Diving
Holmes Reef Sites
I've dived at 7 sites in Holmes Reef:
| Name | Location | Area | Country | Wreck | Freshwater | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral | Holmes Reef | Australia | |||||
| Nonnkina Bommie | Holmes Reef | Australia | Japanese for 'relaxing'. A coral bommie with a constellation of fish all around it, including clownfish in close attendance to their anemone, rock cod (spots), trevally (shoal), butterflyfish (long nose), longfin bannerfish, angelfish, half-and-half chromis (front black, back white), wrasse (a multitude of colours and shapes), steephead parrotfish, fire dartfish (like a blenny with a sabre-like dorsal fin), striped surgeonfish (yellow, longitudinal black stripes with blue/white stripes in centre of black stripes - poisonous blade either side of the tailfin), clown triggerfish (dots on top, white patches underneath. As well as the fish we saw numerous different kinds of coral, crinoids and, on top of the bommie, a beautiful big crayfish, in a pink/lilac/white colour scheme. | ||||
| Predator's Playground | Holmes Reef | Australia | |||||
| The Abyss | Holmes Reef | Australia | |||||
| The Caves | Holmes Reef | Australia | An effortless drift beside and above the reef. Lovely pastel coral shades - green, blue, pink, yellow - and a heap of fish. The clown triggerfish stood out. Nice blue and yellow tubeworms too. | ||||
| The Twins | Holmes Reef | Australia | Shallow dive giving the diver plenty of time to view dozens of species of fish, including yellow goatfish, butterflyfish, blue-spotted fantail stingray, black-backed butterflyfish, moorish idol, surgeonfish, damselfish, fire dartfish. Attractive coral too. | ||||
| Viking Bommie | Holmes Reef | Australia |