HMAS Tobruk Military Dive Experience

HMAS Tobruk Military Dive Experience The warm waters at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef present the perfect home for HMAS Tobruk to be sunk to create a new military dive experience.

Creating a more diverse tourism offering is critical for the Bundaberg and Fraser Coast region’s to remain competitive tourism destinations for domestic and international visitors. The region boasts all the hallmarks of a coastal playground, including warm, pristine waters boasting abundant sea life and an established water-based tourism reputation. With the region’s geographic proximity to the so

uthern Great Barrier Reef, the world capital of whale watching and iconic Fraser Island, it is the perfect destination for the creation of a new artificial reef. The HMAS Tobruk is the ideal vessel to create a new diving experience to value add to current tourism operations and create economic benefit.

14/12/2021
She has become a sought after world-class dive in just three years.
28/06/2021

She has become a sought after world-class dive in just three years.

05/07/2019

Now is time to book that dive.

Now's the time to visit dive site ex-HMAS Tobruk. As temperatures drop, visibility is enhanced. The site has proven to b...
01/07/2019

Now's the time to visit dive site ex-HMAS Tobruk. As temperatures drop, visibility is enhanced. The site has proven to be a major tourist drawcard for the Wide Bay region with hundreds of divers exploring the site.

It has been one year since the ship was scuttled off the coast of Bundaberg and Hervey Bay and Minister for Environment Leeanne Enoch said the positive feedback has been incredible.

The wreck is expected to generate more than $1 million for the local economy annually and support about 20 jobs in the region.

Fast facts:
• Ex-HMAS Tobruk is a Royal Australian Navy ship that provided great service to the Australian community throughout its 34 years until 2015.
• Ex-HMAS Tobruk rests in 28.5 metres of water.
• Fishing and spearfishing at or near the dive site is illegal.
• Hervey Bay Dive Centre, Bundaberg Aqua Scuba’s, Lady Musgrave Experience and Dive Hervey Bay are licenced take divers to the site.
• Divers with their own equipment can book a two hour timeslot online to access the site.
• A 600m exclusion zone exists around the dive site to protect divers entering or exiting the water.

To book a dive, take a virtual tour of the vessel, or for more information, visit: https://www.qld.gov.au/exhmastobruk

Happy anniversary.... it’s one year today since ex-HMAS Tobruk was scuttled to create a world class dive experience. Tha...
28/06/2019

Happy anniversary.... it’s one year today since ex-HMAS Tobruk was scuttled to create a world class dive experience. Thanks to the hundreds of divers that have already enjoyed her. To the others, what’s stopping you? If you have dived her please share your photos with us.

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