Dive in Heron and Wilson Islands

Named after the large bommie her, North bommie is swarming with glass and cardinal fish trying to escape the many coral trout, coral cod and barramundi cod. It is a major cleaning station and you can see giant manta rays and turtles getting cleaned. there are two scorpion fish that live here,…

The Blue pools are part of what is like a natural swimming pool, which gives and easy and relaxing dive.Great fish life, with angelfish being very common - the opportunitis for photography are excellent; also batfish, lionfish, gropers and coral trout.Wind and waves formed channels and gutters where…

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Manta Ray dive and big blue grouper. This is common to drift from Pams Point to Heron Bommie

Beautiful dive on far north side of Heron Reef with a number of Porites pinnacles. Shallow dive with mild current and home to a wide variety of trigger fish, coral trout and large red emporers. You will find yourself wandering Dive through a maze of small bommies, peeking in holes often occupied…

A macro photographer's dream dive large bommies scatter the sandy bottom providing shelter for numerous nudibranchs, flatworms and shrimp. Rays including cowtail, whiptail and blue spotted enjoy resting on the sand while being cleaned by the cleaner wrasse. Yellowtail and black-tip Fusiliers enjoy…

A site for all levels, the mooring lies in 12m of water on beautiful white sand. Gutters near the mooring lead to a small wall teaming with sea life. Shoals of silver drummer, red bass and fusiliers swim together in the shallows. Large anemones along the wall provide some great photo opportunities…

Heading down the mooring to around 15m, Tenements lies hidden behind a 12m coral plateau. Large flat bommies are a great place to look for nudibranchs and as you come to the corner of the plateau at around 18m, shoals of fish gather and feed on the nutrients of the incoming tide. The wall provides a…

This horseshoe-shaped shelf is draped with schools of Black-Tipped Fusilier Drummer and Yellowtail. 

One of Heron’s shallower dive sites. The dive starts in about 12 meters of where there is a large bommie that is riddled with glass fish and their predators, coral trout and coral cod. A great spot for morays, nudibranchs and scorpion fish, this bommie also provides a good resting place for…

Swimming out to “Paradise Bommie” you often get strong currents on this site that attract manta and eagle rays. An abundance of marine life lives on and close to the bommie. There are rare species of nudibranchs, as well as moray eels, and you often see reef sharks and stingrays. When you drift…

A playground for all divers. You can dive in zig-zag along a beautiful coral wall swimming through gutters. Wobbegong sharks as well as the rare epaulette shark tend to hide under a ledge. White-tipped sharks patrol this area and turtles come to rest and feed here on a daily basis. Keep your eyes…

Quite a large dive site with many exciting gutters and channels to explore, this area of the reef has a gradual slope that is relatively shallow, bottoming out at 16meters. Several scattered coral formations but generally rocky in character, Plate Ledge is home to some of the most spectacular…

A shallow dive, good for the afternoons. On a low tideit is not uncommon to see turtles hiding among the cracks and crevices. Lots of holes to stick your head in, and lots of interesting creatures to find. Expect to see painted crayfish, green loggerhead and hawksbill (if you're lucky) turtles and…

A shallow site with scattered and broken bommies that give fish and sharks plenty of places to hide and you plenty of places to explore. The currents around this site attract manta rays that will feed on the surface only a meter or two above your head. There is also large plate, boulder and…

Dropping down the mooring line you will be surrounded by colorful reef fish. A big field of staghorn coral will lead you to a bommie with healthy corals. On and around the bommie you are likely to see batfish, white-tipped sharks, nudibranchs and the usual reef fish. Going with the current you have…

Heron Island’s signature dive site. The site consists of six large coral heads that start in 5 meters of water and dot down the reef slope to 18 meters. This is a major cleaning station for all the animals in the area, including the majestic mantas and eagle rays to clouds of colorful damsels and…

Not many think the harbour could be a good dive, and they are wrong. Even though shallow, the jetty structure attracts an amazing amount of life. The resident school of bigeye trevally is regularly joined by black-tipped reef sharks, eagle rays, shovel-nosed rays and “Gus,” a fully grown…

Just out of the entrance to the Heron Harbour, this site is known for the amazing amount of hard corals that coat the reef slope. It is a good idea to keep your eyes out into the blue on this dive as there are usually a large number of great barracuda lurking out there. There are lots of smaller…

As the name suggests, this entire dive site is covered in hard and soft corals of all different types. This is a nice shallow dive usually done in the afternoons. There are many different types of crustaceans hiding in the corals. And perched in the higher branches for those with a keen eye are…

Located between coral gardens and canyons there is a densely packed section of various species of Staghorn (acropora) corals.  One of the most sheltered areas of heron reef with a spectacular diversity in colour and types of different coral, a great spot for finding mollusks, gastropods and…

This site consists of a series of shallow canyons cutting into the edge of the reef that are filled with fish, turtles and sharks. Along the ridges between the canyons, you will often see groups of big fin reef squid vertically stacked in the water column, rippling with changing colours as you swim…

There is one large bommie that marks the start of this dive. There is always something interesting to see around this bommie. Whether it’s a giant starry puffer fish, a tawny nurse shark or a brightly coloured nudibranch, it sets the scene for a beautiful dive. Swimming over forests of hard corals…

As the name suggests, this site is the southern-most point of Heron Reef. The hard coral here is amazing in variation and health. In one area you can see 20 different kinds of healthy, growing hard corals and all the fish that live among them. Keep your eyes peeled for scorpion fish and mantis…

This is rarely dived and is stunning. The mooring sits in 10m right next to two massive bommies that form the twin peaks. These bommies are the only sizable feature in the area and as a result, there are all sorts of creatures both big and small on show for you. You can dive this site on either an…

One of the drains for Wistari reef, named so because of the 3 large bommies that are spread down a steep sandy slope. This is a very good drift dive when the current is running around to the old jetty. Lots of pelagics, nudibranchs, hard corals and if you're lucky, an olive sea snake coming up to…

The mooring for this site is in 18 meters of water on the Wistari Wall. A very steep wall that flattens off at 25 meters, you never know what might swim past you in the blue. The top of the wall is capped with very healthy branching corals and teems with all sorts of fish life. Lots of nudibranchs,…

This is a good deep dive best done on an incoming tide. The mooring sits in 24 meters of water at the bottom of the Wistari wall. Looking back up the wall towards the surface rewards you a view of schooling fish, turtles, sharks and don’t forget to look out into the blue for pelagics and big bull…

An incoming tide will provide the best visibility at this site. A large gully leads out to beautiful coral wall full of biodiversity. Just past the gully there a few scattered bommies at 18 meters. The wall is best observed from 8 to 14 meters. There are schooling unicorn fish, many spotted…

This site is only dove at a handful of times during the year. Being on the ocean side of Wistari Reef, it is a rare day when the weather is good enough to get around and dive this special place. Because there is no mooring out here, you will do a free descent down to about 6 or 7 meters and then…