Location:

Dunsborough

Travel Time:
(ex Perth)

3 hours

Max Depth:

31m

Avg Visibility:

20m

Dive Rating:

Advanced (Dive Guide Recommended)

Avg Depth:

20m

Dive Type:

Boat

Directions:

Located approx 1.5 kms North (0 deg) from Meelup Beach, she sits on her keel with about a 10° list to port.
There are several bouys to mark the wreck.

Dive Info:

The site is an awesome dive. The HMAS SWAN shipwreck was sunk purposely in 1997 for divers, the wreck lies upright in 31 meters of water, over 113 meters long and over 20 meters wide. One dive is certainly not enough to fully explore the wreck. The average visibility in this area is 18-25 meters, although it was only about 7-8 meters when we went. In the short time the SWAN has been down, she has already become home to 80 different species of fish. This is a dive not to be missed while you are visiting Western Australia. The wreck is fairly safe for penetration as holes have been cut in the hull to the point that at almost no time are you not within light entering the wreck, this does NOT mean that you can take it less seriously as within the wreck it can be easy to forget your no deco time and you can still get disorientated too, so as with all penetrations treat it seriously.