Great Barrier Reef

Hardy Reef (★4.5)

Hardy Reef, on the Great Barrier Reef off Airlie Beach, is home to the Reefworld Pontoon. There is spectacular fish life with Trevally, Coral Trout, Snapper and a host of smaller marine life as well as Giant Maori Wrasse and a two metre long Giant Queensland Groper that usually congregate for a free feed.

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

SS Yongala Wreck (★4.6)

SS Yongala Wreck - The boat is now an artificial reef with amazing marine life that are supersized compared to seeing them on the Great Barrier Reef. You cannot penetrate or touch the wreck as it is a grave site but this doesn’t take away from this amazing dive. Can have very strong currents.

Mares

Coral Gardens - Lady Elliot Island (★4.4)

Explore the enchanting Coral Gardens dive site at Lady Elliot Island! Immerse in a kaleidoscope of vibrant corals, creating a mesmerizing underwater landscape.

SSI AUSTRALIA, 4207 YATALA

Milln Reef - The Whale (★4.3)

The premier dive and snorkel destination out of Cairns. Milne Reef has exceptional visibility and will impress even the most experienced diver. Gorgeous shallow coral gardens, swim-throughs, and a guarantee turtle encounters await you.

REEF ENCOUNTER, 4870 CAIRNS

Central, Breaking Patches (★4.3)

Offers a lovely shallow wall with picturesque beauty, making it an easy site to navigate. Shallow sand patches are perfect for skills and macro diving. The western wall does offer a little more depth but is also known to have some strong currents coming through.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

Norman Reef - Caves (★4.5)

Amazing dive site with heaps of swim through for experienced divers. Big drop off plenty of marine life. Full of shallow areas for beginner divers with little caves and holes around to explore.

Mares, Predrag Vuckovic

Cod Hole - Ribbon No 10 Reef - GBR (★4.7)

Possibly the most well-known dive site in the world can be found roughly 96 kilometres north of Cairns, at Cod Hole. Part of the string of long narrow Ribbon Reefs, Cod Hole is home to a group of very friendly potato cod, reaching up to 100 kilograms, that have become accustomed to divers over the past 30 years.

Mares

Flynn Reef - 2 Gordon's (★4.4)

Location: Flynn Reef Maximum Depth: 22m Visibility: 15m. Site: Gordon’s Mooring has some great swim-throughs and overhangs amongst the variety of smaller bommies. Features a wide range of corals such as brain and plate and diverse marine life including large established giant clam gardens

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Flynn Reef - Coral Gardens (★4.5)

Positioned 20 kilometres east of Green Island off the Cairns coast, Flynn Reef is home to several dive sites - with the Coral Gardens being just one of them.Located on the outer reef this site has consistently good visibility of close to 30 metres.

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Snake Pit - GBR (★4.4)

Dive into the mesmerizing Snake Pit at the Great Barrier Reef! Discover a kaleidoscope of life—vibrant corals, graceful sea snakes, and schools of tropical fish. A captivating underwater realm where every moment is a brushstroke of nature’s brilliance.

Mares, Janez Kranjc

loadstone reef (★4.4)

Lodestone reef is the closest reef to Townsville being only just over an hour via boat. Depths range from 3m to 45m so it caters for all types of divers and snorkelers. Visibility is usually around 5 - 20m depending on weather.

PLEASURE DIVERS MAGNETIC ISLAND, 4819 ARCADIA

Alma Bay (★3.7)

Alma Bay has a shallow fringing reef on both the left and right sides. Gentle sloping, sandy bottom with very little water movement. The maximum depth is 9m with an average depth around 5m.

Mares

Lighthouse Bommie (★4.4)

Beautiful Bommie right off reef 10, depths ranging from the bottom at 85 feet up to the top in about 10 feet of water. The Bonnie is about 30 feet in diameter

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Steve’s Bommie - Ribbon No 3 Reef (★4.6)

One of the most iconic and best-loved dive sites on the Ribbon Reefs, Steve’s Bommie is a true pleasure to behold. Surrounded by deep, clear water, this pinnacle rises up from the sea floor 30 meters below and plays host to an outrageous variety of wildlife.

WHITSUNDAY DIVE ADVENTURES, 4802 CANNONVALE

Blue Pearl Bay 2 (★4.2)

A nice layout of bommies and wall to be explored. Good for dives to 18m for training. Underwater more rocky with clear indication of cyclone debbie’s destrucitve powers- nicely re-growing reef with lots of batfish around. Possible to encounter large numbers of batfish, stingrays, and turtles.

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