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Roberts Shoal Dive Site

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Moreton Island QLD 4025, Moreton Island, QLD 4025

Description

Located on the eastern side of Moreton Island, Roberts Shoal Dive Site is a hidden gem worth experiencing.

This rocky reef is often overlooked but is worth diving into when the conditions are calm. The best time to experience this site is during the winters. Let's dive into the details of this thrilling dive site!

Roberts Shoal Dive Site in Moreton Island is a jagged rocky reef that rises from the sand at 30 meters and reaches within 12 meters of the surface. This rocky reef is riddled with ledges, swim-throughs, and one very large cave. With its immense beauty and vivid colors, Roberts Shoal Dive Site is perfect for experienced divers.

The walls and caves at Roberts Shoal are colored with beautiful black coral trees, gorgonians, soft corals, sea whips, and tubastra corals. Though hard coral is rare, the dive site's walls and caves make up for it in beauty. Wobbegongs, blue gropers, mackerel, batfish, schools of pelagic fish, and brown-spotted gropers are some of the marine life you can spot at Roberts Shoal. Additionally, the caves at Roberts Shoal are often full of bullseyes. Turtles and stingrays, often seen at this site, add to the allure of this dive site.

The best time to experience Roberts Shoal Dive Site in Moreton Island is from June to August.

Roberts Shoal Dive Site in Moreton Island can be reached by boat. From Brisbane, travel about 22.4 km northeast via Kingsford Smith Dr and Airport Dr, and then turn left onto the Gateway Motorway/Northern Busway ramp. Merge onto the Gateway Motorway

Details

Trails & sites: Diving Sites

Location

Moreton Island QLD 4025, Moreton Island, QLD 4025

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