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 people in South Australia go skiing in July! So it will depend a lot on your activities to answer this question. In general Australia is a great year-round travel and dive destination, especially up north in the tropics at the Great Barrier Reef.

The majority of divers visit the Great Barrier Reef between the Far North (Cooktown) and the southern Great Barrier Reef section (Townsville). For this reason we have compiled weather information about this region. 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 best from late August to early December. The tropical monsoon season is January-March and cyclones can occur then. Winds: Between May and August usually strongest.