Great Barrier Reef, Australia
SS Yongala
A 1911 shipwreck turned into one of the richest marine habitats in Australia.
About the dive
SS Yongala is a beginner to advanced dive site in Great Barrier Reef, Australia. It is a wreck dive. Divers have logged 3,674 dives here, going to 25 m on average in around 13 m of visibility. 26 species are recorded here month by month; the most sighted are angelfish, stingrays and barracudas. Sightings peak in July, August and September.
- Level
- Beginner–Advanced
- Entry
- Boat
- Avg. max depth
- 25 m
- Visibility
- 13 m
- Dive time
- 38 min
- Logged dives
- 3,674
- Busiest months
- Jul · Aug · Sep
- Region
- Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef
Most sighted here
AngelfishPhoto: Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC BY
StingraysPhoto: Corentin Largeron · CC0
BarracudasPhoto: Wouter Naert · CC0
WrassesPhoto: Balazs Simon · CC0
What you’ll see, month by month
The most-sighted species at SS Yongala and the months they are logged. The brighter the cell, the more sightings.
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angelfish | ||||||||||||
| Stingrays | ||||||||||||
| Barracudas | ||||||||||||
| Wrasses | ||||||||||||
| Butterflyfish | ||||||||||||
| Groupers | ||||||||||||
| Parrotfish | ||||||||||||
| Moray eels | ||||||||||||
| Sweetlips | ||||||||||||
| Grunts | ||||||||||||
| Eagle rays | ||||||||||||
| Banded Sea Krait | ||||||||||||
| Bannerfish | ||||||||||||
| Green Turtle | ||||||||||||
| Tawny nurse shark | ||||||||||||
| Damselfish |
The wreck
This is the site of the SS Yongala, one of the most famous wrecks in the world. Read how she went down.
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