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North Rock
Hawks Nest, New South Wales, Australia
EntryBoat
LevelBeginner-friendly
Water bodyTasman Sea
Water temp20–25°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
North Rock 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. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes jacks, bull sharks, nudibranchs, sea turtles, reef sharks. 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
Eagle RayMyliobatis tenuicaudatus
Red GroperAchoerodus viridis- Eastern PomfredSchuettea scalaripinnis
MadoAtypichthys strigatus
Yellowtail Horse MackerelTrachurus novaezelandiae
Nearby sites
- 1Broughton Island The Looking Glass3.2 km
- 2SS Oakland12 km
- 3Cabbage Tree Island13 km
- 4Halifax Point20 km
- 5Little Beach - NSW20 km
- 6Fly Point20 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