Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving Web Site
Home · Contact Me · Sydney Reef Dive Sites · Sydney Shipwrecks · NSW Dive Sites · Australian Dive Sites · Overseas Dive Sites · Dive Accidents and Incidents · My Yachting Adventures · 4WD Trips · Weather · Search 17 May 2024 12:27
Navigation
Home

General
About Me
My Diving
FAQ
Downloads
Web Links - Dive Clubs
St George Scuba Club
Some of my Best Photos
Contact Me

Dive Sites
Sydney Reef Dive Sites
Sydney Shipwrecks
Sydney Dive Visibility, Swell and Temps
Kelly Talking on ABC Sydney about Shipwrecks
NSW Dive Sites
Sydney Shipwreck Summary
NSW Shipwreck GPS/Marks
Australian Dive Sites
Overseas Dive Sites
Aircraft I have Dived
Old Bottles
Free Shipwreck Books

Dive Related Equipment
Shearwater Predator and Heinrichs Weikamp OSTC 2N
Uwatec Aladin Dive Computers
Apollo AV1 Underwater Scooter
Bauer Compressor
DIY Oxygen Stick - Nitrox
GoPro HD Hero Video Camera
My Camera Setup
Purchase of New Dive Boat
My Dive Boat - Mak Cat
My Old Dive Boat - Le Scat
My Dive Gear
GPS and Diving
Make Your Own Car Tank Rack

Marine Life
Rarer Sydney Marine Life
Bare Island Pygmy Pipe Horses
Bare Island Sea Horses
Bare Island Nudibranchs
Bare Island Marine Life
Encounter with Southern Right Whale and Calf

Other Dive Info
How Weather Affects Diving in Sydney
Visibility and Wave Averages in Sydney
Waves and Diving
Diving Weather and Sea Conditions
Tide Tables
Dive Accidents and Incidents
Dive Book Reviews
Site Map
Noel Hitchins 1951-2005
Lloyd Bridges - Mike Nelson in Sea Hunt
My Yachting Adventures
Below is a list of links to the main pages about my yacht, Catlypso and My Yachting Adventures:
  • Purchase of Catlypso
  • Details about Catlypso
  • Cleaning/Repairing Catlypso
  • My Yachting Adventures.
  • Login
    Username

    Password



    Forgotten your password?
    Request a new one here.
    Michael's 4WD Trips
    Click here for a list of my Four Wheel Drive and Camping Trips.
    Home Brewing
    Click here for an article about Home Brewing.
    Sydney Dive Site Hints
    "By-Pass Reef was named after John Beddie"
    Sydney Reef Dive Sites
    Sydney Reef Dives You can download a GPX file (GPS interchange file) of all my GPS co-ordinates by by clicking here

    . You should be able to import this into your GPS, chartplotter or PC based software.

    For a list of shipwrecks in the Sydney area, please go to the Sydney Shipwreck Page.

    For an article on Sydney diving in general click on

  • Simply the Best - Sydney Diving.

    Sydney
    A map showing some of the sites in Southern Sydney




    Alphabetical Listing Location - North to South
    * These dives can be done from shore** Can be done from shore but not recommended

