© Papatura Island Retreat, Ashmore
Blanche Wall
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Twenty mins Southeast of Papatura lies Blanches Wall, a wall stretching approximately three kilometres in length. The depth ranges from three meters down to forty+ meters. This site gets bi-directional currents influenced by tidal movements. Open site can get large swell but there is always some area protected.
Turtles are often found sleeping here in the cracks in the wall. Sharks like grey reef, black/white tip can be spotted. Large array of reef fish like triggerfish, clownfish etc.
Dive Activity
Potential Wildlife Sightings
Wildlife Sightings are Based on User Generated Content
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
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Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
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Shutterstock-Andrey Armyagov
Hawksbill Turtle
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Total number of species approx.: 600
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Wrasse
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Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
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iStock-June Jacobsen
Whitetip Reef Shark
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Total number of species approx.: 28
Udo Kefrig
Clownfish
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AdobeStock-Nikolai Sorokin
Blacktip Reef Shark
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AdobeStock-Marc Henauer
Grey Reef Shark
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Total number of species approx.: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
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