SOUTH PACIFIC
Heron Island · Heron Bommie
- Australia
- All levels
- November - March, June - September
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- All levels
- Depth guide
- Bommies 5-25 m
- When to go
- November - March, June - September
- Site type
- Reef Island
Featured wildlife
- Green turtle
- Reef manta ray
- Spotted eagle ray
- Whitetip reef shark
About this dive site
Walk-in Great Barrier Reef diving from a coral cay.
Heron Island sits directly on the southern Great Barrier Reef where you step off the beach to bommies full of turtles, rays and reef fish. Perfect for pairing liveaboards with a relaxed cay stay and night dives on the house reef. Research station and resort share the small island.
Manta cleaning stations need calm positioning - let your guide set the line and keep a respectful distance. Calendar peak is November - March, June - September, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Heron Island day to day, not just the map pin.