Diving

Sites

I've dived at 238 sites:

Name Location Area Country Wreck Freshwater Description Notes
Agate Kilchiaran Bay Islay Scotland Wreck site
Akka The Gantocks Clyde Scotland Wreck site Launch at Cardwell Bay.
Alfred Earlandsen Ebb Carrs, St Abbs Forth Scotland Wreck site
Alligator Rock Bicheno Tasmania Australia
Am Plastair Soay St Kilda Scotland
An Dubh-sgeir Sango Bay North-west Scotland Scotland 'The Black Rock'. Where's Tintin?
Anlaby May Island Forth Scotland Wreck site
Argyll Bell Rock Scottish East Coast Scotland Wreck site HMS Argyll was a four-funnel WW1 cruiser. There is a model of her in the Glasgow Museum of transport. (It used to be in the Kelvingrove Gallery, a most impressive sight amidst the stone columns and marble floor.)
Auliston Point Loch Sunart Scottish West Coast Scotland
Ballista Sound of Mull Mull Scotland Wreck site Sank in 1975. The 'River Tay' lies underneath.
Balmeanach Bay The Braes Skye Scotland
Balmoral Beach Sydney Australia
Bare Island La Perouse Sydney Australia
Barge, Forster off Forster Forster Australia Wreck site [link]http://australia.greatestdivesites.com/new_south_wales/forster/barge[/link], though why it's one of Australia's greatest dive sites is a mystery on my evidence.
Barron's Hut off Port Hacking Sydney Australia Good cave and tunnel - best with a small group of experienced divers so the silt isn't stirred up.
Bass and Flinders Point Cronulla Sydney Australia
Bass Rock Forth Scotland
Beagle North of Great Cumbrae Clyde Scotland Wreck site
Belnahua Oban Scotland
Belnahua Quarry Belnahua Oban Scotland Freshwater site Fresh is the wrong word for the water in this flooded slate quarry. I quote from dive 273: "The fantastic vis lasted till 8m, below which was a pit of a yellowish evil-smelling substance not at all conducive to diving in."
Bennetts Head Bommie Underneath Bennetts Head Lookout Forster Australia An isolated rock formation almost 80 metres long, standing from the sand at 10 metres depth to just below the surface. On the ocean side there is a small swim through cave. http://forsterdivecentre.com.au/divesitesdetail.php?DiveSite=9
Bicheno Slip Bicheno Tasmania Australia
Birchgrove Park Avalon Sydney Australia Wreck site 640 ton collier, sunk in a gale on August 2nd 1956. Only 4 of her crew of 14 survived.
Boat Harbour East of Longnose Point, N side of the Bay Jervis Bay Australia Probably wouldn't look like much on the daytime, but it made a good night dive with a weedy sea dragon, cuttlefish and a moray eel. Clear water and good phosphorescence.
Bombo Wollongong Sydney Australia Wreck site A steam-engined collier which sank in 1949 in a storm when the cargo of coal shifted. 2 men survived. Just accessible from Sydney as a day dive.
Bowen Island Jervis Bay Australia Site consists of huge boulders with swim-throughs.
Breda Benderloch Oban Scotland Wreck site This wreck will be 'opened up' by the Royal Navy in 1995 after two American divers died on it.
Briggs Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia
Brummer Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland Wreck site Light cruiser
Calve Island Cliffs NE corner of Calve Island Mull Scotland
Camp Cove East of Watson's Bay Sydney Australia Entry at Green Point.
Cape Hawke (north side) Forster Australia
Cape Solander Round from Inscription Point, Kurnell Sydney Australia
Catalina Great Cumbrae Clyde Scotland Wreck site Flying Boat
Cathedral Holmes Reef Australia
Cathedral Cave Point Perpendicular Jervis Bay Australia
Catterthun Seal Rocks Forster Australia Wreck site Sank in 1895, only 27 surviving from 87 on board.
Cessna 150 Sound of Mull Mull Scotland Wreck site
Chadwick West coast of Skye Skye Scotland Wreck site
Chester II Off Fidra Forth Scotland Wreck site I haven't actually dived this wreck, but I've been near it.
Cod Rock Broughton Island Nelson Bay Australia Close to Looking Glass Features a sizeable cave and a lave tube you can swim through. First dived 27 Jan 2023.
