Yongala Wreck

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.

Level

Level

Beginner
Advanced

Visibility

Visibility

13 m

Current

Current

Light Current
No Current
Strong Current
Ripping Current

DIVE TYPES

DIVE TYPES

Macro Spot
Cleaning Station
Wreck Dive

Temperature & Visibility

Dives

Wildlife Diversity

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Dive sites nearby

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Alma Bay

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.

Museum of Underwater Art, Coral Greenhouse

Made from stainless steel and pH-neutral materials to complement natural coral growth. Weighing more than 158 tonnes, the ’Coral Greenhouse’ is filled with 20 reef guardians who are propagating coral spreading the message of reef conservation.

Horseshoe Bay

Shallow but beautiful dive site. You’d want to plan for a Hightide entry! otherwise its extremely shallow.Perfectly easy to navigate and has rarely any current.

Rose Bay

Nice and shallow dive site, situated on the north side of Rose Bay. Ideal for those looong and slow dives to look for all the diverse marine life. Careful entering, watch out for rocks under the surface!

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Milln Reef - The Whale

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.

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Flynn Reef - Little Tracy's

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.

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Central, Breaking Patches

Offers a lovely shallow wall with picturesque beauty, making it an easy site to navigate. Shallow sand patches are perfect for skills and macro diving. The western wall does offer a little more depth but is also known to have some strong currents coming through.

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Split Bommie, Hastings Reef

The name of this site comes form its many bommies that exist away and split off from the reef. It is located at the southern end of Hastings Reef and offers shallow waters, ideal for snorkeling and beginner divers.

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Twin Peaks, Saxon Reef

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

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Turtle Bommie, Saxon Reef

Large bommie structure surrounded by beautiful hard and soft corals and a wide range of brightly coloured fish. The white sandy bottom makes it easy to navigate the exquisite reef wall.