Diving Localities - Moore Reef
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Moore Reef
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Dive Site:
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Moore Reef
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Location:
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16°52.160S 146°12.353E
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Visited By:
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Reef Prince, Kangaroo Explorer, Reef Magic, Santa Maria, Tropic Sunbird, Tropic Sunseeker, Tusa V
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Depth:
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1-25 metres
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Rating:
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Novice
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Features:
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- A large reef rich with life
- Operators work mainly in back reef area, all have similar dives
- Dives over staghorn thickets on sand that slopes and drops to 22m.
- Explore around the bommies or stay close to the reef edge.
- Bommies have great swim throughs and are worth exploring
- Look out for rays buried in the sand!
- Gullies in the reef side are excellent spots to observe fish
- Large bommies nearly e\reach the surface, so you can dive your preferred depth.
- At night see nudibranchs, crabs, worms and outstretch coral polyps.
- There is an abundance of hard coral in good condition and well interspersed.
- Damselfish hide in the soft coral and dash out to catch planktonic food
- Wrasse, parrotfish, emperors, butterflyfish and surgeonfish are common.
- A school of grey reef sharks have been spotted here, but you're more likely to see a white tip shark.
- This is probably best as a macrophotography site.
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Note: Latitude and longitude not to be used for navigational purposes - approx co-ords only.
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