Coolooli Long Reef Sydney Australia Wreck site Dredger, sunk deliberately as an artificial reef in 1980.
Creran Bridge Oban Scotland
Cuan Ferry Seil Island Oban Scotland
Dartmouth Sound of Mull Mull Scotland Wreck site
Darts Point N. side of the Bay Jervis Bay Australia
Dee Why Long Reef Sydney Australia Wreck site Double-ended Sydney ferry
Destroyer Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland Wreck site WWII destroyer
Doris Skye Scotland Wreck site
Dresden Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland Wreck site Light cruiser
Dubh-sgeir Mhor Tongue Bay North-west Scotland Scotland Not sure about the spelling, but if my Gaelic serves me right this means 'big black rock'. It's more poetic in the Gaelic.
Dun Domhnuill Garvellachs (SW corner of the islan) Oban Scotland
Dun Mór Sanday Outer Hebrides Scotland I'm not sure if Sanday is in the Outer Hebrides or not - must check.
Dunbar South side of the Firth of Forth Forth Scotland Common site for EUSAC training dives.
Dunollie Castle Oban Bay Oban Scotland
Easdale Seil Island Oban Scotland
Easdale Quarry Easdale, Seil Island Oban Scotland
East Shark Island Sydney Australia
Eel gardens off Kona Airport Hawaii USA Named after the garden eels that live here.
Eilean Grianal 2 miles north-west of Dunvegan Skye Scotland
Eilean Imersay Ardbeg Islay Scotland Near the 'John Strachan'
Eyemouth Forth Scotland
F2 & barge Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland Wreck site
Fairey Firefly VX381 Jervis Bay Australia Wreck site Well described on p68 of Tom Byron's book. Pilot and observer escaped after ditching.
Fairlight Manly Sydney Australia
Falls of Lora Loch Etive Oban Scotland Tides: add 1 hour 46 minutes to HW Oban.
Fidra North Berwick Forth Scotland
Fish Reef off Port Hacking Sydney Australia One of Max's sites. It takes 20 minutes to circumnavigate the reef, and it has most of what you could ask for - swimthroughs, overhangs, cuttlefish and even a black stingray.
Fish Rock South West Rocks NSW North Coast Australia An unassuming name for a brilliant site. It is indeed a rock, and you will see fish.
Fladda Oban Scotland
Floristan Kilchiaran Bay Islay Scotland Wreck site
Fly Point Nelson Bay Australia
Furnace Loch Fyne Kintyre Scotland
Galava Terrigal Sydney Australia Wreck site The 'Galava' was a 413 ton collier (steam-engined, single screw). Sunk February 9th 1927.
Gap Cave Boat left from Watson's Bay Sydney Australia
Gitana Loch Rannoch Scottish Highlands Scotland Wreck site Freshwater site This wreck is unfortunately not there now. The wreck, a nineteenth-century Victorian steam yacht, was lifted and 'restored' by a local innkeeper before being driven ashore and wrecked in a winter gale, this time for good.
Glanmire St Abbs Head Forth Scotland Wreck site
Golden Gift Oban Bay Oban Scotland Wreck site
Golden Harvest Kyle of Lochalsh Skye Scotland Wreck site Trawler, sank in 1977.
Gorgonia Wall Point Perpendicular Jervis Bay Australia
Granton Forth Scotland
Green Island Jervis Bay Australia
Guerrilla Bay South of Bateman's Bay Bateman's Bay Australia
Guns of the Bayern Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland Wreck site 'The Guns of the Bayern' has an even more ominous sound to it when you learn that at least one diver has lost his life when he couldn't find his way out of the turrets.
Hairy Wall Bicheno Tasmania Australia
Hallcaine Sydney Australia Wreck site A wooden steamship, so only machinery is left - boiler, engine, anchor, winches and two bronze props.
Harald Mull of Oa Islay Scotland Wreck site Norwegian steamship. So far as we know, discovered by us.
