Avoca Beach on the New South Wales Central Coast offers Pacific Ocean diving across a compact range of reef, cave, wall, and artificial reef sites, with both shore and boat entry options. Depths run from very shallow rock-platform snorkelling to the deeper cave environment of Foggy Shark Cave, which is suited to experienced divers. Water temperatures are warmest in late summer and autumn, cooling to their lowest in late winter and early spring. Species recorded at the sites include spotted wobbegongs, grey nurse sharks, giant cuttlefish, blind sharks, common Sydney octopus, and a variety of nudibranchs and cowries.
Monthly water temperature across Avoca Beach's sites, from satellite sea-surface data corrected for depth. The band shows the site-to-site spread.
Temperatures peak in late summer and drop to their coolest in late winter, so a wetsuit is needed throughout the year. Visibility varies considerably by site and conditions, from limited on surge-affected shore entries to reasonable on calmer days at the offshore reef and cave sites.
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Water temperature around Avoca Beach ranges from about 18°C in August to 24°C in February, based on satellite sea-temperature data for its dive sites.
In the warm season (about 24°C) a 3mm full suit is comfortable in Avoca Beach; in the coldest months (about 18°C) step up to a 5mm suit.
Fin maps 5 sites in Avoca Beach (4 scuba diving sites and 1 snorkelling spots).
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