Magnetic Island Dive Site

Natural Attractions

Magnetic Island is a popular destination off Townsville for day trips or an extended stay. The island has many sheltered bays that are great to snorkel or dive, as they have a surprising amount of coral and some great marine life. Florence Bay, Arthur Bay, Alma Bay, Nelly Bay and Geoffrey Bay are all popular dive sites with a good variety of hard and soft corals in depths to 10 metres.

The coral gardens in these bays are home to a wide range of reef fish and also a good place to see stingrays, crayfish, moray eels, nudibranchs, wobbegong sharks and the occasional epaulette shark. In Geoffrey Bay divers can also explore the wreck of the Moltke, a 50 metre long three-mast barque scuttled in 1911. The wreck rests in 8 metres, 100 metres off the beach, and is covered in corals and fish.

Nearby Things to Do

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Jetski Hire Magnetic Island, based in Horseshoe Bay, the largest hire area on the East Coast of Aus.

Jetski Hire Magnetic Island

Horseshoe Bay, Townsville

Turtle and diver at the Yongala.

Pleasure Divers Magnetic Island

Arcadia, Townsville

Shipwreck in water

S.S City of Adelaide

Picnic Bay, Townsville

Horseshoe Bay Sunset

Horseshoe Bay

Horseshoe Bay, Townsville

Kayaks on Beach

Magnetic Island Sea Kayaks

Horseshoe Bay, Townsville

Drone shot of tour bus travelling a mountainside road, overlooking oceans

Magnetic Island Tours

Nelly Bay, Townsville

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