Haven Sponge Gardens Terrigal Sydney Australia
Hayden's Rock off Forster Main Beach Forster Australia Shallow, yet popular with grey nurse sharks
Heather Island Oban Scotland
Helen Wilson Kerrera (Ardentrive Bay, opposite Oban Harbour) Oban Scotland Wreck site
Helena Faulbaums Belnahua Oban Scotland Wreck site
Hispania Sound of Mull Mull Scotland Wreck site
Hole in the Wall Avalon Sydney Australia
Huskisson Pier Jervis Bay Australia
Idol Bay Forster Australia [link]http://australia.greatestdivesites.com/new_south_wales/forster/idol_bay[/link]
Inscription Point Kurnell Sydney Australia
Insh Island NW of Seil Island Oban Scotland
Islay Port Ellen Islay Scotland Wreck site A MacBrayne's paddlesteamer, 187 tons net, which sank in 1902 en route from Glasgow to Port Ellen.
Isle Martin Loch Broom North-west Scotland Scotland
John Strachan Islay Scotland Wreck site
Julian Rocks Byron Bay Australia
Julie-Ann Jervis Bay Australia Wreck site You won't find this wreck there now. It was temporary.
K? reef Bicheno Tasmania Australia
Karlsruhe Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland Wreck site Light cruiser
Kenmore Point Loch Fyne Kintyre Scotland
Kintyre Wemyss Bay Clyde Scotland Wreck site
Köln Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland Wreck site Light cruiser
Kona Airport off Kona Airport Hawaii USA Manta rays. Not the night we dived there, though. Frank, the eel, comes out at night.
König Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland Wreck site 25,000 ton battleship
Kronprinz Wilhelm Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland Wreck site Battleship
Lake Jindabyne The flooded town of Jindabyne Snowy Mountains Australia Freshwater site The old town of Jindabyne was flooded in 1962 when Lake Jindabyne was created as part of the Snowy River scheme. Very little remains.
Largs Clyde Scotland
Latitude Rock Forster Australia
Leith Forth Scotland
Leuim an Fheidh Cliffs to north of Isle Martin, Loch Broom North-west Scotland Scotland
Levenish, north face St Kilda Scotland
Limelight Port Ellen Islay Scotland Wreck site Puffer, 143 tons gross. Sank 1966.
Linn of Dee Somewhere west of Balmoral Scottish Highlands Scotland Freshwater site
Lion Island Broken Bay Sydney Australia
Little Cumbrae West side Clyde Scotland A unique dive site, in that all we saw was water. The water depth was 110m.
Little Loch Broom North-west Scotland Scotland
Loch Ailort North-west Scotland Scotland
Loch Duich Ratagan and Inverinate Scottish West Coast Scotland
Loch Lomond Cliffs Loch Lomond Clyde Scotland Freshwater site Well, it's an alternative to the Clyde, in the same area.
Loch Long Clyde Scotland I'm not sure whether it's justified geographically, but spiritually Loch Long is part of the Clyde.
Loch Sunart Scottish West Coast Scotland
Lochgoilhead At the head of Loch Goil Kintyre Scotland
Long Bay Fisherman's Road, Malabar Sydney Australia The suburb of Long Bay was renamed Malabar after the 1931 shipwreck. Sheltered from the north, but not a whole lot to see.
Long Reef Dee Why Sydney Australia
Looking Glass Broughton Island Nelson Bay Australia As named by Let's Go Adventures. Grey nurse sharks
Ludlow Off Yellowcraigs Beach Forth Scotland Wreck site
Magic Point Cronulla Sydney Australia Grey nurse sharks https://www.abyss.com.au/en/magic-point-boat-dive
Manly Around the corner from Shelly Beach Sydney Australia
Markgraf Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland Wreck site Battleship
May Island Forth Scotland
Meall Thailm North-east of Tongue Bay North-west Scotland Scotland
Meanish Pier Skye Scotland
Meldon Loch Buie Mull Scotland Wreck site
Michaelmas Cay Great Barrier Reef Australia
Middle Ground Out from Port Hacking Sydney Australia
Midway Reef Dee Why Sydney Australia
Mina Stac NE of Hirta St Kilda Scotland
Molokini Maui Hawaii USA Molokini is a crescent-shaped eroded steam vent, fantastic for snorkelling, and with a shark feeding station round the far side.
Muir Rock Bicheno Tasmania Australia
Mull of Oa Islay Scotland
Nerong Norah Head, Terrigal Sydney Australia Wreck site
Nonnkina Bommie Holmes Reef Australia Japanese for 'relaxing'. A coral bommie with a constellation of fish all around it, including clownfish in close attendance to their anemone, rock cod (spots), trevally (shoal), butterflyfish (long nose), longfin bannerfish, angelfish, half-and-half chromis (front black, back white), wrasse (a multitude of colours and shapes), steephead parrotfish, fire dartfish (like a blenny with a sabre-like dorsal fin), striped surgeonfish (yellow, longitudinal black stripes with blue/white stripes in centre of black stripes - poisonous blade either side of the tailfin), clown triggerfish (dots on top, white patches underneath. As well as the fish we saw numerous different kinds of coral, crinoids and, on top of the bommie, a beautiful big crayfish, in a pink/lilac/white colour scheme.
