Gold Coast Diving Guide: A romantic journey dancing with the sea elves

📍Gold Coast diving is famous for its unique geographical location and rich marine ecology. It is a paradise for diving enthusiasts.

🌟Gold Coast Diving Highlights
• Rich Diving Site Selection: The Gold Coast has many diving sites, including shallow water areas suitable for beginners and deep diving areas suitable for experienced divers.
• Unique underwater landscapes such as Wonder Reef, the world’s first buoyancy reef dive, featuring giant flute-shaped sculptures and abundant marine life.
• Wreck diving: The HMS Prince of Scotland shipwreck is one of the popular dive sites and is home to corals, sponges and a variety of fish.

📍Popular Diving Sites
• Wonder Reef
• Features: Nine giant flute-shaped sculptures on which corals have been transplanted, which will become a new coral reef habitat of 32,000 cubic meters in the future.
• Suitable for: Divers of all PADI certification levels.
• Location: 2.5 kilometres off Gold Coast Main Beach.

• Southport Seaway
• Features: The entrance to the inland river, with slow current and clear water, suitable for diving all year round.
• Dive sites:
• South Wall: Seahorses, lionfish, giant shrimps, etc.
• South West Wall: Suitable for beginners, with low current.
• North Wall: Pelagic fish, bull rays at the cleaning station and eagle rays can be seen.

• Wave Break Island
• Features: Suitable for beginners and advanced divers, with colorful fish, corals, sharks, etc.
• Location: Outside the Nangang estuary.

• Kirra Reef
• Features: Scattered rocky outcrops with soft corals, anemones and moray eels.
• Location: Southern end of the Gold Coast.

• Cook Island
• Features: Turtle sanctuary, rich marine life and tropical fish.
• Location: South of Coolangatta, approximately 10 minutes by boat.

[Tiptop] Diving skills and suggestions
• Choose a suitable diving spot: Choose a suitable diving spot based on your diving experience. Beginners can choose areas with small currents and shallow depths.
• Pay attention to safety: Understand the local water currents and tide conditions before diving to ensure safety.
• Equipment selection: Choose the appropriate wetsuit according to the season. It is recommended to wear a 7mm wetsuit with a hood in winter.

⏳Best time for diving
• The Gold Coast is suitable for diving all year round, with water temperatures around 19°C in winter and around 24°C to 26°C in summer.
• If you want to see leopard sharks, it is recommended to go there from November to February of the following year.
• The best time for whale watching is from June to October.

I hope this guide can help you enjoy an unforgettable diving trip on the Gold Coast!