Who is driving the Sydney Dive Wreck project?

The Gordons Bay Scuba Diving Club Inc. (GBSDC) is an incorporated not for profit association founded in 1993 which maintains the underwater nature trail (public reserve #1986/75) in Gordons Bay between Clovelly and Coogee beaches NSW. Maintenance of the trail, which is ongoing, has involved over 5000 community service hours-1200 scuba divers, and 602 dives. The club is a community service award winner (PADI & Sydney Morning Herald) and supports marine science research projects. The club since 2005 has been advocating for a dive wreck for Sydney.

To further explore community response and service delivery the Sydney Dive Wreck Organizing Committee (SDWOC) was set up by the former MP for Coogee the Hon Mr. Bruce Notley-Smith in mid-2015.

SDWOC Members

• Chair – Marjorie O’Neill, Member for Coogee
• Rachel Skinner- MP for Coogee’s office
• Dive Industry Representatives
  • PADI – Annie Halloran, Damian Jones
  • Abyss Scuba Diving- Rachael Fallon
  • J Boating Services- Jason Miles
  • Dive Industry Association of Australia – Sue Crowe
  • Dive Centre Bondi – Duncan Paterson
  • Pro Dive Australia – Rod de Groot
  • Terry Cummins- Dive Queensland
• Community Representatives
  • Lynda Newman – Randwick Tourism
  • Bernadette Summers_ Coogee Chamber of Commerce
  • Trevor Kahn- Former MLC.
• Environmental Engineering
  • Ed Rowe Arup, Maritime & Coastal.
• Independent Environmental and Marine Science advisors
  • Professor Iain Suthers, UNSW
  • Professor William Gladstone UTS
• GBSDC & Dive Club Representatives
  • President – Sam Baxter, Founder- John Rowe, Marine Scientist, Charlie Elliott URG, Matthew Kempton.

This is a community effort to create a new artificial reef and awesome dive site for divers. To increase diving activity, improve the marine environment and increase employment in Sydney through sinking a significant wreck.