This is a large reef system covering some ten square kilometres, with forty eight separate dive sites ranging from steep walls, caves, isolated bommies, gutters, overhangs and shallow reefs.
Being 3 nautical miles offshore from The Entrance township, this extensive reef system is a veritable divers paradise and the marine life includes to name a few, such as local Jewfish and occasionally Grey nurse sharks drift by with Weedy Sea dragons in the kelp grounds and schools of Bream or Sweep keeping to the midwater off the drop off.
Bronze whaler sharks and other pelagic sharks are known to patrol the deeper ledges at times hunting for pelagics such as Yellowfin or Albacore.
At times Marlin have been sighted sunning themselves on the surface, even Manta rays have made a visit.
I have always managed to have a very good dive in this area and the range of sites is one thing that makes this reef system a must dive area.
 The S.S. Kiama came to grief on this bommie in 1951 and lays not far from the ledge in 45 metres of water. This is an area with a lot more wrecks about.
Closer to shore, a dive site that never fails to capture the imagination of all divers is the 2 Miler reefs with sites like Hempys cave, Rollover and Jewy caves.
Several large overhangs are filled with so many fish you have to use a torch to see your way around as the fish quite literally blot out the entrance of some overhangs.
The site ranges from 6 metres to a wall at 10 metres with a dropoff to 20 metres.
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