Diving in Forster

Forster sits on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, where the South Pacific Ocean delivers a varied diving landscape ranging from shallow reef and shore entries to deep open-ocean wrecks. The region's signature appeal is its spread of site types: reef pinnacles, caverns, walls, and two significant shipwrecks, the SS Satara and the nineteenth-century passenger steamer SS Catterthun, the latter a technical dive requiring mandatory decompression. The East Australian Current runs through the area and can create strong currents, particularly at exposed sites such as Edith Breakers and The Cavern at Seal Rocks. Water temperatures dip to their coolest in late winter and early spring, warming through summer, and the species list includes ornate wobbegong, spotted eagle ray, bronze whaler shark, green sea turtle, and Queensland grouper.