Tauchplatz
SS Yongala
Queensland, Coral Sea, Australia
- Typische Tiefe
- 28 m
- Typ
- Wrack
- Niveau
- Advanced
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
Eigenschaften
- Wreck
- No Penetration
- Protected Wreck
- Exposed Site
- Strong Current
- Marine Life Magnet
Beste Zeit
- Ideal
- Jun–Nov
- Vermeiden
- Jan–Mar
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.
Bedingungen & Zugang
- Sicht
- 10–25 m
- Wassertemperatur
- 22–28 °C
- Strömung
- Strong
- Zugang
- Permit required
- Mindeststufe
- Advanced Open Water — current, depth, exposed offshore profile
Standort
19.3056° S, 147.6250° E
Quellen
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