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Scuba Forum / Australian Scuba / May 2007Best scuba diving locations in Australia? For 7 days diving. I fly in to
Perth. Please suggest sites/plan? I have 7-9 days after a conference in Australia (Perth) in which I would like to do some Scuba diving in October 2007. I need to decide whether I fly out of Perth (perhaps try diving west coast, (?Ningaloo, ?Broome..) and fly out of Perth - or get an internal flight and fly out of another major airport (Quantas) and go for diving elsewhere (?Cairns, ?Queensland). Any advice would be brilliant. Thanks!  SignatureZED Powered by Yahoo! Answers http://www.scubish.com Ningaloo Reef. It is one of the many beauties of Western Australia. SignatureSparky5115 Powered by Yahoo! Answers http://www.scubish.com > Ningaloo Reef. Ningaloo if you can get there ( pisses on the GBR IMHO ). Rotnest has good diving ( don't fall off the ferry ) as does the SW corner. Remember Australia is a bloody big country so you can't just nip over to the GBR for a quick dive. If you are into tech/cave diving there are some great sites apparently in WA, not my cup of tea so I have only heard about them > Perth. Please suggest sites/plan? I have 7-9 days after a conference in > Australia (Perth) in which I would like to do some Scuba diving in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > for diving elsewhere (?Cairns, ?Queensland). Any advice would be > brilliant. Thanks! Can't comment on the Ningaloo yet as I won't be diving there until July (six day trip) but:- http://www.diveshed.com.au/index.php Have a look at the Busselton Jetty dive 10 minutes from their pier. This is close to where I live. The wreck dive is good, too, from all reports but I haven't done it. http://www.perthdiving.com.au/enter.html I learnt to dive with these guys in 1980 - the dive boat is good. They do Rottnest (aka Rotto) superbly, which is where I did most of my early dive years. http://www.albanydive.com.au/ Doing a Perth (ex HMAS) dive with these people in June so can't yet comment on the site but a friend raves about it (we are doing the June dive with her as she lives in the town) Ningaloo would be a must, but given that you're already in WA, you could add any of the others Hoges in WA mate jump on a domestic plane and head to north Queensland either cairns or pt Douglas and do some diving on the great barrier reef, if you haven't been there already,i dived there last year and found it to be an awesome place with so much marine life it was a joke,it had the works-reef sharks,clown fish,giant clams,sea cucumbers,reef cod,tones of other tropical fish and amazing coral. SignatureFORKY Powered by Yahoo! Answers http://www.scubish.com > mate jump on a domestic plane and head to north Queensland either cairns > or pt Douglas and do some diving on the great barrier reef, if you > haven't been there already,i dived there last year and found it to be an > awesome place with so much marine life it was a joke,it had the > works-reef sharks,clown fish,giant clams,sea cucumbers,reef cod,tones of > other tropical fish and amazing coral. Not a bad option if you can than fly out of Cairns to your ultimate destination but iff not it is a long return trip to perth for a day or 2 diving. As I said in a previous post IMHO Nigaloo is better than GBR in many ways. Having said that the GBR is awesome and I have dived there heaps more than Nigaloo > Not a bad option if you can than fly out of Cairns to your ultimate > destination but iff not it is a long return trip to perth for a day or 2 [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Having said that the GBR is awesome and I have dived there heaps more than > Nigaloo Nigaloo doesn't have the crowds either. Michael anywhere in western Australia we have beautiful waters just watch for the great whites Signaturefanta Powered by Yahoo! Answers http://www.scubish.com > Perth. Please suggest sites/plan? I have 7-9 days after a conference in > Australia (Perth) in which I would like to do some Scuba diving in [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > for diving elsewhere (?Cairns, ?Queensland). Any advice would be > brilliant. Thanks! I just came back from WA and would thoroughly recommend diving there. Go up to exmouth and dive the Nigaloo reef and Murion islands. We dived with Village Dive while up there who seemed to be pretty good. The navy jetty is meant to be one of the best dives in the world. It is closed at the moment but if you're lucky it might be open by oct. They do whale shark tours there but they seemed to be a bit of a con imo. An absolute MUST is snorkeling Turquoise bay (my friend described it as the best dive he's ever done which is a big call seeing it's a snorkel :-). Further down Coral Bay is definately worth snorkelling. South of perth the Busselton jetty is worth doing. They have an underwater observatory at the end of the 2k long jetty so you can look in at the people. Entry to the observatory was $20 but after diving I'm not sure it is worth doing. The swan wreck is another must imo. These guys have some good pics http://www.capedive.com/swan.htm but I went with the dive shed http://www.diveshed.com.au and would happily recommend them. They will take you inside the wreck if you're an AOW. If you drive up north try to avoid driving at dusk as there's a BIG risk of hitting wild animals. If you need in more info let me know. Regards, Michael >> Perth. Please suggest sites/plan? I have 7-9 days after a conference in >> Australia (Perth) in which I would like to do some Scuba diving in [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > is meant to be one of the best dives in the world. It is closed at the > moment but if you're lucky it might be open by oct. I have dived it and was disapointed probably because it was hyped so much. Great dive but one of the best? They do whale shark tours there > but they seemed to be a bit of a con imo. Also did this and it was fun, pricey but they guarantee a shark We saw 3 ) I got some good photos so don't know if I was lucky or not. Is a long day for a few minutes of excitement An absolute MUST is snorkeling > Turquoise bay (my friend described it as the best dive he's ever done > which is a big call seeing it's a snorkel :-). Further down Coral Bay is > definately worth snorkelling. Totally agree South of perth the Busselton jetty is worth > doing. They have an underwater observatory at the end of the 2k long jetty > so you can look in at the people. Entry to the observatory was $20 but [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Regards, > Michael > I have dived it and was disapointed probably because it was hyped so much. > Great dive but one of the best? It was closed when I was there so I'm just going by what the people at the dive shop said. > Also did this and it was fun, pricey but they guarantee a shark We saw 3 ) > I got some good photos so don't know if I was lucky or not. Is a long day > for a few minutes of excitement The guarantee is pretty much non-existant. You have to take the next available spot which is usually 3 or more days away and you have to take a spot in the same season. Most people will miss the next available spot because they have to go home or have something else booked and most won't be able to come back again within the next few months. So very few people actually collect on the guarantee. Then they don't tell you to hang on to that little blue ticket until after you've thrown it out so you have to spend another $30. Michael >> I have dived it and was disapointed probably because it was hyped so >> much. Great dive but one of the best? > > It was closed when I was there so I'm just going by what the people at the > dive shop said. I've heard from other people that i was one of the best dives etc. >> Also did this and it was fun, pricey but they guarantee a shark We saw >> 3 ) I got some good photos so don't know if I was lucky or not. Is a long [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > that little blue ticket until after you've thrown it out so you have to > spend another $30. I was lucky than > Michael > I was lucky than Yep. I saw just a glimse and really just paid $300 to sit on a boat all day. Michael >> I was lucky than > > Yep. I saw just a glimse and really just paid $300 to sit on a boat all > day. another case of you should have been here/there yesterday last week etc. The number of dives I've had when people on boats, in dive shops or just down the bar or beach have said this is amazing. Even when you say how great the dive was someone seems to say "Yeah you thought was great but you should have been here ....... " >> It was closed when I was there so I'm just going by what the people at >> the dive shop said. > > I've heard from other people that i was one of the best dives etc. I've done it twice, once as a night dive. TBH I though Busselton was better. The viz certainly was and there were a lot of fish about on that too. Jason SignatureSee http://www.scuba-addict.co.uk/ for UK diving reports and the UK Underwater Visibility Database. View the database or add your own report |
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