Nordhuk Skye Scotland Wreck site
North Bondi Sydney Australia
North Connel Oban Scotland
North Head Sydney Australia PADI Deep Course November 1988
North Rock Broughton Island Nelson Bay Australia As named by Let's Go Adventures. Grey nurse sharks
Not the Foggy Shark Cave Terrigal Sydney Australia
Not the Yambacoona Terrigal Sydney Australia
Oak Park Oak Park Sydney Australia
Ocean Bride Loch Sween Kintyre Scotland Wreck site The 'Ocean Bride' was a cabin cruiser handed over to EUSAC by the University Zoology Department. Unfortunately it sank before we had a chance to do anything with it. Our mission was to raise it.
Oigh Sgeir Light West of Rhum Outer Hebrides Scotland
One Mile Gutter Forster Australia
Osborne Shoals Sydney Australia
Ostend Mull Scotland Wreck site
Otranto Kilchiaran Bay Islay Scotland Wreck site
Otter Ferry Loch Fyne Kintyre Scotland
Paddy Hinkley's Quarry Forth Scotland Freshwater site
Paradise Reef Bicheno Tasmania Australia
Pelican Calve Island, Tobermory Bay Mull Scotland Wreck site
Pettico Wick South side of the Forth, west of St Abbs Forth Scotland
Point Perpendicular Jervis Bay Australia
Port Napier Kyle of Lochalsh Skye Scotland Wreck site One of the most impressive Scottish wrecks, with mine tubes running half the length of the vessel, guns, sea life, vis and all in a reasonable depth. The story of its sinking is impressive too.
Prawn trawler Kihei/Weilia Hawaii USA Wreck site Sunk as an artificial reef (along with car tyres in frames). Great spot for turtles.
Predator's Playground Holmes Reef Australia
Priest Island Summer Isles North-west Scotland Scotland
Priest Rock Sound of Arisaig North-west Scotland Scotland
Propeller Gutters Jervis Bay Australia Can't find any reference to this site online.
Raasay, south end Skye Scotland
Railway Quay Oban Bay Oban Scotland
Rhodesia Duntulm Bay Skye Scotland Wreck site
River Tweed English side North-east England England My one English dive site to date.
Rondo Eileanan Glasa, Sound of Mull Mull Scotland Wreck site Eileanan Glasa means 'Green Island'
Rosehearty Somewhere north of Aberdeen Scottish East Coast Scotland Near where 'Local Hero' was filmed
Royal Fusilier off Dunbar Forth Scotland Wreck site
Royal Shepherd South Head Sydney Australia Wreck site
Rubha Bhrengadal Boreray St Kilda Scotland
Salen Pier Salen Mull Scotland
Satara Seal Rocks Forster Australia Wreck site 5000 ton steamship, built in Scotland in 1901. Struck a reef and sank in April, 1910.
Seacliffs North Berwick Forth Scotland
Seal Cave, Rubha Ghill Caves E end of Hirta St Kilda Scotland
Seal Colony Steamers Beach Jervis Bay Australia South of Jervix Bay proper, past Cape St George (box 100 on Tom Byron's map).
Seal Rocks Forster Australia
Sgarbhstac Submarine Arch Boreray St Kilda Scotland
Sgeir à Phuirt Canna Outer Hebrides Scotland Is Canna in the Outer Hebrides?
Sgeir an Oir Ealean North-east side of Tongue Bay North-west Scotland Scotland
Sgeir Maol Mhoraidh Loch Ewe North-west Scotland Scotland
Sgeir Neoghluasadach Summer Isles North-west Scotland Scotland South of Tanera Beg. The name means 'Motionless Rock'.
Shark Rock N. side of the Bay Jervis Bay Australia Grey nurse sharks are beginning to return to this area for the first time since the 1970s. Sandy bottom at 15m, then rock, including some house-sized boulders.
