- Type
- Shark
- Typical depth
- 30 m
- Level
- Advanced
- Visibility
- 25–50 m
- Water temp
- 24–28 °C
- Current
- Moderate
- Access
- Liveaboard only
- Min cert
- Advanced Open Water
- Offshore Atoll
- Wall
- Shark Feed (North Horn)
- Liveaboard Only
- Pristine Reef
When to dive
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Remote Coral Sea seamount, liveaboard-only out of Cairns or Port Douglas. Best in the dry season; cyclone season limits crossings. Famous for the North Horn shark feed (grey reef and silvertip).
13.9000° S, 146.5667° E
Marine life
- Corals
- pristine wall corals, sea fans, soft corals
- Sharks
- grey reef, silvertip, silky, whitetip reef, occasional hammerhead, occasional tiger
- Pelagics
- dogtooth tuna, giant trevally, barracuda
- Reef fish
- maori wrasse, red bass, snapper
- Cephalopods
- nautilus (deep, occasional)
Dive clubs that visit this site
- Cairns Dive Adventuressource
Cairns, Queensland, Australia · Dive centre
- Mike Ball Dive Expeditions (Spoilsport)source
Cairns, Queensland, Australia · Liveaboard
- Spirit of Freedomsource
Cairns, Queensland, Australia · Liveaboard
Sources
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