When is the best time to visit and dive in Australia?
The good thing about Australia is that it is so big, that there is always a place where it is summer. Being on the southern half of the planet, our seasons are reversed, Christmas is our summer, whereas skiing happens in June in South Australia! So it will depend a lot on your activities to answer this question. In general Australia is great for travel and diving all year round, especially up north in the tropics at the Great Barrier Reef. The majority of divers visit the Great Barrier Reef between the Far Northern section and the southern Great Barrier Reef section (Townsville). For this reason we have compiled weather information for divers about this area. Please check directly with us for other regional info about current weather conditions. Even in tropical Northern Australia there are 4 seasons! They are not as distinctly different as in the Northern Hemisphere, but we have them: Spring: Sep-Nov, Summer: Dec-Feb, Autumn: March-May, Winter: June-Aug Diving conditions are usually b