  • The Apartments(The Wall)
  • Anchor Reef
  • The Balcony
  • Balmoral Baths*
  • Bare Island - History
  • Bare Island - Summary
  • Bare Island - Definition of underwater and above water features
  • Bare Island - 15 Metre Reef*
  • Bare Island - Circumnavigation*
  • Bare Island - Bombora*
  • Bare Island - Deep Wall*
  • Bare Island - Deep Wall Drift/Half Circumnavigation*
  • Bare Island - Isolated Reefs*
  • Bare Island - Left (Eastern Side)*
  • Bare Island - Right (Western Side)*
  • Bare Island - Anglerfish - Note: not a dive
  • Bare Island - Sea Dragons - Note: not a dive
  • Bare Island - Nudibranches - Note: not a dive
  • Bare Island - Pygmy Pipehorses - Note: not a dive
  • Bare Island - Sea Horses - Note: not a dive
  • Bare Island - Other Marine Life - Note: not a dive
  • Barrens Hut
  • Bass and Flinders*
  • Beehive Casemate Tunnel
  • Big Saigon
  • Blue Devil Reef
  • Bondi Wall
  • Bottle and Glass Point*
  • Bypass Reef
  • Camp Cove*
  • Cape Banks - Botany Bay**
  • Cape Banks Bridge**
  • Chowder Bay Wharf*
  • Clifton Gardens*
  • Clovelly Pool*
  • The Colours
  • Container Wall*
  • Cruwee Cove - Botany Bay**
  • The Cutting
  • The Cutting North Reef
  • Dee Why Wide
  • Dragon Alley - Barrenjoey Head
  • Fish (Pizza) Reef
  • Fairy Bower*
  • Fairlight*
  • Flat Rock*
  • The Gap
  • Gordons Bay*
  • Green Point*
  • Green Wheely Bin Reef
  • GT Reef
  • The Gullies - Underwater Wilderness
  • Henry Head
  • The Hole in the Wall
  • Hungry Jacks
  • Indian Point**
  • Inscription Point*
  • Inscription Point to The Monuments*
  • Isolated Cemetery
  • JD Reef (North)
  • Jibbon Bombora
  • Jolong
  • KFC
  • Kirribilli Point*
  • La Perouse Bay Drift*
  • La Perouse Point*
  • The Leap*
  • The Leap Deep
  • Lilli Pilli*
  • Little Bay*
  • Little Bay - 4th Hole*
  • Little Saigon
  • Long Bay*
  • Maccas Reef
  • Magic Point Sharks**
  • Mahon Pool*
  • Manly Beach - An encounter with two southern right whales
  • Manly Gasworks*
  • Marley Point
  • Marley Point North
  • Marys Reef
  • Middle Ground
  • Middle Ground North
  • Minmi Trench
  • Mistral Point
  • M & K Reef
  • The Monuments*
  • North Head - Old Mans Hat
  • North Head - Old Mans Shoulder
  • North Bondi*
  • Oak Park*
  • Oak Park to Bass and Flinders*
  • Old Mans Hat - North Head
  • Old Mans Shoulder - North Head
  • One Spot Reef
  • Oporto Reef
  • Osborn Shoal
  • Osborn Shoal East
  • Osborn Shoal East Drift
  • Osborn Shoal South West
  • Osborn Shoal West
  • Parsley Bay*
  • Pinnacles - Bangally Head
  • Pistol Crack - Little Bay
  • Pistol Point/Truck Tyre Reef - Little Bay
  • Pizza (Fish) Reef
  • Red Flag
  • Red Indian Point
  • Red Rooster Reef
  • Rifle Range Reef
  • Shark Point*
  • Shelly Beach*
  • Shelly Beach Dusky Whaler Sharks*
  • Shiprock*
  • Six Fathom Reef
  • South Maroubra*
  • Sow and Pigs Reef
  • The Split
  • Tabbagai Gap
  • Tabbagai Point
  • Thompsons Bay*
  • Truck Tyre Reef/Pistol Point - Little Bay
  • Tumbledowns
  • Tumbledowns Drift
  • Tupia Point - Malabar
  • Tyre Reef
  • Underwater Wilderness
  • Voodoo
  • The Wall (The Apartments)
  • Watsons Bay Pool*
  • Wattamolla Point
  • The Wanderers
  • Wedding Cake Island South East**
  • Wedding Cake Island North West**
  • Whale Watching Platform
  • Windy Point*
  • Windy Point to Oak Park Drift*
  • Xanadu Reef
  • Yellow Rock
  • Yena Gap Outer Reef
  • Yena Wall*
  • Yowie Bay Boat Ramp*
  • Yowie Point


  • Palm Beach Area
  • Dragon Alley - Barrenjoey Head
  • The Hole in the Wall
  • Pinnacles - Bangally Head

    Long Reef Area

  • The Wall (The Apartments)
  • Dee Why Wide

    Manly/North Head

  • Harbord*
  • Manly Beach - An encounter with two
    southern right whales
  • Fairy Bower*
  • Shelly Beach*
  • Shelly Beach Dusky Whaler Sharks*
  • Green Wheely Bin Reef
  • North Head - Old Mans Hat
  • North Head - Old Mans Shoulder

  • Sydney Harbour (Inside)

