AUSTRALIA’S OTHER GREAT SNORKEL DIVES
Australia’s mainland coastline is nearly 36,000 kilometres (24,000 miles) long, and if you include the numerous off-shore islands, the coastline is nearly 60,000 kilometres (40,000 miles).
Snorkelling possibilities are, quite simply, endless!
The majority (35 of 50) of the listed 50 Great Dives can be enjoyed by snorkellers too!
Four of the 50 Great Dives are snorkel only:
- Dwarf Minke Whales, Far North Queensland,
- Burranan Dolphins, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria,
- Exmouth Humpback Whales, northwest Western Australia, and
- Ningaloo Whale Sharks, northwest Western Australia.
Unfortunately, not all dive sites made the final 50 Great Dives list, so the following great snorkel dives have been added to give snorkellers more opportunity to experience other great Australian snorkelling locations.
More Great Dives for Snorkellers
- Bait Reef, Whitsunday Islands, Queensland,
- Barolin Rocks, Bundaberg, Queensland,
- Tangalooma Wrecks, Moreton Island, Queensland,
- Neds Beach, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales,
- Shelly Beach, northern Sydney, New South Wales,
- Bare Island, southern Sydney, New South Wales,
- Popes Eye, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria,
- William Pitt, Canoe Bay, Tasmania
- Ewens Ponds, Mount Gambier, South Australia,
- The Meadows, Geraldton, Western Australia, and
- Berry Springs, Darwin, Northern Territory.
50 Great Dives that can be snorkelled too!
QUEENSLAND
Raine Island Turtles | Cairns |
Dwarf Minke Whales | Cairns |
Cod Hole | Cairns |
Museum Of Underwater Art | Townsville |
Heron Bommie | Heron Island, Gladstone |
The Blowhole | Lady Elliot Island, Bundaberg |
Wolf Rock | Rainbow Beach |
Flinders Reef | Mooloolaba/Brisbane |
Manta Bommie | North Stradbroke Island/Brisbane |
NEW SOUTH WALES
Balls Pyramid | Lord Howe Island |
Nguthungulli – Julian Rocks | Byron Bay |
Solitary Islands | Coffs Harbour |
Broughton Island | Nelson Bay |
Jervis Bay | Nowra |
Tollgate Shark Gutter | Batemans Bay |
Barunguba Seals | Narooma/Bermagui |
VICTORIA
Wilsons Promontory | Gippsland |
Blairgowrie Marina | Mornington Peninsula |
Burrunan Dolphins | Queenscliff/Portsea |
TASMANIA
Governor Island Marine Reserve | Bicheno |
Giant Kelp Forest | Eaglehawk Neck/Hobart |
Waterfall Caves | Waterfall Bay |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Piccaninne Ponds | Eucla, Nullarbor Plain |
Rapid Bay Jetty | Fleurieu Peninsula |
Edithburgh Jetty | Yorke Peninsula |
Giant Cuttlefish | Whyalla |
Great White Sharks | Port Lincoln, Eyre Peninsula |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Weebubbie Cave | Eucla, Nullarbor Plain |
Ex-HMAS Swan | Dunsborough |
Busselton Jetty | Perth |
Abrolhos Islands | Geraldton |
Ningaloo Whale Sharks | Exmouth |
Exmouth Humpback Whales | Exmouth |
Rowley Shoals | Broome |