Keeper Reef

Lodestone reef is the closest reef to Townsville being only just over an hour via boat. Depths range from 3m to 45m so it caters for all types of divers and snorkelers. Visibility is usually around 5 - 20m depending on weather.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

A nice layout of bommies and wall to be explored. Good for dives to 18m for training. Underwater more rocky with clear indication of cyclone debbie’s destrucitve powers- nicely re-growing reef with lots of batfish around. Possible to encounter large numbers of batfish, stingrays, and turtles.

Drop off - vis 5 to 10m. The current here is dependent on the tidal flow. This site has a high number of schools of fishes and wildlife - including soft, hard corals, anemonefish and turtles.

Cocktail point has a gradual dropoff and sometimes has low- strong current depending on tidal flow. Great for snorkeling along the soft coral shelf or divers to explore larger hard coral structures - approx 1m to 20m.

A calm and Shallow Keyhole shaped reef accessible only to smaller vessels (max2).The abundant coral life makes this site exciting for divers of all levels.