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Broughton Island The Looking Glass
Looking Glass · Hawks Nest, New South Wales, Australia
EntryBoat
Max depth18 m
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyTasman Sea
Water temp20–25°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Broughton Island The Looking Glass is a dive site near Hawks Nest, New South Wales, Australia, in the Tasman Sea. It is reached from a boat with a maximum depth of about 18 m. Generally suitable for beginners. Commonly reported marine life includes nurse sharks, sea turtles, nudibranchs, reef sharks, jacks. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 20 to 25 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Yellowtail KingfishSeriola lalandi
Spotted WobbegongOrectolobus maculatus
Gulf WobbegongOrectolobus halei
Port Jackson SharkHeterodontus portusjacksoni
Red GroperAchoerodus viridis
Eagle RayMyliobatis tenuicaudatus
MadoAtypichthys strigatus
Dusky WhalerCarcharhinus obscurus
Nearby sites
- 1North Rock3.2 km
- 2SS Oakland9.4 km
- 3Cabbage Tree Island11 km
- 4Halifax Point17 km
- 5Little Beach - NSW17 km
- 6Fly Point18 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenDiveMap (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org