Omeo Wreck Snorkel
LOCATION Socrates Parade, North Coogee, 40 min south of Perth
DEPTH 2 – 8 Meters
WATER TEMP 18- 24 Degrees
DIFFICULTY Easy to Medium
Simple access to the wreck off the beach, deeper water if you want to explore the sculpture trail
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Omeo Wreck Snorkel
LOCATION Socrates Parade, North Coogee, 40 min south of Perth
DEPTH 2 – 8 meters
WATER TEMP 18 – 24 Degrees
DIFFICULTY Easy to medium
Simple access to the wreck off the beach, deeper water if you want to explore the sculpture trail
FEATURE
Google Map data © 2025 Imagery © Airbus, CNES / Airbus, Maxar Technologies
Omeo Wreck Snorkel
If you have ever wanted to snorkel on a wreck, then the Omeo Wreck just north of Coogee Beach is for you. This snorkel spot is just metres from shore. The wreck is home to a huge variety of fish, and as a bonus you can follow the nearby underwater sculpture trail along the rock wall.
What Can I See?
Toadfish, striped grunter, whiting, damsel fish, monocle bream, gold-lined bream, varieties of leatherjackets (filefish), goat fish, old wives, red lipped morwongs and stripeys are all common species you can see at any snorkel around Perth.
Here, we also spotted an octopus, flathead, western scalyfins, and along the rock wall checkout the crabs and prehistoric looking chitons. There are also some colourful sponges and soft corals.
Getting There
The Omeo Wreck is on Socrates Parade which is just beyond the northern end of Coogee Beach. The area is about 35-40 minutes south of the centre of Perth.
Where & How do you get in?
It doesn’t get any easier than this. Steps take you on to the beach – the water can be right up to the steps – and the wreck is less than 50m from shore.
How Busy / Crowds
This is regarded as one of the most popular snorkel spots around Perth. It isn’t often you get to explore a wreck so close to shore and lots of people take up the experience. Weekends and holidays will be crazy. We went one day in light rain and were all but the only people there, so just have to pick your times if you dislike crowds.
Parking
There are several small parking areas on Socrates and Napoleon Parade which will fill up if it is busy. If it is busy, perhaps try parking at the other end of Socrates Parade and have a look at the Coogee Net while you are in the area.
The information for each snorkel spot is provided by people who have snorkelled there. However, snorkelling conditions change daily. Please be aware that wind, swell, tides and cloud cover can all affect visibility and your experience in the water.
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Tours
The Omeo Wreck is an easy snorkel from the beach, but it you would prefer a snorkel tour here are some of the best snorkel tours around Perth.
Best Conditions
Generally, the earlier in the day you snorkel around Perth, the better conditions will be. Often, by around lunchtime, westerly winds pick up which can create waves and reduce visibility. If the prevailing wind for the day has an easterly aspect to it, you usually get better conditions. Several days in a row of easterly or light winds can make for excellent snorkelling.
If you can also snorkel at the change of tide or on a smaller tide, you are less likely to experience currents.
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Omeo Wreck Snorkel
Much like Mettams Pool, the Omeo Wreck was another snorkel spot high on our list of places to visit near Perth. Also like Mettams Pool, Omeo has a reputation for being busy but on the gloomy, rainy day when we visited, crowds weren’t a problem!
This couldn’t be an easier snorkel but the easy access is a double edge sword. Yes, it makes the Omeo Wreck a simple snorkel, but it also meant the high snorkeller traffic has impacted the site.
Never having snorkelled here, we were none the wiser to how the wreck once looked but do observe good manners and don’t stand on the remains so it can be preserved for as long as possible for others to enjoy.
Despite the poor light and average visibility, we at least had calm conditions for what was a really fun snorkel. With no one else around, there were plenty of fish on the wreck. One of the first cool things we saw was a huge brown and white flathead lurking under an overhang.
There were plenty of the usual suspects including stripeys, old wives, red lipped morwongs, banded sweep, grunters, toadies, wrasse, blennies and goldlined bream. Another highlight were some colourful sponges and anemones. Even in the dull light, the pinks, yellows and oranges were spectacular.
After a look around the wreck we tried to follow the sculpture trail, but this was where the poor visibility caught up with us. Even using the blue guides on the rocks, they were really hard to spot unless you were right on top of them.
We found a few of the sites and another snorkeller, the only other person in the water, took us to the canon where there was an octopus living in the barrel.
We turned back a bit before the diver flag and returned along the rock wall where there were plenty of fish darting around. Some other highlights here were the enormous number of crabs and the prehistoric looking chitons just above the waterline.
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