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Elbow Cave
Corindi Beach, New South Wales, Australia
LevelIntermediate and up
Water bodyTasman Sea
Water temp21–26°C
Estimated from climate dataSep–Jul
About this site
Elbow Cave is a cave dive site near Corindi Beach, New South Wales, Australia, in the Tasman Sea. Best for divers with some experience. Commonly reported marine life includes reef sharks, nudibranchs, jacks, groupers, sea turtles. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 21 to 26 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberBest
Typically one of the best months here.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Dusky WhalerCarcharhinus obscurus
Yellowtail KingfishSeriola lalandi
Barrier Reef AnemonefishAmphiprion akindynos
Collector UrchinTripneustes gratilla
Green TurtleChelonia mydas- Australian BassPercalates novemaculeatus
- Saddletail GrouperEpinephelus daemelii
Grey Nurse SharkCarcharias taurus
Nearby sites
- 1Bubble Cave0.3 km
- 2North Solitary Islands0.5 km
- 3The Canyons0.7 km
- 4Anemone Bay0.9 km
- 5The Mackerel Run0.9 km
- 6Fish Soup N/W Rock2.1 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