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Old Man's Hat
Manly, New South Wales, Australia
Water bodyTasman Sea
Water temp19–24°C
Estimated from climate dataDec–Apr
About this site
Old Man's Hat is a reef dive site near Manly, New South Wales, Australia, in the Tasman Sea. Marine life recorded within about 5 km (OBIS/GBIF) includes bull sharks, cuttlefish, jacks, nudibranchs, seahorses. Typical surface water temperature ranges from about 19 to 24 °C over the year.
Conditions by month
BestGoodMixedOctoberGood
Generally good diving.
Marine life
Recorded nearby
Spotted WobbegongOrectolobus maculatus
Bull SharkCarcharhinus leucas
Red GroperAchoerodus viridis
Port Jackson SharkHeterodontus portusjacksoni
Eastern Fiddler RayTrygonorrhina fasciata- Blue-spotted FlatheadPlatycephalus caeruleopunctatus
- White's SeahorseHippocampus whitei
Common StingareeTrygonoptera testacea
Nearby sites
- 1Waterfall0.4 km
- 2Little Manly1.2 km
- 3Fairy Bower2.2 km
- 4Shelly Beach2.3 km
- 5Blue Fish Wall2.3 km
- 6Camp Cove South2.5 km
Straight-line distances.
Sources: Species occurrences: OBIS (CC BY 4.0), GBIF.org