Shore dives
- Shore dive · Terrigal Skillion CaveNot a true cave but a large gutter roofed by a fallen slab of rock, at the Skillion headland in Terrigal. It can be dived from the shore or from a boat, and it’s an uncomplicated dive with plenty of bottom time.20 m
- Shore dive · Swansea, Lake Macquarie Swansea BridgeSwansea Channel is Lake Macquarie’s only opening to the sea, so huge volumes of water flow through it with every tide. The pylons of the opening bridge that carries the Pacific Highway across the channel have become a fish-packed artificial reef.10 m
- Shore dive · Terrigal Terrigal HavenTerrigal Haven is the small harbour beside the Skillion headland in Terrigal, with a boat ramp on its shore. It’s a shallow shore dive, and young grey nurse sharks are known to gather here.
Boat dives
- Boat dive · Catherine Hill Bay Wreck of the AdvanceAn iron steam tug that sank off Catherine Hill Bay on Christmas Day 1908 after colliding with the barque she had come out to meet. She sits upright on sand in deep water.43 m
- Boat dive · Terrigal Foggy CaveA large sea cave cut about 12 metres into the base of a cliff [OWNER: confirm Foggy Cave’s location (off Terrigal?) and that it is a boat dive]. Grey nurse sharks gather here in season, which makes it one of the area’s best-known deep dives.
- Boat dive · Avoca Beach Ex-HMAS AdelaideA former Royal Australian Navy guided missile frigate, scuttled as an artificial reef about 1.8 km off Avoca Beach in April 2011. The dive site has been closed by NSW Crown Lands since July 2024 after storms badly damaged the wreck.34 m
- Boat dive · Norah Head Wreck of the NerongA small coastal steamer that sank in a gale off Norah Head in September 1917. She lies on sand in about 45 metres, deep enough to make this a technical dive.