Shelly Beach Manly Sydney Australia
Shiprock Port Hacking Sydney Australia
Shuna Islay Scotland Wreck site
Soay, East of Am Plaistir North side of Soay St Kilda Scotland
Sound of Kerrera Oban Scotland
South Head Sydney Australia PADI Deep Course November 1988
Soyea Island Lochinver, Sutherland North-west Scotland Scotland
Split Rock Bicheno Tasmania Australia
Spot A Latitude Rock, Cape Hawke Forster Australia
St Abbs South side of the Firth of Forth Forth Scotland A common site for EUSAC Sunday training dives.
St Abbs Head South side of the Firth of Forth Forth Scotland Site of the 'Glanmire', which has never been found on any outing I've made to this site.
Stac Lee SE face St Kilda Scotland
Stassa Rodel Bay, Harris Outer Hebrides Scotland Wreck site Russian cargo vessel, diesel-engined, with a cargo of Baltic pine, which ran aground on a rock at the entrance to the bay, ripped its bottom out, then reversed off the rock and sank. Date - late 1960s or early 70s. Site is right beside the ancient church at Rodel.
Sub-Sea Services George St, Aberdeen Scottish East Coast Scotland Well, Aberdeen is on the Scottish East Coast...
Switha Off Edinburgh Forth Scotland Wreck site You don't so much dive this wreck as walk around it. It's an ex-RN minesweeper (with a steam engine) which was run aground on its return up the Forth after an exercise.
The Abyss Holmes Reef Australia
The Apartments Long Reef, Collaroy Sydney Australia A 5 minute boat trip from the beach at Collaroy. Big boulders and a good swim-through. Large shoals of yellowtail & nannegai. Wobbegong.
The Balcony off Royal National Park Sydney Australia
The Castle Bicheno Tasmania Australia
The Caves Holmes Reef Australia An effortless drift beside and above the reef. Lovely pastel coral shades - green, blue, pink, yellow - and a heap of fish. The clown triggerfish stood out. Nice blue and yellow tubeworms too.
The Docks NW of Point Perpendicular Jervis Bay Australia
The Gutter Bass Point, Shellharbour Sydney Australia
The Pinnacles, Avalon North of Avalon Beach Sydney Australia Atlantis Divers run trips to this site from Palm Beach. If you keep your eyes peeled you might see a sea dragon.
The Pinnacles, Forster Forster Australia
The Sawcut Dún St Kilda Scotland
The Slot Point Perpendicular, adjoining The Docks Jervis Bay Australia A sawcut, open at the top, running back 30m into the cliff, with a floor of white shell sand and crystal clear water (even when murky outside).
The Steps Bicheno Tasmania Australia
The Tubes Jervis Bay Australia
The Twins Holmes Reef Australia Shallow dive giving the diver plenty of time to view dozens of species of fish, including yellow goatfish, butterflyfish, blue-spotted fantail stingray, black-backed butterflyfish, moorish idol, surgeonfish, damselfish, fire dartfish. Attractive coral too.
The Wall, Long Reef Collaroy Sydney Australia
Thesis Sound of Mull Mull Scotland Wreck site
Tuggerah Royal National Park Sydney Australia Wreck site Collier, 749 g.t. Built on the Clyde in 1912. Sank in gale May 1919.
UB116 Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland Wreck site U-boat
Underwater Wilderness off Royal National Park Sydney Australia
Undola off Royal National Park Sydney Australia Wreck site Collier, 429 g.t. Built Paisley 1909. Sunk December 1918. No survivors.
Urlana Geo Mor, NW of Idrigill Point, near Harlosh Skye Scotland Wreck site
Valiant NE of Barrenjoey Light Sydney Australia Wreck site The Valiant was a tug, which sank in 1981 on its way to be scuttled after the Maritime Services Board failed to survey it. The tow rope parted in rough weather and 30 seconds later it sank. The wreck is lying tilted over to its port side in 28m and is intact, but beginning to rust through. It is possible to swim round the engine room and crew's quarters, and there are plenty of fish to be seen, including a moray eel.
Viking Bommie Holmes Reef Australia
Wallachia The Gantocks Clyde Scotland Wreck site
Wemyss Bay Clyde Scotland
West Point Pitt Water Sydney Australia
William H Welch Furadh Mor North-west Scotland Scotland Wreck site
Yorky's Patches South-west of Hastings Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia