| | Diving report | Dive report - Lady Elliot to Byron Bay These dive reports are the latest information available from dive charter operators between Lady Elliot Island and Byron Bay. Experienced divers will be aware that visibility and water temperature can change at any time, due to ocean currents or changing weather conditions and sea state, so although these reports are given to us in good faith, there is no guarantee that dive conditions will remain the same. However, it is a good guide to what’s been happening and does put you in touch with dive operators who you can call for more specific information about the dive sites in the reports. |
Updated at: 4.30pm Saturday, June 15, 2013
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Lady Elliot Island | | Vis: 10-15m at Lighthouse Bombie. Water temp: 23deg. Reef sharks, manta and eagle rays, mackerel, trevally, tuna, moray eels, batfish, parrot, coral trout, lion fish, squid and titan triggerfish. | Lady Elliot Dive Centre 4156 4444 http://www.ladyelliot.com.au
| Rainbow Beach | | Vis: 10-15m at Wolf Rock. Water temp: 22deg. | Wolf Rock Dive Centre 5486 8004 http://www.wolfrockdive.com.au
| Noosa | | Vis: 10-12m at Jew Shoal. Water temp: 21deg. | Dive Noosa 0405 300303 http://www.divenoosa.com
| North Stradbroke Island | | Vis: 20m at Flat Rock. Water temp: 21deg. Grey nurse sharks seen during the dive and humpback whales playing on the surface. | Manta Lodge & Scuba Centre 3409 8888 http://www.mantalodge.com.au
| Tweed Coast | | Vis: 6-8m at Cook Island. Water temp: 21deg. Lots of humpback whales travelling up the coast. | Ocean Diving & Photographics 0418 750084 http://www.oceandive.com.au
| Byron Bay | | Vis: 8-10m at the Nursery and Cod Hole at Julian Rocks. Water temp: 21deg. Saw grey nurse sharks and manta rays during the dive and heard humpback whales singing in the distance. | Sundive Dive Centre 02 6685 7755 http://www.sundive.com.au
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| | | | Diving videos | Great dive sites In 1994 Clint Hempsall was teaching people to dive on Lady Elliot Island. His natural talent with a camera scored him a job on Brownies Coastwatch and for the next five years he shot, produced and presented almost 300 Queensland and Pacific Islands dive site profiles for the show. Enjoy his excellent work. GO>> |  | | | | Creature feature videos | Creature features These videos on the creatures often encountered along the Queensland coast are terrific to show to kids so they learn about and develop an understanding of the marine environment. A lot of them are the work of Clint Hempsall and there is a series on Moreton Bay creatures from naturalist Neville Coleman. GO>> |  | | | |