Gold Coast Diving Guide: A romantic journey dancing with the sea elves

📍Gold Coast diving is famous for its unique geographical location and rich marine ecology. It is a paradise for diving enthusiasts. 🌟Gold Coast Diving Highlights • Rich Diving Site Selection: The Gold Coast has many diving sites, including shallow water areas suitable for beginners and deep diving areas suitable for experienced divers. • Unique underwater landscapes such as Wonder Reef, the world’s first buoyancy reef dive, featuring giant flute-shaped sculptures and abundant marine life. • Wreck diving: The HMS Prince of Scotland shipwreck is one of the popular dive sites and is home to corals, sponges and a variety of fish. 📍Popular Diving Sites • Wonder Reef • Features: Nine giant flute-shaped sculptures on which corals have been transplanted, which will become a new coral reef habitat of 32,000 cubic meters in the future. • Suitable for: Divers of all PADI certification levels. • Location: 2.5 kilometres off Gold Coast Main Beach. • Southport Seaway • Features: The entrance to the inland river, with slow current and clear water, suitable for diving all year round. • Dive sites: • South Wall: Seahorses, lionfish, giant shrimps, etc. • South West Wall: Suitable for beginners, with low current. • North Wall: Pelagic fish, bull rays at the cleaning station and eagle rays can be seen. • Wave Break Island • Features: Suitable for beginners and advanced divers, with colorful fish, corals, sharks, etc. • Location: Outside the Nangang estuary. • Kirra Reef • Features: Scattered rocky outcrops with soft corals, anemones and moray eels. • Location: Southern end of the Gold Coast. • Cook Island • Features: Turtle sanctuary, rich marine life and tropical fish. • Location: South of Coolangatta, approximately 10 minutes by boat. [Tiptop] Diving skills and suggestions • Choose a suitable diving spot: Choose a suitable diving spot based on your diving experience. Beginners can choose areas with small currents and shallow depths. • Pay attention to safety: Understand the local water currents and tide conditions before diving to ensure safety. • Equipment selection: Choose the appropriate wetsuit according to the season. It is recommended to wear a 7mm wetsuit with a hood in winter. ⏳Best time for diving • The Gold Coast is suitable for diving all year round, with water temperatures around 19°C in winter and around 24°C to 26°C in summer. • If you want to see leopard sharks, it is recommended to go there from November to February of the following year. • The best time for whale watching is from June to October. I hope this guide can help you enjoy an unforgettable diving trip on the Gold Coast!