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Tauchplatz

Queensland, Coral Sea, Australia

SS Yongala

Typische Tiefe

28m

Typ
Wrack
Typische Tiefe
28 m
Niveau
Advanced
Sicht
10–25 m
Wassertemperatur
22–28 °C
Strömung
Strong
Zugang
Permit required
Mindeststufe
Advanced Open Water
  • Wreck
  • No Penetration
  • Protected Wreck
  • Exposed Site
  • Strong Current
  • Marine Life Magnet

Beste Zeit

IdealVermeidenOK

Best visibility and calmest seas in the Australian dry season (Jun–Nov). Wet/cyclone season (Dec–Mar) brings rough swell on this exposed Coral Sea site and can shut down the crossing. Protected wreck under the Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018 (797 m exclusion zone) — no penetration permitted.

19.3056° S, 147.6250° E

Notizen

Passenger steamer lost in a 1911 cyclone.

Meereslebewesen

Rays
eagle ray, manta ray, marble ray
Sharks
bull shark, tiger shark (occasional)
Turtles
green, loggerhead
Pelagics
giant trevally, mackerel, barracuda, tuna
Reef fish
giant Queensland grouper, maori wrasse, snapper, batfish
Cephalopods
cuttlefish, octopus
Invertebrates
soft and hard coral encrusting hull, sea snakes

Wrack

Schiff
SS Yongala
Klasse
passenger and cargo steamship
Herkunft
Australia (built UK)
Gesunken
1911 — lost with all 122 hands in tropical cyclone (23 Mar 1911)
Länge
109 m
Penetration
Nicht empfohlen

Tauchbasen, die diesen Spot ansteuern

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