
- Macleay : The deep wreck Macleay struck Little Island in 1911 under the loss of fifteen lives.
- Oakland : The Oakland Wreck is an old shipwreck full of marine life which sank in 1903 during a heavy storm.
- Pipe Line :
- Seal Rocks : The dive sites surrounding Seal Rocks are remote but very popular by grey nurse sharks and divers around the world.
- Big Seal Rock : The gutters of Big Seal Rock are known for its diving with grey nurse sharks.
- Little Seal Rock : Little Seal Rock is one of New South Wales' primary grey nurse sharks sanctuaries.
- Skeleton Rock : Skeleton Rock is a great shore dive known for its huge southern eagle rays and several grey nurse sharks living in a nearby cavern.
- SS Catterthun : The wreck of the SS Catterthun is a very deep wreck which sank off Sugarloaf Point when it was en route from Sydney to China.
- SS Satara : The wreck of the 125 meter long wreck SS Satara is the east coast's largest wreck dive.
- South Solitary Island :
- South West Rock : South West Rocks is home to Fish Rock Cave, Australia's best and largest ocean cavern dive, straight through Fish Rock.
- Aquarium : The Aquarium is a great dive full of nudibranches, turtles and juveniles.
- Bait Reef : Bait Reef is a shallow dive known for ledges and bommies full of marine fish.
- Black Rock : Shallow Black Rock is popular for its diving amongst many different kind of fish in all sizes and colors.
- Colorado Pass : The Colorado Pass is situated inside the ocean-stream and can only be dived in virtually absent current conditions.
- Fish Bommies : If you are interested in large amounts of aquatic species, dive at Fish Bommies, cramped between Shark Gutters and Fish Rock Cave.
- Fish Rock Cave : Diving Fish Rock Cave means entering a wicked, often shark-filled cave, for a length of 125 meter and exiting on the other side of Fish Rock.
- Gaol Reef : Gaol Reef, just offshore Trial Bay Gaol, offers many fish, invertebrates and crustaceans to dive with.
- Green Island : Green Island is an easy dive site popular for its many grey nurse sharks that live around the island.
- Ladies Reef : Ladies Reef is a small circular formed reef that makes an easy but beautiful dive.
- Pinnacle : This 25 meter tall pinnacle rises to within the surface providing for currents and hundreds of fish species.
- Shark Gutters : Shark Gutters is one of the most popular dive sites to spot grey nurse sharks.
- Wall : Dive site the Wall is up to 40 meter high, fierce currents and plenty of pelagic.
- Swansea : Bridge
- Deep Glen Bay, North Wall :
- Giant Kelp Forrest : The huge Giant Kelp Forrest and often clear waters provide a unique experience, flying through underwater forests.
- Hippolyte Rock Seal Colony : A dive near Hippolyte Rock is a must if you want scuba diving with Australian Fur Seals.
- Sister Rocks :
- SS Nord Wreck : A deep dive on the SS Nord should be booked in advance as she is one of Tasmania's few complete shipwrecks and hard to reach.
- Thumbs :
- Waterfall Bay : Waterfall Bay is a unique geological limestone area of caves, caverns and swimmthroughs.
- Cathedral Cave : The huge Cathedral Cave is for experienced divers only with passageways and smaller entranced further in the cave.
- Patersons Arch : Patersons Arch is a dive site known for its wicked canyons and swimmthroughs.
- Albany : Albany, facing King George Sound, is considered the main port for diving and other trips in the Great Southern region.
- Anchor Rock : Anchor Rock is a fantastic boulder dive site on the west side of Michaelmas Island.
- Football Field : Football Field is a spectacular technical dive found just east of Breaksea Island.
- HMAS Perth : The HMAS Perth is a huge wreck that served in Vietnam and was finally scuttled in the bay near Albany.
- Little Beach : Little Beach is a dive site where you can find several underwater granite formations.
- Michaelmas Island Fingers : East of Michaelmas Island is a series of granite fingers providing for an excellent marine habitat underwater.
- Middle Rock :
- Mutton Bird Island : The pretty shore dive of Mutton Bird Island is the small rocky outcrop just east of Shelter Island.
- Tourist Rock :
- Bremer Bay : Bremer Bay is one of the most scenic towns on the south coast of Australia with white beaches, blue waters and several dive sites just offshore.
- Fish Eyes : Fish Eyes is named after a rock with two holes in it resembling the sockets of a fish's eyes.
- Sandra's F.S. : Sandra's F.S. is a huge ten meter high plate coral bommie surrounded with fish and invertebrates.
- Dunsborough, Busselton : Dunsburough and Busselton have increased their dive fame when the HMAS Swan was scuttled in 1997.
