Malabar is a southern Sydney dive area on the Pacific Ocean coast, offering four sites that collectively cover wrecks, pinnacles, walls, reef, and cave diving. The MV Malabar wreck is accessible from shore and suits beginners, while Magic Point delivers a reef-wall-cave combination and Pinnacle is a deeper advanced boat dive sitting well offshore. Grey nurse sharks, giant cuttlefish, spotted wobbegong, and blind sharks feature across the sites. Water temperature ranges from the high teens in late winter and early spring to the low-to-mid twenties through summer. Both shore and boat entries are available, and two local operators run guided dives here.
Monthly water temperature across Malabar's sites, from satellite sea-surface data corrected for depth. The band shows the site-to-site spread.
Temperatures drop to around eighteen degrees from mid-winter through early spring and rise to the low-to-mid twenties in summer. Visibility can improve significantly in winter and occasionally exceeds twenty metres on the cleaner-water days. The range of sites means conditions and demands differ considerably: the shallow wreck is forgiving, while the offshore Pinnacle requires careful depth and current management.
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Water temperature around Malabar 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 Malabar; in the coldest months (about 18°C) step up to a 5mm suit.
Fin maps 4 sites in Malabar (4 scuba diving sites).
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