ReefPatrimonio Mundial UNESCOÁrea Marina Protegida

Cod Hole

Australia · Great Barrier Reef, Queensland

Profundidad: 10–25 mNivel: Open WaterAll year round

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A site celebrated for close encounters with enormous potato cod, at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef.

Depth

10–25 m

Recommended level

Open Water

Average visibility

25 m

Water temperature

26 °C

Current

Weak to moderate

Access

Liveaboard

Best time

All year round

Recommended certification

Open Water

Approx. price

180 USD / dive

World Heritage Marine protected area

Plan your dive

Best time: All year round
Approx. price: 180 USD / dive

Protection status

Parque Marino de la Gran Barrera de Coral (declarado en 1975); cerca del 99 % del Área Patrimonio Mundial está dentro del parque

UNESCO designation

Patrimonio Mundial (Gran Barrera de Coral, inscrita en 1981)

Did you know

Es probablemente el sitio de buceo más reconocible de la Gran Barrera y uno de los pocos cuyo atractivo principal es una relación de confianza con un puñado de peces concretos, no una formación ni una agregación.

Sources consulted: UNESCO World Heritage Centre (ficha 154); GBRMPA (Reef Authority); DCCEEW (Gobierno de Australia); Dive The World; Divernet

Location

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51 species documented in Cod Hole

Critically Endangered

Almeja gigante

Tridacna gigas

Least Concern

Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

Endangered

Napoleón

Cheilinus undulatus

Endangered

Tiburón gris de arrecife

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

Endangered

Tortuga verde

Chelonia mydas

Least Concern

Anguila jardinera moteada

Heteroconger hassi

Least Concern

Anguila serpiente de bandas

Myrichthys colubrinus

Not Evaluated

Anémona alfombra gigante

Stichodactyla gigantea

Not Evaluated

Anémona disco

Discosoma nummiforme

Not Evaluated

Anémona magnífica

Heteractis magnifica

Not Evaluated

Babosa de mar española (Spanish dancer)

Hexabranchus sanguineus

Not Evaluated

Babosa de mar verrugosa

Onchidium verruculatum

See all 51 species of this place

Ecosystem

Arrecife

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