SOUTH PACIFIC
Great Barrier Reef · Ribbon Reefs
- Australia
- Experienced
- May - November
Plan your dive
- Experience level
- Experienced
- Depth guide
- Varies by site and planned profile
- When to go
- May - November
- Site type
- Reefs & Marine Life
Featured wildlife
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- Twospot red snapper
About this dive site
Northern Great Barrier Reef ribbons of coral along the outer edge.
The Ribbon Reefs stretch north of Cairns and Port Douglas as a chain of coral gardens, walls and cod holes on liveaboard routes. Dwarf minke season brings in-water encounters on some trips; everyday diving delivers turtles, sharks and dense reef fish. Weather and permits shape each week’s site list.
Most trips target May - November, but wind, swell and current still decide the day's site. Calendar peak is May - November, but skippers still move sites when wind, swell or current change. Book with a crew that knows Great Barrier Reef day to day, not just the map pin.