SS Yongala Wreck
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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.
Sank in a cyclone on 24th March 1911 en route from Melbourne to Cairns. All her 122 passengers and crew died in the tragedy.
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.: 600
iStock/ultramarinfoto
220 Sightings
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12
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26
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21
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29
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29
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9
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
Barracuda
219 Sightings
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14
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13
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23
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12
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14
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9
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26
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31
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18
O
24
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27
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8
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
147 Sightings
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10
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0
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13
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11
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11
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17
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20
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14
S
9
O
26
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16
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0
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
Eagle Ray
91 Sightings
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7
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8
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10
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17
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11
O
20
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11
D
7
Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
Green Turtle
88 Sightings
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13
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5
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5
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9
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7
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11
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0
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9
O
12
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11
D
6
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Loggerhead Turtle
54 Sightings
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4
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4
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11
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9
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7
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0
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12
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7
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0
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0
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0
iStock/HakBak1979
Bull Shark
49 Sightings
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0
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0
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0
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0
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11
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22
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16
O
0
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0
D
0
Shutterstock-Andrey Armyagov
Hawksbill Turtle
23 Sightings
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0
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0
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9
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0
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5
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0
J
9
A
0
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0
O
0
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0
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0
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
268 Sightings
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16
F
10
M
24
A
16
M
28
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20
J
22
A
30
S
28
O
31
N
31
D
12
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species approx.: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
237 Sightings
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8
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7
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15
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17
M
24
J
16
J
35
A
27
S
29
O
30
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22
D
7
