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: 27
iStock-Global_Pics
211 Sightings
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27
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 600
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Wrasse
210 Sightings
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7
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23
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14
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15
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10
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20
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26
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19
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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: 200
Alamy-WaterFrame
Moray Eel
137 Sightings
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13
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7
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14
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20
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14
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9
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26
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16
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The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 25
iStock/Juliosanjuan
Eagle Ray
95 Sightings
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4
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8
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10
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17
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11
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20
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11
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7
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Green Turtle
86 Sightings
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5
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5
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8
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7
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11
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8
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12
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11
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6
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Loggerhead Turtle
50 Sightings
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4
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4
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8
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8
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7
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12
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7
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0
iStock/HakBak1979
Bull Shark
49 Sightings
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11
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22
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16
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0
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0
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Hawksbill Turtle
23 Sightings
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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
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9
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0
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0
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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: 90
Shutterstock-Rich Carey
Angelfish
253 Sightings
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16
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10
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24
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13
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21
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16
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22
A
30
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27
O
31
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31
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12
The image shown is a representative illustration and does not depict every individual animal in this category.
Total number of species: 80
iStock/Extreme-Photographer
Stingrays
221 Sightings
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8
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7
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15
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14
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17
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12
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35
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27
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27
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30
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22
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