Community members share their Australia snorkeling trip reports, suggestions, questions, and answers.
By Maria Has anyone been and would like to share information about the best locations for snorkeling Lord Howe Island Australia? I am an experienced snorkeler. I am going there in March 2025, but am … Read more
By David J Winstone Does anyone have any up to date information regarding Lady Elliot Island 2024 coral bleaching? It is at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. We live near … Read more
By Cristina in Tasmania, Australia I wanted to share with you some information and pictures from snorkeling Lady Elliot Island in Australia. I have visited this beautiful island three times and it never ceases to … Read more
By Dennis Does anyone have recent experience snorkeling Australia’s Ningaloo Reef? We were there six years ago but are curious as to any effects of coral bleaching, etc. We are looking to return as the … Read more
By Fiona Kettle-Muspratt These Heron Island snorkeling photos are from March, 2023. Heron Island is one of the islands at the southernmost end of the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia. It is up there … Read more
By Nick Wiffen Has anyone got advice for snorkeling Moreton Island off Brisbane Australia? Thank you.
By Brian Boisseree We are wondering where the excellent snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef is in 2023? We are visiting Australia for most of January, 2023, and were hoping to find insights as to … Read more
by NikèIf you ever find yourself in Melbourne, Australia, there is beautiful snorkeling to be done. Anyone who has watched Blue Planet II might remember the absolutely stunning seadragons. Well, you’re practically guaranteed to see … Read more
By David K – (Wisconsin)My wife, 18 year-old daughter, and I just returned from an 11 day trip to Cairns, Australia, the “gateway to the Great Barrier Reef.” We snorkeled in two locations: Fitzroy Island … Read more
By Dave – (San Diego)I am looking for information about snorkeling Heron Island in Australia. My wife and I will be visiting there in April 2019. It is in the southeast portion of the Great … Read more
By Barb – (Adelaide, Australia)In February 2018 I spent five nights on the small but beautiful Lady Elliot Island, in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia for a snorkeling trip. It’s located at the very south … Read more
By Barb Leopold – (Adelaide, Australia)Every year the Giant Australian cuttlefish, Sepia apama, aggregate to breed at the top of Spencer Gulf at a place called Point Lowly, South Australia. Only during the winter months … Read more
By Sue Harris – (New Zealand)I recently had a week-long trip snorkeling from a liveaboard, The Reef Encounter, which is moored meters away from the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. From Cairns you take the … Read more
By Jeff – (Salt Lake City)I am getting mixed advice about the best time of year to snorkel the Great Barrier Reef. Some say April/May, some say September/October. Opinions please… Comments Moved From Previous System … Read more