LIVEABOARD DIVING IN Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital of the Australian state of Queensland. Brisbane International Airport is located here. It is the third most populous city in Australia. It's a great tourist destination featuring some interesting galleries, museums, restaurants as well as original music scene. Brisbane is a metropolitan city full of exciting things to discover. The city is located on the South Pacific Ocean. Brisbane scuba diving is varied and offers many sites to explore. There are 6 great wreck dives, over 10 reef dives, a couple of shore dives and a few interesting deep dives. Most dives can be done by boat. Divers who prefer shore dives can go to Tweed River, where they can observe octopuses, turtles and rays. Tweed River is also a good place for night diving. The reefs around Brisbane are home to over 175 different species of fish and corals. There are a lot of dive sites, which are suitable for novice and experienced divers.
The most popular are HMAS Brisbane, Boat Rock, Curtin Wrecks, Manta Ray Bommie, Flat Rock, Wolf Rock, Cementco and Tangalooma Wrecks. The most popular scuba dive site is Flat Rock. The average depth of this site is 25m/82ft and the maximum depth is 35m/115ft. It features a natural rocky floor covered with diverse range of corals and teeming with fish. Tiny clown fish and grey nurse sharks can be seen there. Also, there are crevices and small caves with plenty of macro life to explore. It is a good site for night diving and underwater photography.