Community members share their Great Barrier Reef snorkeling trip reports, suggestions, questions, and answers.
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 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 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 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