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Heron Island Diving

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Heron Island Resort, Great Barrier Reef - Australia. Heron Island is a true coral cay. Heron Island resort packages include all meals.
Heron Island is famous around the world because it is exciting diving made easy. There's no need for day trips to the Reef, because you're already there. So you can easily enjoy two full dives a day. There are over twenty different dive sites close to Heron Island, more than half of which are just fifteen minutes from the beach. With so many acres of living coral literally teeming with fish, it's easy to see why keen divers keep coming back to Heron Island. Water Temperature Range: Winter - 20-22 degrees Celsius (68-70 degrees Fahrenheit) Summer - 25-27 degrees celcisus (77-80 degrees Fahrenheit) A full wetsuit is recommended between March and October. Heron has a fully serviced Dive Shop located on the island. The shop is open 7 days from 8.15am-5.30pm

Features of Heron Island Diving
Heron Island Resort, Great Barrier Reef - Australia. Heron Island is a true coral cay. Heron Island resort packages include all meals. -Minimal time to dive sites (5-15 minutes)
- Shallow dives available (20 metres maximum)
- Long bottom times can be obtained (up to 50 minutes)
- Buoyed dive sites
- Stable platform style boats with shaded canopies
- Giant stride entries - exit via wide step ladders
- No carrying of tanks or weights at any time
- All dive sites located within a Marine National Park
- Highest quality dive equipment
- Night Dives and Adventure Dives
- See Activities for Dive Costs

For all dive courses, two passport sized photos (for non-certified divers), or a 'C' card and logbook (for certified divers) must also be presented to the Marine Centre on arrival.

Heron Island Diving Sites

Fifth Point	Discovered recently this is the farthest site from the harbour at Heron Island offering pristine coral and action packed diving. 6-20 metres.
Second Point	Offering a diverse range of smaller fish, Second Point is nestled in a wide sweeping bay with crystal clear water. Ideal for the photographer. 10-12 meters
First Point	Scattered coral bommies with overhangs, teeming with life, pelagics, turtles, rays and sharks. 5-14 metres.
Walts Bommie	Relatively flat sandy bottom surrounding a series of scattered bommies. This site attracts Green and Loggerhead turtles, Black and White Tip Reef Sharks and cradles a wealth of colourful Nudibranchs. 14 metres.
Libbie's Lair	Honeycomb caves and swim throughs, jam-packed with larger coral reef fish species. 8-18 metres.
Tenements 1	Magnificent diving on Heron Island with many gullies, swim throughs and grottos. Special mention to the huge blue-footed anemone and the 30 clown fish that live with it. 7-20 metres.
Tenements 2	This horseshoe shaped shelf drops straight down to 20 metres and is draped with schools of black tipped fusilier drummer and yellowtail. 13-20 metres.
Coral Cascades	Stand-alone or combined with a drift dive along the spectacular coral wall to Tenements 1, this is a favourite. 5-16 metres.
North Bommie	A huge bommie that doubles as a cleaning station for some of our larger critters. Majestic mantas and white tipped Reef Sharks frequent here. 10-20 metres.
Blue Pools	Crystal clear waters fill this little bay close to Heron Island in the coral. A great place to start or end a drift dive east or west. 6-8 metres.
Hole in the Wall	Large bommie split into 3 pieces. Swim through and along the reef edge. Large Maori Wrass, Moray, Sharks and Mantas are all regulars. 9-18 metres.
Coral Grotto	Affectionately known on Heron Island as the Turtle Grotto. You can see turtles everywhere. Asleep, swimming, feeding or just being Turtles. 8-18 metres.
Plate Ledge	So called because of the number of plate or tabletop corals in the area -an impressive site. 8-16 metres.
Gorgonia Hole	Gorgonia and fan corals abound on the spectacular reef edge. Discover Mantas, Reef Sharks and Turtles. 7-16 metres.
The Junction	Rediscovered only recently, the corals here are splendid. Morays, Turtles and Crayfish abound. 7-16 metres.
Pams Point	Mind blowing Manta Ray dive (seasonal). Resident Queensland Blue Groper. 8-16 metres.
Heron Bommie	One of the most photographed dive sites on Heron Island and in the country. Resident marine life is fantastic including schooling Jacks, Barracuda, Strawberry Hussars plus Moray Eels, Sharks, Eagle Rays and Mantas. This series of bommies is located 2 minutes from the Harbour. 5-20 metres. Pams Point to Heron Bommie Drifting from Pams Point to Heron Bommie is spectacular - just let go and watch the kaleidoscope of colour go by. 5-20 metres.
Pams Point to Heron Bommie	Drifting from Pam's Point to Heron Bommie is spectacular - just let go and watch the kaleidoscope of colour go by. 5-20 metres.
Coral Gardens	Lies just outside Heron Island Harbour. Beautiful sloping banks of Staghorn and Branching corals. 8-16 metres.
Staghorn Banks	Nearby to Coral Gardens this is an exquisite bank of vividly coloured staghorn coral. Many colonies of brilliantly hued coral fish create a myriad of colour. 12 metres.
Canyons	So named due to the number of ravines cut into the reef edge. These cuttings are home to an amazing variety of creatures, including turtles. 6-16 metres.
Harry's Bommie	This coral outcrop is huge, usually filled by schools of Batfish and spotted Sweetlip. Regularly visited by White Tip Reef Sharks. 5-16 metres.
Southpark	A huge bommie with an amazing biodiversity of Turtles, Rays and big fish. 8-16 metres.
Twin Peaks	Two large coral bommies give this site its name and the teaming life is no less surprising than the TV show. A mega dive site. 10-18 metres.
The Cliffs	An adventurous dive, offering a fantastic wall and gently sloping bottom down to 30 plus metres - a veritable Garden of Eden. 12-30 plus metres.
Last Mooring	Boasts a wonderful kaleidoscope of schooling bait fish, Painted Crays, Nudibranchs and Wobbygong Sharks. Elaborate coral formations showcase the diversity of this site. 10 metres.
Wistari 1 & 2	The neighbouring Wistari Reef is located only 5 minutes from Heron Island. These two sites are along the reef wall with magnificent corals of rainbow hues and an amazing array of Nudibranchs. 5-20 metres.
Three Rocks	A special little sandy bay cut into the reef edge. From 7 metres, it drops straight down Wistari Wall to around 20 metres.

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