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Australia Underwater Photo Sites (13)
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| Facts about Leap to Steps, Kurnell It is in Australia- Leap to Steps, Kurnell is in the Tasman Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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Good site for macro photography, especially nudibranchs. Protected from south/southeast swells. Best dived on an incoming tide, around high tide. Typically dived at depth of 8-12m, bottoms out at around 14m.
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| Facts about Inscription Point, Kurnell- It is in Australia
- Inscription Point, Kurnell is in the Tasman Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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The "SS YONGALA" (pronounced yongula) is an awsome deep, wreck dive off cape bowling green, nth queensland. Is a massive cleaning, breeding, and feeding station for many types of marine life, including corals. It has become a healthy, established, site as its the only formation on the flat sandy bottom, for around 40 nautical miles in any direction. The ship went down in a cyclone in 1911, with over 100 passengers on board. It is part of the great barrier reef marine park, so is very well protected. You cannot penetrate this wreck due to the preservation laws, although its magnificent enough without penetration. Massive fish, beautifully coloured corals, sea snakes, sharks, turtles, eels, just about any marine animal you can imagine, and then theres the history, remains, eeriness of 110 meter ship wreck. Truely, a magnificent dive site!
| Facts about YONGALA wreck townsville- It is in Australia
- YONGALA wreck townsville is in the Coral Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Julian Rocks is rated as one of the best dive sites in Australia. Coral growth is limited but the abundance and diversity of larger animals is enormous. Manta Rays, Leopard Sharks and Grey Nurse Sharks visit at different times of the year. From the sharks, to pelagics and various species of anemone fish ... through to the numerous species of nudibranchs Julian Rocks provides a prolific concentration of marine life - big and small, all in one location. This makes every dive at Julian a different diving experience. Julian Rocks is a protected marine sanctuary and a no-take zone. The reefs of Julian Rocks attract a great diversity and approx 550 species of marine life have been recorded in the area. Julian rocks is situated within the Cape Byron Marine park in northern NSW, on the east coast of Australia. It is an aggregation site for the endangered grey nurse shark, Carcharias taurus . Julian Rocks is also home to an incredible variety of marine species including wobbegongs, rays, turtles, fish, nudibranchs and many more. Humpback whales are often seen passing through the area during their annual winter migration to breeding grounds. Dolphins are seen all year round. "My attraction to Julian Rocks began with the desire to dive with Grey Nurse sharks ... and now I am hooked on sharks ... and constantly amazed at the diversity of marine life at Julian Rocks." I am now a regular visitor to Byron Bay and dive Julian Rocks every Friday. Together with a number of fellow divers, we have commenced photographing the various species of marine life and recording these images on a website dedicated to Julian Rocks. Lynda Clarke has put a serious effort in cataloguing the marine biology of the Julian Rocks and surrounds. She has collated brilliant photos and loads of information - sharks, rays, turtles, fish, starfish, nudibranchs and more. For a glimpse of the marine life that makes the Julian Rocks special, these images can be viewed on click here 2 commercial operators run several snorkeling and diving trips to Julian Rocks every day, as well as whale whatching and dolphin tours.The water temperature at Julian Rocks ranges from approx 17 deg through the winter upto 26 deg in the summer. The most common dive sites are the Cod Hole, Hugo's Trench, the Nursery and the Needles. Further out from Julian Rocks, commercial operators will also regularly visit two other reef sites known as Spot-X and Mackeral Boulders.
| Facts about Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, NSW- It is in Australia
- Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, NSW is in the Pacific.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Ship was a salt carrier until during a cyclone in may 1988 Unladened and unable to manouver was washed onto the cliff face , despite the best efforts of the crews of both the ship and the tug boats she was wrecked and broke up. Now sitting in 10-12 meters of water it has become a haven for large cod and groupers as well as tons of other marine life.The wreck itself has broken up quite a lot over the last 5 or so years but still parts of the ship defy mother nature and remain in tact.
Diving this wreck brings its own unquie problems and barriers. The swells that crash into the coast line are at time incredible and claim the lives of fishermen every so often. Access into and out of the water is the most difficult part of this dive, it is in short a calculated jump to enter the water and a mad scramble between the crashing wave to exit. NOT FOR THE INEXPERENCED OR FAINT HEARTED. Must only be attempted in times of minimal swell.
Other problems include surge and the ever present sharks that seem to frequent the area (the famous Garths Rock is 500 meters to the south).
| Facts about Korean Star Quobba Station WA- It is in Australia
- Korean Star Quobba Station WA is in the Indian Ocean.
