Sydney where to dive?

In Sydney Sept 2011 only time for 1 or 2 dives.

Can anyone recommend a must do dive, either in harbour or surrounds and also a good operator.

cheers

What are you looking to do?

Most popular sites from shore are:

Shelly Beach

Clifton Gardens

Camp Cove

North Bondi

Gordons Bay

Best boat dives would be:

Magic Point (Grey Nurse Sharks)

Long Reef

Long Reef Wrecks

North Head (various Spots)

Have a look at this I put a DVD together a couple of years ago which has most of the dive spots.

Underwater NSW Sydney

In Sydney Sept 2011 only time for 1 or 2 dives.

 

Can anyone recommend a must do dive, either in harbour or surrounds and also a good operator.

 

cheers

While there we took one day and went shore diving in Botany Bay and were lucky enough to see Weedy Sea Dragons and Cuttlefish

as well as some great Nudibranch and plenty of creatures at "the Steps" dive site.

http://www.delargy.com/2008_11_Australia/a...ydney_scuba.htm

We used & I would recommend Abyss Scuba http://www.abyss.com.au/scuba/pc/Days-Divi...ney-77p2815.htm

We hired a DM for 2 dives and it was worth it to insure we got to the right places and saw the weedy sea dragons we wanted to see.

Enjoy!

Frank thanks for the reply and links.

Peter thanks, that looks like an awesome DVD great work. Im just looking at going for a dive with my son probably in the Harbour/Nth Head.

cheers Craig

Clifton gardens is really nice, great macro.

Otherwise get yourself to bare island.

Cheers pete

Clifton gardens is really nice, great macro.

Otherwise get yourself to bare island.

Cheers pete

Hey Botany Bay divers... how did the viz at Bare Island site cope with cabling/dredging/drenching across the bay?

In a nutshell, it suffered terribly. The viz on a good day was 2mtrs!

I did a few dives where u couldn't see your fins! I stopped going there for a very long time & when I did go back, the viz was back to 12-15mtrs.

I'm not sure wether the dredging has stopped yet but I dived the steps at kernell on Saturday & apart from having the whole site to myself, the viz was around 15mtrs & blue water & 20degrees!

Not bad for winter.

There was so much activity aswell, I could have stayed there for days!

Where will you be staying and will you have your own transport?

Will you be looking to dive on the weekend only or are weekdays an option?

There are so many great sites around Sydney. Anything in particular you want to see?

In a nutshell, it suffered terribly. The viz on a good day was 2mtrs!

I did a few dives where u couldn't see your fins! I stopped going there for a very long time & when I did go back, the viz was back to 12-15mtrs.

I'm not sure wether the dredging has stopped yet but I dived the steps at kernell on Saturday & apart from having the whole site to myself, the viz was around 15mtrs & blue water & 20degrees!

Not bad for winter.

There was so much activity aswell, I could have stayed there for days!

Thanks for the info!