The Woodpile
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About this site
The Woodpile is a dive site at North Hook Island in the Whitsundays, built around a rockwall drop-off. Below the wall, deep scattered corals sit above a sandy bottom that runs around to some scattered bommies.
Depths range from 5 to 30 metres across the site. Giant gropers, reef sharks and large turtles are found here, along with an array of large pelagic fish, so the open water beside the wall is as worth watching as the rock itself.
Marine life here
Confirmed by our research team, reported by independent divers, or observed nearby via iNaturalist — each entry is labelled with its source.
Tiger SharkGaleocerdo cuvierReported here · unconfirmed
Napoleon WrasseCheilinus undulatusReported here · unconfirmed
Sixband AngelfishPomacanthus sexstriatusReported here · unconfirmed
Goldstripe ButterflyfishChaetodon aureofasciatusReported here · unconfirmed
Paragoniastrea australensisReported here · unconfirmed
Copperband ButterflyfishChelmon rostratusReported here · unconfirmed
Barred RabbitfishSiganus doliatusReported here · unconfirmed
Rainford's ButterflyfishChaetodon rainfordiReported here · unconfirmed
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