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Bare Island East
Little Bay, New South Wales, Australia
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EntryBoat
Max depth11 m
LevelEstimated: Beginner-friendly
Water bodyTasman Sea
Water temp19–24°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Bare Island East is a dive site near Little Bay, New South Wales, Australia, in the Tasman Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 11 m. Commonly reported marine life includes nudibranchs, seahorses, pygmy seahorses, bull sharks, jacks. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 19 to 24 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Red GroperAchoerodus viridis
Blue BlubberCatostylus mosaicus- Tiger FlatheadPlatycephalus richardsoni
Bull SharkCarcharhinus leucas
Common SeadragonPhyllopteryx taeniolatus- Sydney's Pygmy PipehorseIdiotropiscis lumnitzeri
Big-belly SeahorseHippocampus abdominalis
Halfbanded SeaperchHypoplectrodes maccullochi
Nearby sites
- 1Bare Island West0.1 km
- 2Henry Head0.7 km
- 3The Steps1.5 km
- 4Sutherland Point1.8 km
- 5Dragons Lair2.1 km
- 6Whale Watching Platform2.9 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org