Diving HMAS Adelaide, Avoca Beach, NSW, Australia

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The HMAS Adelaide is the most amazing wreck dive I’ve ever done, and I’ve done it three times. Each time exploring new parts of the huge ship. The HMAS Adelaide is an old WW2 battleship measuring 138 meters long. It was sunk in 2011 to create an artificial reef and a wreck diving site. It is an amazing experience to explore this huge ship and with the artificially created holes in the wreck it gives more light inside the wreck and makes penetration of the wreck safe.



Does it sound cool? It is cool. The shipwreck is on fairly shallow waters. The deck is located on around 15 m. and the bottom of the ship hits the sand at around 32 m. This gives you quite a good amount of bottom time if you know how to use it well. 



When you dive around the ship the visibility is quite good and you can’t help enjoying yourself when you find the captain’s chair where you can sit in his chair pick up the phone and pretend you are cruising around. 

In the exploration, you can see the ship was left intact so you can find everything from the hangars to the crew's toilet. The wreck is filled with fish in every size and shapes and occasionally visited by the grey nurse sharks on the hunt for a light meal. 



Only your imaginations set limitations when you explore a shipwreck. This battleship is very big, so because its bottom is at around 30 meters you cannot experience all of the 138 meters long ship in one dive. 
It is a great adventure to get to explore this wreck but I recommend to go with a dive-club or a certain level of experience of the dive-site because you are penetrating the wreck.



When having to exit the dive do yourself the favor of ending up on the ship's deck. Here you can start your assent with the metal tower located here. Hundreds of schools of fish hang around this tower because the structure makes it quite protected and safe from predators like sharks. The perfect fishy end to an adventure dive. 






* All photos are private and taken by me
Location: Avoca Beach NSW 2251, Australia

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