Tongue Reef
Conditions & tides
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Marine forecast via Copernicus Marine. Score is a rule-based guide from swell/wind vs. the site's exposure — always dive your own assessment.
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About this site
Tongue Reef is an outer Great Barrier Reef site accessed by boat from Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia, and is part of a group of outer reef locations that includes Opal Reef and St Crispin Reef.
The site is rated suitable for beginners and features a reef bottom. Day trips to Tongue Reef typically depart around 8 am and return to Port Douglas around 4:30 pm, visiting it as one of three outer reef sites on a full-day itinerary, with moorings available at the reef.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Smooth Giant ClamTridacna derasaReported here · unconfirmed
Whale SharkRhincodon typusReported here · unconfirmed
Gigas Giant ClamTridacna gigasReported here · unconfirmed
Pineapple Sea CucumberThelenota ananasReported here · unconfirmed
Coral RabbitfishSiganus corallinusReported here · unconfirmed
Fluted Giant ClamTridacna squamosaReported here · unconfirmed
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