Sydney - Manly

What's On

  • Sydney Weekend Aways and Overseas Trips
  • 2nd Quarter Boat Diving Schedule (Apr - Jun 2013)
  • Winter Sealife V Boat Packages

Sydney Weekend Aways and Overseas Trips
Checkout some of the great local and international escorted trips that PRO DIVE Coogee and Manly will be running in 2013.  Download our brochure or visit our Weekends away section for availability.

2nd Quarter Boat Diving Schedule (Apr - Jun 2013)
Join us for a day out on the boat to some of the best dive sites Sydney has to offer! In the boat diving schedule you will find information about the dive boat, meeting points, all the different dive sites, the depth ratings and the prices. You can either download the Quarter from our website by just clicking on the link above or you can pick up a copy from our stores in Manly or Coogee!

Winter Sealife V Boat Packages
Valid from 1st of June to 30 of October 2013

5 Boat Dive Package with Tank & Weight Hire                    $399
5 Boat Dive Package with Full Gear Hire                             $599
10 Boat Dive Package with  Tank & Weight Hire                  $715
10 Boat Dive Package with FREE SCUBA PACKAGE*    $1549

Dive Reports

Area Info

%%factsheet%%Sydney has temperate water diving, where the water temp varies from 15 to 24 degrees and visibility averages about 10 to 15 meters throughout the year but often experiences 25-30m during winter.

There is a huge variety of fish life sponges soft corals and there over 40 dives sites to choose from. 

 In Sydney the type of marine life you can see such as Weedy Sea Dragons, Giant Cuttlefish, Blue Grouper, Bull Rays, Wobbegong shark, Port Jackson shark and of course Grey Nurse sharks plus hundreds of other species of fish.  The marine life you will see varies, depending of time of the year.

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Dive Sites

Day Date Course/Trip  am/pm  Dive Site Rating Depth
Fri 21-Jun-2013  Sydney Double Boat Dive am Long Reef 
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10-25 metres 
Sat 22-Jun-2013  Sydney Double Boat Dive am Magic Point 
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16-23 metres 
Sat 22-Jun-2013  Advanced Course am Long Reef 
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10-25 metres 
Sun 23-Jun-2013  Sydney Double Boat Dive am Long Reef 
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10-25 metres 
Fri 28-Jun-2013  Sydney Double Boat Dive am Magic Point 
Blue
16-23 metres 
Sat 29-Jun-2013  Sydney Double Boat Dive am Magic Point 
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16-23 metres 

Long Reef


To find out more please check this link out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q6Gxy7rhYw

These three sites are adjacent to one another and lie just east of Long Reef Point, a five-minute boat ride. The main site is located along a large rock wall and drops to 15 to 20 metres. This huge rock formation has a large swim-through running from east to west of the rock. The western side is always home to masses of fish; bullseyes, roughies, yellowtail, pike and tailor. The boulders themselves are covered in sea tulips, sponges and bryozoans. There were plenty of starfish, large cuttlefish, wobbegongs and Port Jackson sharks. The cathedral (name of massive boulder) comes up to about eight metres and often visibility gets much clearer during winter. Swimming north of the cathedral following the wall you come across large gutters frequented by young grey nurse sharks. Watch for strong currents.


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Magic Point


Magic Point is the southern headland of Maroubra Bay - about 14 km south of Sydney Harbour. It is a significant aggregation area for Grey Nurse sharks.

Despite their fierce appearance, Grey Nurse sharks are not considered to be dangerous to humans.They are a passive species with teeth designed for capturing prey such as fish, squid and crustaceans.

The sharks can usually be found in a cave about 15 metres below the surface. This cave is really a large undercut section of the cliff wall - it is about 15 metres wide and about 5 metres deep at the western end. Once on the bottom, head to the cave and stop about five metres in front of it. The bottom is very silty and the sharks love to lie around and cruise around this little 'patch'. Expect around 8-10 grey nurse sharks. The sharks are accompanied by enormous schools of yellowtail as well as remoras. The sharks are very tolerant of divers but you should not reach out and touch or poke any of these animals. Staying still and calm will often be rewarded with sharks cruising right over your head or very close by. Wild movements and noises are more likely to just frighten them away.




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