WreckPatrimonio Mundial UNESCOÁrea Marina Protegida

SS Yongala

Australia · Queensland

Profundidad: 14–28 mNivel: Advanced Open WaterSeptember-December

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A 109 m passenger ship that sank during a cyclone in 1911. She is probably the most cited wreck in Australia and appears regularly in lists of the ten best dives in the world. Being exposed and subject to strong currents, she is reserved for experienced divers.

Depth

14–28 m

Recommended level

Advanced Open Water

Average visibility

15 m

Water temperature

26 °C

Current

Strong

Access

Boat

Best time

September-December

Recommended certification

Wreck Diver

Approx. price

90 USD / dive

Ocean World Heritage Marine protected area

Plan your dive

Best time: September-December
Approx. price: 90 USD / dive

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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

Todo en este pecio parece de talla aumentada: serpientes marinas del grosor de un brazo y tortugas que parecen prehistóricas. No queda una sola superficie sin colonizar.

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

Location

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57 species documented in SS Yongala

Ballena jorobada

Megaptera novaeangliae

Barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

Manta de arrecife

Mobula alfredi

Napoleón

Cheilinus undulatus

Near Threatened

Tiburón toro

Carcharhinus leucas

Critically Endangered

Tortuga carey

Eretmochelys imbricata

Tortuga verde

Chelonia mydas

Critically Endangered

Almeja gigante

Tridacna gigas

Anguila jardinera moteada

Heteroconger hassi

Anguila serpiente de bandas

Myrichthys colubrinus

Anémona alfombra gigante

Stichodactyla gigantea

Anémona disco

Discosoma nummiforme

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Ecosystem

Pecio

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