Dive, Australia
Australia holds some of the world’s finest diving so if you are trying to plan the best diving trip you have every experienced, then start planning an Australian Diving Holiday. From Queensland down to Victoria and across to Western Australia and up to the Cape there are hundreds of spectacular dive sites all around the country where you find bommies, caves, tunnels, interlocking reef systems and thousands of marine species to get up close and personal with. No matter which state you are in you can either chose to take out your own vessel or book onto one of the hundreds of dive cruises that travel to different sites every day. Queensland holds one of the Australia’s greatest treasures, the Great Barrier Reef, where you can either take you own boat or join one of the many snorkelling and diving charters that depart daily for the Barrier Reef. Travel with experienced crew for the day or perhaps longer on an overnight and extended stay on the Great Barrier Reef for day dives and night dives. There are many different vantage points that you can leave from such as Port Douglas, Airlie Beach, Mission Beach or even Cairns. There is also diving to be had while spending time in the Whitsundays where from all of the resort islands you can easily access the Great Barrier Reef for some excellent Whitsunday diving. Many sailing cruises that travel up and down the coast of Queensland will provide you with daily diving and snorkelling adventures that all ages can part take in, and if you have never dived before you can easily sign up for a learn to dive course that will have you diving the Great Barrier Reef in no time at all. A little further south you will come to the coast of New South Wales where again you can take advantage of wonderful dive sites that fringe the coastline. Whether you are holidaying in Byron Bay, Sydney, Fingal Head, Batemans Bay or one of the many other coastal towns and cities, you will have plenty of opportunities to dive the waters off the NSW coastline. Dive famous sites like Fish Rock Cave and come face to face with a grey nurse and see many marine species like clownfish, humpback whales, reef sharks, moray eels, manta rays, bronze whalers, jewfish and so much more.
From NSW you travel down to Victoria and it is here that you will find the country’s richest underwater treasures from various fish species, sharks, whales and dolphins. It is the smallest state in Australia yet here you can experience a place that diving enthusiasts dream about and it will quickly become clear why people say it is the best kept secret of all! Whether you are a beginner, intermediate diver or advanced diver you can find many different diving experience for all age groups and levels. There are so many things to see underwater and so many dive sites to explore, ship wrecks and man mad reefs and with plenty of coastal towns and cities offering a range of dive cruises that depart every day, you can every chance to see it for yourself. Once you have dived the coast of Victoria your next step is to make your way to South Australia, where you can not only have some wonderful diving experienced, but also take advantage of a cage dive with Great White Sharks if you are feeling game. Many tour operators, from places such as Eyre Peninsula, Port Lincoln, Adelaide or Rapid Bay to just name a few have great day tours as well as extended diving trips for all to take part in. The reefs that are within the temperate waters off the coast of South Australia have awesome reefs and the famous dive site of the HMAS Hobart where you can see fish, crustaceans, sharks, whales, dolphins and so much more. Diving in South Australia and all of the other Australian states is possible all year round with calm days and perfect weather being present for pretty much most of the year making visibility almost perfect.
Western Australia has thousands of kilometres of pristine white sandy beaches that are fringed by some of the most stunning coral gardens or reef systems. With places such as The Kimberley, Ningaloo Reef, Turquoise Bay, Perth, Wedge Island, Rottnest Island, Geraldton and the Shoalwater Marine Park which is just one hour south of Perth you can find everything from shipwrecks, whale sharks, dolphins, dugongs, manta rays, turtles and more than 500 species of reef fish in every colour of the rainbow to just name a few. The waters the ribbon the coastline of Western Australia are filled with plenty of diving experiences that you are going to need sometime so you can see it all. Around the top of Australia and into the Northern Territory the marine life is prolific, with places such as the Vernon Islands, Melville Island, Coburg Peninsula and Bathurst and Wessel Islands that are within easy reach of Darwin. With the Gulf of Carpentaria you will find the Groote Eylandt where diving is spectacular and something to be experienced. There are ship wrecks from WW11 and the infamous Cyclone Tracy left a path of destruction and some wonderful dive sites to be explored with the various bits of debris that were scattered throughout the Darwin Harbour.
An Australian diving holiday will be hard to be beat anywhere else in the world, as this country holds some of the most sought after diving locations on the planet!