  • Red Indian Point
  • Manly Gasworks*
  • Fairlight*
  • Balmoral Baths*
  • Sow and Pigs Reef
  • Beehive Casemate Tunnel
  • Chowder Bay Wharf*
  • Clifton Gardens*
  • Kirribilli Point*
  • Bottle and Glass Point*
  • Parsley Bay*
  • Watsons Bay Pool*
  • Green Point*
  • Camp Cove*

  • Eastern Beaches


  • The Gap
  • The Colours
  • Bondi Wall
  • North Bondi*
  • Flat Rock - South Bondi*
  • Shark Point*
  • Clovelly Pool*
  • Thompsons Bay (Gordons Bay)*
  • Wedding Cake Island North West**
  • Wedding Cake Island South East**
  • Mistral Point
  • Mahon Pool*
  • South Maroubra*
  • Magic Point Sharks**
  • Red Flag
  • Rifle Range Reef
  • Tyre Reef
  • Yellow Rock
  • Long Bay*
  • Tupia Point - Malabar
  • Little Bay*
  • Little Bay - 4th Hole*
  • M & K Reef
  • Isolated Cemetery
  • Truck Tyre Reef/Pistol Point - Little Bay
  • Pistol Crack - Little Bay
  • Jolong
  • Cape Banks Bridge**
  • Cape Banks**
  • Bypass Reef

  • Botany Bay (Inside)


  • Minmi Trench
  • Cruwee Cove **
  • Henry Head
  • Indian Point**
  • Bare Island - Summary
  • Bare Island - Circumnavigation*
  • Bare Island - Bombora*
  • Bare Island - Right (Western Side)*
  • Bare Island - Deep Wall*
  • Bare Island - Deep Wall/Half Circumnavigation*
  • Bare Island - Isolated Reefs*
  • Bare Island - Left (Eastern Side)*
  • Bare Island - Marine Life - Note: not a dive
  • Bare Island - Nudibranches - Note: not a dive
  • Bare Island - Pygmy Pipehorses
  • Bare Island - Sea Horses - Note: not a dive
  • La Perouse Bay Drift*
  • La Perouse Point*
  • The Container Wall*
  • The Monuments*
  • Inscription Point to The Monuments*
  • Inscription Point*
  • The Leap Drift - Kurnell*
  • The Leap Deep
  • Yena Wall*

  • Botany Bay to Bate Bay


  • Anchor Reef
  • Yena Gap Outer Reef
  • Whale Watching Platform
  • GT Reef
  • Tabbagai Gap
  • Tabbagai Point
  • Big Saigon
  • Little Saigon

  • Cronulla/Bate Bay and Port Hacking


  • The Wanderers
  • Xanadu Reef
  • Voodoo
  • Osborn Shoal
  • Osborn Shoal East
  • Osborn Shoal East Drift
  • Osborn Shoal South West
  • Osborn Shoal West
  • Middle Ground North
  • Middle Ground
  • Six Fathom Reef
  • Windy Point*
  • Windy Point to Oak Park Drift*
  • Oak Park*
  • Oak Park to Bass and Flinders*
  • Bass and Flinders*
  • Shiprock*
  • Lilli Pilli*
  • Yowie Bay Boat Ramp*
  • Yowie Point

  • Royal National Park


  • Blue Devil Reef
  • Oporto Reef
  • Red Rooster Reef
  • Hungry Jacks
  • Maccas Reef
  • KFC
  • Fish (Pizza) Reef
  • Jibbon Bombora
  • The Split
  • Barrens Hut
  • Tumbledowns Drift
  • Tumbledowns
  • The Gullies - also called Underwater Wilderness
  • Underwater Wilderness
  • JD Reef (North)
  • One Spot Reef
  • The Cutting North Reef
  • The Cutting
  • The Balcony
  • Marys Reef
  • Marley Point
  • Marley Point North
  • Wattamolla Point


  • Copyright © Michael McFadyen 1990 to 2024
    Non-commercial use of an article or photograph is permitted with appropriate URL reference to this site.
    Dive shops, dive operators, publications and government departments cannot use anything without first seeking and receiving approval from Michael McFadyen.
    This web site has been wholly thought up, designed, constructed and funded for almost 30 years by Michael McFadyen without any help from the Australian Dive Industry.
    Website created 1996!