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Cabbage Tree Island
Hawks Nest, New South Wales, Australia
EntryBoat
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyTasman Sea
Water temp20–25°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Cabbage Tree Island is a dive site near Hawks Nest, New South Wales, Australia, in the Tasman Sea. It is reached from a boat. Generally suitable for beginners. Commonly reported marine life includes reef sharks, dolphins, nudibranchs, cuttlefish, octopus. 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
Bigeye SnapperLutjanus lutjanus
Common StingareeTrygonoptera testacea
Ornate WobbegongOrectolobus ornatus
Blind SharkBrachaelurus waddi
Northern ScorpionfishScorpaena jacksoniensis
Sydney OctopusOctopus tetricus
Sea SlugPhyllodesmium poindimiei
Eastern Fiddler RayTrygonorrhina fasciata
Nearby sites
- 1SS Oakland1.3 km
- 2Halifax Point6.7 km
- 3Little Beach - NSW6.9 km
- 4Fly Point7.5 km
- 5Pipeline8.5 km
- 6Broughton Island The Looking Glass11 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · OpenWaterAtlas (CC BY 4.0), citing OBIS/GBIF · Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org