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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Brilliant dive site, safe for all levels, has a cave going right through the rock. Deep enterance is at 23 meters that comes up to about 16 meters inside the cave, dark for about 40 meters or so and light for the rest, come out at about 10 meters at the shallow end. The cave is about 100 meters or so long with turtles, crayfish, sharks, lots of tropicals, normally houses three to five large black cod. Plenty of soft corals, cowries and nudis and spanish dancers.some very friendly bat fish and blue grouper. Other sites in the vicinity are Murrays Passage, which is great for deep diving and some penatration. The aquariam, which is 8 meters to 17 meters or so that houses schooling fish small tropicals, turtles and sharks and nudis. Great machro site. King wrasse corner, shark gutters, fish and chips are deeper sites, all on the southern, eastern and western side and when the conditions are good, the pinnacle on the northern side is an awesome dive for big fish and sometimes up 70 sharks, great tropicals and brilliant vegetation. I know this sounds a little amazing, coz it is. I have been diving there for about 10 years and it never ceases to amaze me. Green Island has much the same life, depth is about 12 meters to 17 meters, the island houses the red indian fish, anglers, nudis, sharks, turtles, schooling drummer. Black rock, 12 metes to may be 15 meters if you have a shovel, once again plenty of tropicals, turtles, hordes of wrasse and blue angels, butterflies everwhere. Bait reef, 9 to 12 meters and ladys reef, 10 meters, awesome machro.. Temp ranges from normall 22 degrees to 26/28 degrees over summer.
The boys at South West Rock Dive Centre have 3 boats, accomodation, hire gear, guided tours and great diving.
0265 666474 click here has all the info.
| Facts about fish rock cave, south west rocks- It is in Australia
- fish rock cave, south west rocks is in the Pacific.
- The typical depth is 0-30 Metres 0-100 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Sightings of Leafy seadragons and Weedie Seadragons are GUARANTEED by the operator
Swim with seals and endangered (species) Australian Sealions.
Sixty two different types of Nudibranch have been photographed in this area.
Over 80 of the fishlife in the area are endemic to Southern Australia.
More than 135 NEW SPECIES have been found in the last few years( photos and details available)
Bottlenose dolphins often approach divers and frequently snorkellers spend considerable time interacting with a very friendly pod that live in the area.
Brachiopods ( one of the oldest living fossils) are found here in certain areas.
This is a remote area , low visitation, with clean clear waters, clean beach, high cliffs,spectacular scenery, abundant wild life both marine and terrestial.
Three major ocean bodies met in this area, waters from east and west Australia, plus waters from the Great Southern Ocean and waters from the Gulfs of South Australia.
Season runs November to mid April ( southern summer and autumn)
Small groups of divers , all dives are guided.
Water temperatures range from 15C-16C in November to 19C-20C in January.
The Island is quite large, allow extra time for diving and sight seeing.
Tours & hire cars available. No public transport. Multiple flights daily from Adelaide.
Ferry service from Cape Jervis ( about 1.5 hours south of Adelaide)
Good hire equipment available.
Contact operator for details and advice on local travel bookings.
| Facts about The Arch, Kangaroo Island- It is in Australia
- The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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Osprey has plenty of diversity, hence a great name for our liveaboard, the "Diversity". Osprey has a dive site called "North Horn". Quite a number of shark species can be found at this site including white tip, black tip, and silver tip. A number of really large groupers were also present at this site, they were the Queensland grouper or Cod as they are called and they were in the 400lb. range and as we were at a shark feed they literally took some of the food away from the sharks. Also at this site it is reported that there is some nice size tree type of soft coral. Water temp was 82F, with about 80 ft. of viz.
| Facts about North Horn at Osprey Reef- It is in Australia
- North Horn at Osprey Reef is in the Coral Sea.
- The typical depth is 0-40 Metres 0-130 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.
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The Navy Pier at Exmouth is a must if you can only do a day or two. The only company with a licence for it is the one opposite the Tourist info office in Exmouth. I was a bit suspicious when they said that a pier dive was one of the best in Oz but it is a mindblow. Only 10-12m or so but more fish than I imagined possible, sharks, huge groupers, wobbegongs and dense packed shoals of many species.
UPDATE
Kristin Anderson reports the Navy Pier at Exmouth has been closed to divers since 01 August 2006 and there are no plans to reopen it in the near future. We are hopeful that the Pier will be re-opened at some stage, but there's no information on that yet. Currently they are doing maintenance so it will likely be at least several more months before any decisions are even considered.
| Facts about Navy Pier at Exmouth- It is in Australia
- Navy Pier at Exmouth is in the Pacific.
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 3-10 Metres 10-30 Feet.
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Australian Diving is ideal for beginners and advanced divers. You will find hard and soft corals and plenty of marine life both small and large (whale sharks, humpbacks and many shark species). There is the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland which is served by day boats from Townsville, Port Douglas, Cairns and the Whitsundays. Western Australia is abundant with coral reefs and whale shark diving at Ningaloo Reef. Northern Australia has coral reefs and mangroves and there is plenty of wreck and cave diving off New South Wales, Tasmania and Southern Australia. The Diving is all year-round off Western Australia and Queensland, with whale shark season an Ningaloo being March-July. Box jellyfish are normally found around Queensland and the North and occur from Nov-March, and other hazards to be aware of are sharks, sea snakes and crocodiles. Southern waters are cooler and a wetsuit is advised, whilst elsewhere a lycra suit for protection against abrasion etc. is recommended. Whether you are a wide angle, Macro or video photographer Australia has something for everyone.
| Facts about Cairns- It is in Australia
- Cairns is in the Pacific.
- The typical depth is 0-10 Metres 0-30 Feet.
- The typical visibility is 0-3 Metres 0-10 Feet.
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