This is located east of Boat Harbour at Kurnell, right next to the Cronulla Sewage Treatment Works outlet (until the early 2000s, this deposited virtually untreated wastes right off the rock platform). Until that time, you could only surf this location in westerly or southerly winds/seas and definitely not in north-easterly and easterly winds. The sewage is now treated to secondary level so it is now no problem to dive here at all times (subject to seas).

Note, this is NOT the shore dive that in more recent years some divers have been diving.

A Google Maps shot showing the location of the dive site.

In the location of the surfing site, the reef runs out south for quite a long way, exactly 1.1 kilometres. The reef is generally flat and uninspiring, until that is, it reaches the sand. Here the reef drops from about 20 metres to over 28 metres. Since 1988 I have been diving this location and in honour of the nearby surfing location, we called the site Voodoo.

Voodoo can be found by heading to 34° 02.9884' S 151° 12.0190' E (using Datum WGS84 - see my GPS page for more info). If you cannot find the reef by using the GPS Reading and your depth sounder, line up the sewage outfall breather pipes with the Cape Baily Lighthouse (same mark as Osborne Shoals) and run in towards it till the reef comes up. Centrepoint Tower will also line up with a track over the sand dune near Boat Harbour. Drop anchor.

North North East Mark	North North West Mark

The dive site here is composed of a flat reef top with some small cracks, a small wall of a metre or two and then a quickly slopping reef to the sand at 28 metres. At the GPS location you will be near the spot where the plain reef to the east meets the more complex reef to the west. I used to head east for most of the dive but more recently I have decided that the western direction is more interesting.

A couple of shots of the reef at Voodoo

To the east, there are a lot of very large boulders on the reef edge and on the sand. The reef here runs basically east/west and further to the east it eventually turns north but I have never dived that far. If you go this direction, stick closer to the sand till you turn around when you should go a shallower to the small wall and follow this back.

I would think that the sand should have sea dragons but so far I have not seen any. In the wall area there are some cracks that run to the north and some small overhangs. Eventually you will get back to the anchor location.

Another shot of the reef at Voodoo	A fiddler-ray

If you go to the west, the bottom is far more interesting. There are many more large boulders and small gullies, with overhangs as well. The reef turns a bit to the south. I have not been a huge distance in this direction, but I intend to next time I dive here.

The sponge life is excellent with very nice sea whips, gorgonias and sea squirts/tulips. The gorgonias here are probably the most abundant of any site in Sydney, with all different colours seen. The fishlife is also usually very good, generally a lot of silver sweep, one-spot pullers and yellowtail. You will also see many black reef leatherjackets and some six-spined leatherjackets all along the reef.

A sea spider at Voodoo	A small cuttlefish

You may also see eastern blue devilfish under some of the overhangs and on the sand, fiddler-rays, angelsharks, serpent eels, and Port Jackson sharks (in winter). We have also seen a big belly seahorse on a sea tulip and small lionfish. Visibility is normally very good, with in excess of 20 metres on a majority of dives. There can sometimes be a slight to moderate current on the bottom, normally running to the west, but it is never a real problem.

All in all, an excellent dive for the more experienced diver.