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WHY

Grey nurse sharks

GETTING THERE

Fly to Brisbane, Queensland, hire a car and drive three hours north to Rainbow Beach.

WHEN

Year round, more sharks in late summer/early autumn

WHERE

Rainbow Beach, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

DIVE WITH

Wolf Rock Dive (wolfrockdive.com.au)

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Wolf Rock, Australia

By Jenny Enderby (Adapted from "passport to diving the world")

Well Known For :

Grey nurse sharks that visit the area makes this place a favourite among divers.

At 20m your heart begins to race as more than 20 large grey nurse sharks come into view. Large grouper, snapper, jacks, hawkfish, rays, leopard sharks, and turtles also live here, but it's hard not to focus on the grey nurses, some nearly four metres long. Gradually, your initial inhibitions diminish. From a metre away the teeth look menacing but the sharks don't. They hover in the gentle current or move slowly around above the sand gutters in a circular pattern. It's an amazing sight, looking back at the shark silhouttes against the blue water, before ascending to the batfish at the safety stop.

(Ok enough with the stories, I'm itchin' for a dive)


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