A list of the best rated dive movies in Australia.
Yongala Wreck
While there are many shipwrecks along Australia's Great Barrier Reef, one of the best wreck dives is this one, the S.S. Yongala. This ship, made out of steel and timber, sank during a cyclone just about 60 kilometers from Townsville at Cape Bowling Green, taking the lives of all 121 passengers. The wreck lies in the middle of a flat and sandy shipping channel in about 30m of water. You can still see the aft, the rudder and forward masts, engine and steam rooms, toilets, port-holes and most of th...
Fish Rock Cave
The only true ocean cave dive in Australia is running 125 meters right through Fish Rock which lies two kilometers south-east of Smoky Cape, South West Rocks. Fish Rock Cave is home to a completely unique ecosystem. The temperature inside the cave is always at least one degree warmer than the surrounding ocean and the water is always clear. Although the Rock is usually prone to current, it is this current that brings the nutrients to the area and attracts the fish life. It is easy to plan your d...
Ribbon Reef 3
Flinders Reef
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. And an area this size provides for multple dive sites, from stunning drop-offs to with fish swarmed shallow coral reefs....
Townsville
The diving area near Townsville can be separated in three parts. The dive sites around Magnetic Island, being good, but with a visibility between 5 and 15 meters not the best in the area. Next we have the great barrier reefs accessible by day boats but more often by liveaboard such as Keeper Reef and Kelso Reef. These touristy reefs are stunning but there are several damaged areas, also Crown of Thorn outbreaks. Last, the outer reefs such as Flinders Reef, only accessible by live-aboard with vis...
China Wall
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....
Coral Gardens
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Entrance Bommie
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