SS Yongala Wreck
Great Barrier Reef (near Townsville), Queensland, Australia
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The SS Yongala is one of the world's finest wreck dives - a 109-meter passenger ship that sank in a 1911 cyclone with all 122 lives lost. Now encrusted in coral and home to an astonishing concentration of marine life, the intact wreck sits on its starboard side and is famous for its 'mega marine life' including giant grouper and prolific sea snakes.
Conditions
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- Great Barrier Reef (near Townsville), Queensland
- Max depth
- 14–30 m
- Visibility
- 10–30 m
- Water temperature
- 24–28°C
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Best season
- March to November
- Type
- Wreck
- Suitable for
- Scuba
- Dive types
- Wreck
- Marine life
- Sharks
- Rays
- Turtles
- Barracuda
- Groupers
- Pelagic fish
Photos
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