Lady Elliot Island
Australia · Great Barrier Reef, QueenslandAn eco-resort reef island at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef; high densities of manta rays and turtles.
Depth
3–20 m
Recommended level
Open Water
Average visibility
20 m
Water temperature
24 °C
Current
Weak
Access
Shore
Best time
All year round, peak Dec-Mar (mantas)
Recommended certification
Open Water
Approx. price
50 USD / dive
Plan your dive
- Best time
- All year round, peak Dec-Mar (mantas)
- Approx. price
- 50 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; la isla está en Green Zone, el nivel máximo de protección del parque
UNESCO designation
Patrimonio Mundial (Gran Barrera de Coral, inscrita en 1981)
Did you know
Está dentro de una Green Zone (Marine National Park Zone), la clasificación de máxima protección que otorga la autoridad del parque, reservada a zonas de reproducción y cría. La isla tiene pista de aterrizaje con vuelos diarios y un ecoresort pequeño.
Sources consulted: UNESCO World Heritage Centre (ficha 154); GBRMPA (Reef Authority); DCCEEW (Gobierno de Australia); Dive The World; Divernet
Location
See on the interactive map54 species documented in Lady Elliot Island
Critically EndangeredAlmeja gigante
Tridacna gigas
Least ConcernBallena jorobada
Megaptera novaeangliae
Least ConcernDelfín mular
Tursiops truncatus
VulnerableManta de arrecife
Mobula alfredi
EndangeredNapoleón
Cheilinus undulatus
Critically EndangeredTortuga carey
Eretmochelys imbricata
EndangeredTortuga verde
Chelonia mydas
Anguila jardinera moteada
Heteroconger hassi
Anguila serpiente de bandas
Myrichthys colubrinus
Anémona alfombra gigante
Stichodactyla gigantea
Anémona disco
Discosoma nummiforme
Anémona magnífica
Heteractis magnifica
Ecosystem
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