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 divq1ers paradise and the marine life includes to name a few;r local Jewfish and occasional Grey nurse sharks drifting by, Weedy Sea dragons in the kelp grounds, with schools of Bream and Sweep.
Bronze whaler and other pelagic sharks are known to patrol the deeper ledges at times hunting for pelagics such as Yellowfin. Sometimes Marlin are spotted sunning themselves on the surface, even Manta rays.
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, I am certain there are more wrecks about.
Whilst closer to shore a dive site that never fails to capture the imagination of all divers is the 2 Miler caves, with several different caves or large overhangs 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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