📍 Hunter, NSW

Skillion Cave

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About Skillion Cave

At 15 metres, a fallen boulder seals a vast reef canyon in one of NSW's best shore dives — its crimson walls of jewel anemones glowing as bullseyes school in shafts of morning light.

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22m
Experience
Intermediate
Best Vis
13m
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Skillion Cave 7-Day Weather Forecast

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7-day weather forecast for Newcastle, NSW sourced from Open-Meteo. Shows daily high/low temperatures, weather conditions and rain probability — useful for planning your drive to Skillion Cave.

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Skillion Cave 7-Day Swell & Wave Height Forecast

Skillion Cave site-specific wave heights calculated by Pelagic Hadal Conditions Intelligence™
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7-day swell forecast for Skillion Cave, calculated using Pelagic's Hadal Conditions Intelligence™. Wave heights are site-specific — adjusted for Skillion Cave's exposure, orientation and depth profile. Colour bands show diveable conditions at this site: green is ideal, orange is marginal, red is undiveable.

Optimal Dive Times & Tide Chart — Skillion Cave

Tide times and optimal dive windows for Skillion Cave, Hunter, NSW
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5-day tide chart for Skillion Cave showing high and low tides with ideal dive windows highlighted in green. Tidal movement directly affects visibility and current strength at Skillion Cave — plan your entry to coincide with the green windows for the best conditions.

Tide data is site-specific and accounts for Skillion Cave's tidal sensitivity. Check the green windows above for the optimal entry time.

Skillion Cave Location

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Common Questions
How deep is Skillion Cave?
Skillion Cave reaches a maximum depth of 22m. Suitable for divers with some open water experience.
Is Skillion Cave suitable for beginners?
Skillion Cave is best suited to intermediate divers with at least 20–30 logged dives and comfortable buoyancy control.
What is the visibility like at Skillion Cave?
Pelagic's Azure™ model predicts an expected visibility of around 13m at Skillion Cave. Visibility varies with swell, rainfall and tidal conditions — check the live prediction above before heading out.
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