The Edithburgh jetty is also a highly rated South Australian jetty dive extremely popular with the Macro photography community. A popular spot for jetty fishermen it’s a relatively short but action-packed jetty. On the northern side it drops off a few metres down a bank while on the southern side it remains much shallower. Depths on the dive vary between around 3 to 9 metres and it is also a great night dive.
From the car park it’s a 50m walk to the steps, which are generally in good condition and make entrance and exit at this location very easy.
Though rare, the famous leafy sea dragon has been spotted here along with another relatively rare but tiny species the pyjama squid, which is cute but also poisonous so definitely do not touch, and generally most active at night.
This jetty has a lot of debris that has come loose over the years which creates a safe home for a huge variety of small critters. There is a wide range of nudibranchs, crabs and shrimp so for macro photography it definitely needs more than 1 dive.
Edithburgh is a very simple jetty and the best dive plan for this site is to go out along the northern deeper side and return under the jetty and to the southern side. This shallower side has more sea grass but go slowly as there is a huge amount of macro life to found in the slightly shallower water.
Edithburgh is a little over a 3-hour drive from Adelaide.
In early 2023 the AusOcean team installed a live cam under the Edithburgh Jetty – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fxj6A9C3YQ
Edithburgh critters
Edithburgh Jetty
