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Blue Devil Cave
Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia
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EntryBoat
Max depth20 m
LevelEstimated: Intermediate and up
Water bodyTasman Sea
Water temp18–24°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Blue Devil Cave is a cave dive site near Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia, in the Tasman Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 20 m. Commonly reported marine life includes nudibranchs, frogfish, pygmy seahorses, cuttlefish, seals. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 18 to 24 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Grey Nurse SharkCarcharias taurus
Common StingareeTrygonoptera testacea- WrasseNotolabrus gymnogenis
- Maori WrasseOphthalmolepis lineolata
Crested Bullhead SharkHeterodontus galeatus
Red GroperAchoerodus viridis- White-earParma microlepis
- Girdled ParmaParma unifasciata
Nearby sites
- 13rd Gutter0.1 km
- 2The Gutter0.4 km
- 3Bushrangers Bay0.8 km
- 4Lou’s Reef0.9 km
- 5The Arch1.1 km
- 6Hole in the Wall1.1 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org