Mackerel bay
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About this site
Mackerel Bay is a reef dive site located at East Hook Island in the Whitsundays, Australia. It offers relatively shallow diving characterised by small canyons, ledges, and swim-throughs, and is noted for having some of the best soft corals in the Whitsundays.
The marine life at Mackerel Bay includes giant clams, eagle rays, turtles, and an abundance of colourful reef fish.
The site is ideal when the wind is from the north, making wind direction the key factor in choosing when to dive here.
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
Eagle rayEagle rayReported here · unconfirmed
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