Sydney weather/ dive conditions forecast

The diving conditions in Sydney vary considerably throughout the year.

Water temperatures usually range from 15C to 25C and visibility ranges from 1m to 20m, with normal visibility from 5m to 10m. Diving in Sydney is good all year round.

Note: It is important to remember that this page should only be taken as a guide.

When choosing your dive site to get the best conditions we make the following recommendations:

Lilli Pilli	Well-protected against all swell, exposed to strong Westerly winds. Best on an incoming tide
Ship Rock	Not exposed to any swell, best on a high slack tide. Best time 15 minutes prior to high tide
Bass & Flinders	Good except for a NE swell greater than 1.4m. Best on an incoming tide
Oak Park	Exposed to SE to N Swell great than 0.7m, Best diving on low tide
VooDoo	Best SW to NW swells. All other conditions swell must be less than 0.5m. Best on High Tide.
Cape Solander	Best SW to NW swells. All other conditions swell must be less than 0.7m. Tide has no effect
The Leap	Exposed to swell E to S greater than 1m, Best on an incoming tide, close to high tide
The Steps	Protected with exposure to E to ESE swell greater than 1m.
Sutherland Point	Well protected with only exposure is an ESE swell greater than 1.8m. Best tide incoming.
Bare Island	Exposed to S swell greater than 1.2m. Best Diving N swell and incoming tide