Wobbegong Sharks

Magic Point is synonymous with shark scuba diving! It is best known for its grey nurse sharks, as well as Port Jackson sharks, crested horn sharks and wobbegong sharks. The dive site itself can start as shallow as 8 metres depending on where the boat drops its anchor. From there you cruise east and drop down to 15 metres with the aid of a wall. Along here you will find a larger and a smaller cave where Grey Nurse Sharks hang about. Continue east and the seafloor becomes covered with small boulders, large schools of various fish can be found cruising through and around the various rock formations, at a depth of 24 metres the sand line starts.

Sutherland Point is a perfect destination to find the highly interesting Weedy Sea Dragon, as well as a unique attraction in the form of a small cave which is home to the family of blind sharks. The site has numerous swim-throughs and a small sponge garden and commonly a large variety of schooled fish such as Yellowtail, Giant Cuttlefish, Wobbegongs and Blue Groper may be seen. The site is shielded from southernly swell and can be dived when it's too rough for the other sites in the area. Because of its proximity to the shore of the bay, its visibility is usually not as good. For the best visibility, it’s always best to dive this site on an incoming tide.

The top of the reef is covered in kelp as you drop over the wall to the 24m mark you will see a variety of soft sponges. The site is easy to navigate as you just keep the reef on one side on the way out and the other side on the way back. A great array of macro underwater creatures and the usual cool Sydney marine life can be observed at this site. Here you will see a variety of Sydney's native marine life, including blue groper, red morwong, cuttlefish, mado, striped wrasse, silver sweep, sergeant baker, old wife, striped sea pike, white ear, black reef leatherjacket, yellow-striped leatherjacket, Port Jackson shark and many more.

The SS Tuggerah sunk in 1919, and now rests on its port side at a maximum depth of almost 48 metres off Wattamolla in Royal National Park. The Tuggerah is ideal for technical divers, and is chock-filled with abundant fish life. The first thing you will see upon descending is fish. The bullseye, yellowtail, and grouper make it virtually impossible to see the wreckage. Once you have anchored the boat at the bottom of the ocean and secured the dive site, look around. The fish life will be so prolific that you will have to be as close as two meters to actually see the boilers. The boilers are almost perfectly intact and often home to very large wobbegong sharks. Time seems to fly at this depth and there is so much to see, although the visibility is normally quite good, with most dives having visibility of 15 metres or more, it is hard to appreciate what the wreck offers because of the fish life obstructing your view.

Have a look at the entry/exit before gearing up because the seas can make this spot hard to get in and out of. Assuming the seas are favourable, a good entry point is down the track onto the rock platform, where you will find in a small inlet. With many boulders and rock walls, you should find balls of Catfish, Wobbegongs, Bream, Cuttlefish, Moray eels and Old wives. Weedy sea dragons are the star of the show here as well as the chance to see Pygmy pipe horses. You will also see Nudibranches-a-plenty and lots of soft life such as Feather duster worms, ascidians and a range of corals.