Dive Flat Rock

Turtle Cave is positioned West of Flat Rock. Similarly, Shark Alley has a mooring at 25 metres. Perfect for the Advanced Adventure Course. As you descend down this mooring, you will notice a number of inquisitive fish circling you.This will be your first sighting of the Bat fish of Stradbroke Island. 

On the descent, you reach the safety line. Here, you start your short swim East to the cave at a depth of 14 metres. In fact, Turtle Cave may have the name “Turtle Cave” but it is the pelagic that take the show. Take note of the Big Barracuda and Spanish Mackerel circle above, while large rays hug the bottom. 

As a result, I recommend my Flinders Reef or Cook Island, for turtle interaction.

Importantly, this dive site is consistently a favourite among divers all year around.  As it is wide, the clean blue water normally keeps visibility at 15-20 metres. Normally, allowing good visibility onto the Humpback whales during the winter and dolphin during the summer months.

Finally, it isn’t uncommon to have shark interaction at the mooring block. Depending on the time of the year, will depend on the shark.

Normally, Shag Rock or Manta Bommie is our go to dive site for the excited Open Water diver. Although, these dive sites sure do provide a calm and shallower dive site. The Nursery, which is located to the South of Flat Rock which has a depth of 12 metres. Provides the ideal spot, for a calm shallow second dive at Flat Rock.

Why do we dive this site over Manta Bommie?

Well, Manta Bommie can be vulnerable to a North swell and has been known to have currents. The Nursery provides an easy to navigate site. Normally, the boat will anchor in the centre of the dive site. With visibility averaging 15 metres, you can use the anchor as a perfect reference point. Even though this site isn’t known for its sharks. Usually, puts on a  fairly good show of nudibranchs and eagle rays. Finally, Flat Rock is wide enough to have blue clean water, most of the year with big pelagic circling the reef.

The most popular spot to dive Flat Rock is called Shark Alley. It is located on the Eastern edge of Flat Rock and can reach some depths of up to 30 metres. As a result, it is common to see humpback whales breaching in close proximity of the boat. In fact, you may even see them underneath your boat if you’re lucky! Is there any better way to kill time during your safety stop? Finally, Flat Rock also boasts other marine wildlife, including eagle rays, turtles, octopus, barracudas and other large and small tropical fish.

Additional $30.00 for Blue Corner- if we do not dive at Blue Corner the $30.00 is refundable.

Blue Corner is a new dive site approximately 300 metres, North East of Flat Rock, North Stradbroke Island.

Furthermore, the reef wall starts at 28 metres and then drops down to 40 metres onto the sand at the bottom of the reef wall.  Importantly, depending on current, after we hit our depth we can either turn around to the mooring line or drift and be picked up by a live boat.

Normally, Blue Corner is only dived on my Deep Diver Course or special chartered trips for advanced divers with the Deep Diver Certification.  In fact, currents can be very strong and keeping to a group may be difficult.

All divers must have a minimum of 30-logged dives or have enrolled onto the Deep Diver Course. However, on a good day this can potentially be one of your best dives you will ever do.  In particular, gazing your eyes onto big pelagic fish that you do not normally see at your standard dive sites.  In fact, many divers have claimed this to be one of the best-advanced dive sites they have been on, with some big marine life.

Importantly, due to the depth, I do highly recommend diving on 32% Nitrox and the second dive is usually a shallower dive elsewhere.

Finally, if all fails then the backup dive site will be Flat Rock, we cannot predict the weather – sorry.

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