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But which sites should you dive? Expedition Drenched rounds up our top 4 Great Barrier Reef dive sites.

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Best Great Barrier Reef Dive Sites - Expedition Drenched Season 2 Top Dive Site Experiences

The Great Barrier Reef is a SCUBA divers dream. But which sites should you dive? Expedition Drenched rounds up our top 4 Great Barrier Reef dive sites.

Only one living structure on the planet is so big that it can be seen from space. The Great Barrier Reef is roughly 2,000km from top to bottom and covers an area of 350,000 square kilometers. It’s HUGE. And you can find it in Queensland, Australia.

The Expedition Drenched crew was lucky enough to visit this spectacular area of the world during our second season, and we loved every moment. The beautiful turquoise water, stunning water clarity, unparalleled views, and abundant marine life left us with memories that we will never forget.

So this week, we thought we’d do a round-up of our favorite dive sites on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia. 

We did some diving on sites towards the center of the Great Barrier Reef and we also ventured out to visit the northern Ribbon Reefs that fringe the continental shelf and are just out of reach for day trips and charters from the mainland. Each of our  4 choices will give you a different dive experience – tuna and sharks at Steve’s Bommie will blow your mind and the underwater museum right beside John Brewer Reef will make you feel like you’re inside an underwater science lab.

However, the water around Queensland isn’t just for SCUBA divers. If you’re not someone who likes to strap on a tank of breathing gas and swim around underwater, the Whitsundays is a stunningly perfect place to experience the classic beauty for which Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef are famously known.

 

Northern Great Barrier Reef - Ribbon Reefs

The northern section of the Great Barrier Reef is the home of the Ribbon Reefs, a chain of 10 individual reefs that fringe the edge of the continental shelf. The Ribbon Reefs are in a fairly remote area of the Great Barrier Reef and are only visited by a few liveaboards. But the turquoise water, huge schools of pelagic fish, and fields of soft anemones weren’t out of reach for the Sylfia. We jumped off her dive deck several times in the Ribbon Reefs, but our dives on Cracker Jack and Steve’s Bommie were definitely our most memorable.

Cracker Jack - A Star of Queensland’s Ribbon Reefs

  • Max depth: 35m
  • Min depth: 10m
  • Dive type: Pinnacle
  • Marine life: Sharks and tuna

Cracker Jack is one of the top dive sites in the Great Barrier Reef Ribbon Reefs. It’s a huge pinnacle that rises from 35m up to around 10m below the surface. The sides of the pinnacle are littered with immense gorgonian sea fans busy picking their food out of the passing water. 

The pinnacle itself is home to all the regular characters – lionfish and huge moray eels – but because of it’s location in the Great Barrier Reef and its depth, it’s also a great place for larger pelagic life. If you turn away from the pinnacle and look out into the blue you’ll probably see large pelagic schools of Jacks, and if you’re really lucky you may also spot a shark or some large, hungry tuna stalking the Jacks. 

The shallower part of the pinnacle is full of nooks and crannies that make great homes for mantis shrimp, pipefish, and cleaner shrimp but what will really catch your eye are the schools of glassfish. Since they’re mostly transparent, the large groups of glassfish shine in the sun and make it feel like the whole dive site is covered in glitter. 

Steve’s Bommie - Far Out Ribbon Reef Dive Site

  • Max depth: 25m
  • Min depth: 1m
  • Dive type: Pinnacle
  • Marine life: Giant frogfish and stonefish

Steve’s Bommie is a favourite site on the Ribbon Reefs and people will hop on a liveaboard just to pay it a visit. The site is a rock spire that rises from about 25m and almost hits the surface of the water. This is a really cool site because you can drop down to the base and check out the sea fans and hard corals at the bottom, then slowly shallow up as you spiral around the rock tower. 

As you make your way back up to the surface, keep your eyes peeled for giant frogfish and stonefish camouflaged against the rocky backdrop. They may be hard to spot, but this site is home to a lot of them so go slow, and use your underwater torch to help make them easier to spot. 

Central Great Barrier Reef

Our time in the central area of the Great Barrier Reef had us exploring underwater structures that were less natural than the reefs we usually explore. This part of Great Barrier Reef Marine Park is home to the SS Yongala wreck, often considered the best shipwreck dive site in the world, and the MOUA underwater museum, an hommage to marine conservation efforts.

John Brewer Reef - MOUA Coral Greenhouse Underwater Museum

  • Max depth: 18m
  • Min depth: 12m
  • Dive type: Underwater sculpture museum

Your Expedition Drenched crew were some of the first people in the world to be given permission to dive the MOUA Coral Greenhouse underwater museum. We quickly realized that this underwater installation is more than just a piece of art. 

The Coral Greenhouse is just what it sounds like – a greenhouse for corals. Inside the greenhouse, there are about 20 concrete scientists hard at work saving the marine environment that surrounds them. 

The artist, Jason de Caires Taylor, hopes that his underwater art pieces will encourage more culturally and environmentally aware tourism and help spur a greater understanding of our natural worlds as breathing ecosystems. This is why we loved this dive site so much – you can hear the conversation about marine conservation right there underwater. 

World’s Newest Underwater Sculpture Installation | Expedition Drenched

SS Yongala - Queensland’s Biggest Intact Wreck

  • Max depth: 33m
  • Min depth: 15m
  • Dive type: Shipwreck
  • Marine life: Manta rays, and sometimes whales!

