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Diving at Flinders Reef at dive site China Wall

Name divesite: Flinders Reef, China Wall
Depth: 1-40m (3-131ft) and deeper
Visibility: 10-30m (32-98ft)
Accessibility: Boat
Time to visit: All year around with warmest water in summer (nov-feb)
Specifications: Be prepared to handle the current, plan this dive well.Diving next to a huge vertical wall of coral.The current and waves make this a divesite with a heavy surge.The strong current makes this a perfect drift dive.This dive site is also perfect for snorkeling.This is a cave or large cavern dive, specialty not always required.This is a deep dive, plan it well.

The wall at China Wall drops down to more than 900 meters of depth. The wall is covered with soft corals, sponges and gorgonian fans up to 5 meters of length. Sea whips and hard coral can be found as well. You will see clownfish in beautiful anemone, rainbow runners, cuttle fish, mackerel, tuna, morays, trevally and sharks. It is an interesting wall dive with a lot of life and color.

Mating nudi branches Flinders reef is an atol of 28km wide and 37km long. It is out of reach of daily dive boats from Townsville and Magnetic Island, so to get there you have to take a live-aboard. Visibility is excellent, marine and coral life is divers and fish inhabit the area in large numbers.


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