Great Barrier Reef

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.

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.

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.

SSI AUSTRALIA, 4207 YATALA

Flynn Reef - Little Tracy's (★4.4)

Flynn Reef is one of Cairns’s outermost reefs. Expect excellent visibility. Flynn Reef provides some excellent wall dives, sloping coral gardens, and sandy lagoon holes where you can find coral bommies. Litte Tray’s is one of the many amazing dives on Flynn Reef.

REEF ENCOUNTER, 4870 CAIRNS

Twin Peaks, Saxon Reef (★4.5)

Two large coral peaks with lots of shallow reef around to the southeast. Approximately 60 meters in total diameter, with a small ridge connecting the two peaks.

Keith D. (#2415073)

Heron Island (★4.3)

Heron Island is a coral cay located near the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern Great Barrier Reef, 80 kilometres north-east of Gladstone Park, Queensland, Australia, and 460 km north-north-west of the state capital Brisbane

Igor E. (#3977922)

Great Barrier Reef (★4.5)

Collective dive site for the Great Barrier Reef created directly in front of Cairns for all dive sites that have not yet been fully developed by the local centers or have not been established as public dive sites.

REEF ENCOUNTER, 4870 CAIRNS

Fingers, Norman Reef (★4.5)

Perfect for beginners and advanced divers, Fingers is a shallow cove making it well protected from the elements. The reason the site is named fingers is from a Birdseye view it looks like the fingers of a hand, the fingers themselves sit to the South-West of the site and can get quite deep.

SSI AUSTRALIA, 4207 YATALA

Norman Reef - Playgrounds (★4.4)

On the southern part of Norman Reef, we have Playgrounds and Shark Mountain. Playgrounds for more beginner divers and Shark Mountain for a bit more advanced divers. Beautiful coral reef and bommies to explore.

Scubapro, Stephen Frink

Evolution, Saxon Reef (★4.5)

This site is made up of a collection of coral bommies, where you can find many different features. It is a good dive for all the levels, being around the shallows will surprise you with the incredible marine life that you can find.

LADY MUSGRAVE EXPERIENCE, 4670 Burnett Heads

Lady Musgrave Aquarium (★4.3)

Accessible via the channel from Lady Musgrave Lagoon, maximum depth of 8m where anemones, hard corals and clams are found. Reef sharks and green sea turtles regularly spotted.

Mares

Lighthouse Bommie - Lady Elliot Island (★4.5)

Explore the enchanting Light House Bommie dive site at Lady Elliot Island! Immerse in a kaleidoscope of marine life amid spectacular corals. Glide alongside graceful sea turtles, encounter majestic manta rays, and witness schools of dazzling fish. An underwater paradise teeming with biodiversity awaits!

Mares

Table Top (★4.4)

Table Top is a huge, beautiful bommie situated on Norman Reef. This bommie is famous for its beautiful plate corals on the top and diversity of marine life. It is a deep dive normally with a current. On the top of the bommie the maximum depth is around 5 m.

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