- Bunker Bay :
- Busselton Jetty : The end of the Busselton Jetty is a great dive site perfect for those interested in muck diving or as a night dive.
- Canal Rocks :
- HMAS Swan : The wreck of the HMAS Swan was artificially sunk in 1997 and makes for an excellent dive.
- Honey Combs :
- Moons :
- Peaks :
- Skippy Rock :
- Suger Loaf Rock :
- Wrights Bank :
- Muiron Island : The Muiron Islands are the prime scuba destination for divers from Exmouth with a biodiverse underwater environment and plenty of fish.
- Cod Spot : The dive site Cod Spot is named after the many potato cods that live near this wall.
- Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth : Exmouth and Ningaloo Reef, the world's longest fringing reef, are known for its excellent chances to dive with whale sharks.
- Blizard Ridge :
- Navy Pier at Exmouth : Diving the Navy Pier at Exmouth
- Perth : Perth and Fremantle are two bustling cities with lots of attractions and some good shore and boat diving offshore.
- Bell Park Wreck Trail : The Bell Park wreck trail is one of the most dived artificial trails in the region around Perth.
- Boyinaboat Reef : The Boyinaboat Reef is a nice and shallow shore dive but be careful of boats.
- Coombe, Swan River : The Coombe is a great shore dive if bad weather prevents you from doing an oceanic dive/
- D9 :
- Grain Terminal : Dive site the Grain Terminal, reached from Rockingham Beach Road, is named after its nearby grain silos.
- North Mole : North Mole is one of the most popular shore dives in North Fremantle, Perth.
- Point Peron : Point Peron near Rockingham is one of Perth's favorite shore dives with excellent sea life and in the middle of a marine park.
- RMS Orizaba : The RMS Orizaba was a hug ship that has been broken in several pieces and experiences huge swells and currents.
- Saxon Ranger : The Saxon Ranger is a nice 40 meter long wreck with several access holes for safe entering and exiting.
- Woodman Point Ammunition Jetty : For juvenile fish and muck diving, the Woodmans Point Ammunition Jetty might be great for divers.
- Rottnest Island : Scuba divers know Rottnest Island as one of the islands where shipwrecks are numerous and diving is superb.
- Cape Vlaming :
- Cigar Reef : The cigar shaped Cigar Reef is a great but unpredictable dive with currents, surge and ever changing visibilities.
- Crystal Palace : Crystal Palace is one of the lesser dived dives around Rottnest Island, but certainly not less beautiful.
- Jackson Rocks : The limestone reef at Jacksons Rock offers many great caverns, caves and swimmthroughs.
- Lady Elizabeth : The wreck of the Lady Elizabeth is an old shipwreck with numerous fish and great coral coverage.
- Macedon, Denton Holme Wrecks : The Macedon Wreck and Denton Holme Wrecks are situated on Kingston Reef just outside Thompsons Bay.
- North Point : The North Point of Rottnest Island is where you can find a spectacular in sunlight covered cave filled with light beams from its ceiling.
- Parker Point Drop-off : Parker Point Dropoff is probably the best wall dive on Rottnest Island.
- Porpoise Bay Caves : Porpoise Bay Caves is a large diving area with many caves all lookalike but still different.
- Roe Reef : Roe Reef is a myriad of swimmthroughs, caves and arches, all popular for crayfish.
- Shark Cave : Grey nurse sharks are common inhabitants around December resting inside dive site Shark Cave.
- Swirl Reef : Swirl Reef is named after the many surface swells that leave marks of its turbulent underwater currents and surges.
- West End : At dive site West End you can see all or nothing depending as random as playing dice.
- Rowley Shoals : The Rowley Shoals
- Shark Bay : Shark Bay is one of the most diverse underwater habitats in the world with dolphins, dugongs and hundreds of fish species to dive with.
- Bar Flats : Bar Flats is a shallow dive offshore Shark Bay with plenty of small fish and popular by fishermen.
- Eagle Buff : Dive site Eagle Bluff is known for its muck diving and enormous marine life.
- Louisa Bay : Louisa Bay is a great in coral covered bay with plenty of marine life and coral species.
- Monkey Rock :
- Turtle Bay : Turtle Bay is diving on small walls, beautiful corals but in the bay it is also possible to dive with whales and sharks.
- Direction Island : Talking about Direction Island means explaining about the world-famous snorkel site the Rip.
- Home Island : The best place to experience Cocos-Malay culture is Home Island where most locals spend their time.
- Horsburgh Island : Horsburgh Island is the most northern island of Cocos Keeling Island.
- Catalina JX435 Plane Wreck : The Catalina JX435 is a fantastic snorkel site that offers an interested diver a glimpse of heroic history.
- West Island : West Island offers luxury bungalows and superb scuba diving near its fantastic shores.
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