The SS Yongala sank over 100 years ago with no recorded survivors, but today it is often considered to be the best intact wreck dive in the world because it’s loaded with marine life. 

This is a deeper dive site with the bottom of the wreck sitting in the sand at 33m and the top of the wreck sitting around 15m. It’s also considered a site that should be left to highly experienced divers because there’s often a stiff current washing over the wreck. 

SS Yongala Shipwreck - Scuba Diving in Queensland

The SS Yongala is a protected wreck and it’s prohibited to penetrate the wreck itself. When divers go inside a wreck, the air they exhale can accumulate in pockets that cause corrosion over time. To stop this from happening, the local authorities have banned diving inside the SS Yongala, and we love this decision! There’s so much to see on the outside of the wreck that you won’t miss checking out the inside. Plus, keeping to the outside will ensure that our kids and grandkids will also get to enjoy this stunning Great Barrier Reef dive site. 

Each season, the Expedition Drenched crew explores a new area of the ocean and dives new dive sites in the hunt for knowledge and unforgettable experiences. Check out our YouTube channel to learn more about  all the places we’ve already been and to follow our latest adventure – sailing over to legendary Lord Howe Island between Australia and New Zealand. Once the trip is over, we’ll put together our list of favourite Expedition Drenched Season 3 dive sites so that you know exactly where you should dip your fins into the water. 

Happy adventuring, and happy bubbles!

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]]> 2644 The Hole In The Wall https://drenchedproductions.com/the-hole-in-the-wall/ Sun, 23 Jan 2022 13:35:56 +0000 https://drenchedproductions.com/?p=1787 As we reach the halfway point on the crossing to Darwin, Australia. Spirits are almost as high as the adrenaline rush. When we break Sylfia’s speed record flying through a crack which locals call “The hole in the Wall”. When is the right time to cross? If we time it right, we will shoot through like a bullet!! If we mess it up that current will be right on our nose and we get blown backwards!!

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Australia Season 2 - The Hole in the wall | Expedition Drenched

The Hole in the Wall

By Expedition Drenched

23 January 2022

As we reach the halfway point on the crossing to Darwin, Australia. Spirits are almost as high as the adrenaline rush. When we break Sylfia’s speed record flying through a crack which locals call “The hole in the Wall”. When is the right time to cross? If we time it right, we will shoot through like a bullet!! If we mess it up that current will be right on our nose and we get blown backwards!!

NEW Sailing SPEED RECORD through a crack, 14 knots. As we reach the halfway point on the crossing to Darwin, Australia. Spirits are almost as high as the adrenaline rush. When we break Sylfia’s speed record flying through a crack which locals call “The Hole in the Wall”.

Where is the “Hole in the Wall”?

“The Hole in the Wall” is a waterway that separates Guluwuru Island and Raragala Island in the Wessel Islands, on the way to Darwin. The Wessel islands are a narrow chain of islands. In the northernmost part of the islands, there is a point that juts out separating the Gulf of Carpentaria to its east and the Arafura Sea to its west. These Islands are Warramiri tribe lands, traditional Aboriginal lands. There are many large Crocodiles living on its beaches some reaching 15-20 ft.

When is the right time to cross " The Hole in The Wall"?

We follow in @Sailing SV Delos footsteps seeking out this unusual Crack in the Ocean, where up to 12 knots of current rip through… The crack itself is quite narrow, which leads to very strong currents when the tide is going up or down. It’s about 100 meters at its narrowest point or four boat lengths. If the time is wrong and you won’t even move forward, the time is right and you get SUPER BOOSTED! We will shoot through like a bullet!! If we mess it up that current will be right on our nose and we get blown backward!! In which case, we will have to sit and wait until the current changes and try AGAIN!!

How was the Experience of crossing " The Hole in the wall"?

Sylfia - The Hole In the Wall | Expedition Drenched
Crossing The Hole In The Wall | Expedition Drenched
The Hole In The Wall - Australia, Season 2 | Expedition Drenched
The Hole in the Wall | Expedition Drenched

After researching tide times, we felt pretty confident we could do it. The dingy was sent ahead to check to see if we got the tides right. Approaching” the Hole in the Wall” looks like a river for white water rafting. Confirmation from the dingy and we were good to go!! The current moving fast in the right direction. The dingy radioed back and held its position, waiting for the rest of the crew aboard Sylfia. Hearts pounding, 10 knots of current drifting, it felt like we are white water rafting!! The new speed record for Sylfia is 14 knots, What a Rush!!! The rip sucked in and just as fast spat us out, into the Arafura Sea.


But as you would expect, things don’t often go smoothly!! The drone lost signal as we were coming out.
The dingy was forced to turn around and fight against 10 knots of current. Trying to hold her position going only 1 knot and using so much power. Thankfully we got a signal on the drone again and were able to land it. One of the coolest things we have done on Sylfia!! Speed!! Adrenaline!!Excitement! We succeeded!! 10 knots of current shooting us through!

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Expedition drenched is a U.S. based marine educational non profit 501c3 made possible by our donors and patrons. If you love scuba, sailing, travel, adventure, exploration, conservation, and all things aquatic, we really hope you will continue to follow us on our journey. Our goal in making these videos is to show the world all the amazing, beautiful, and strange inhabitants of the ocean in the hopes that we will all be inspired to protect it.

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