Depart: Scarborough Boat Ramp - 2 Thurecht Parade, Scarborough
Time: Meet at 7am for a 7:30am departure
Dive Sites: We will aim to dive Gotham City and Flinders Reef. This trip is for advanced divers only.
Bring: Food, water & sun protection for the day
Cost: Dive ticket per dive plus an equal split of the fuel
Skipper: Scott
As always, this trip is dependant on the weather. The final call will be made on Saturday afternoon after the weather update. Keep an eye out for an email.
We will only take 5 divers on this trip due to Social Distancing requirements.
Lets go diving!
Gotham City is located 8.5 km North of Cape Moreton and 1 km North of Flinders Reef. Gotham City is one big block facing East West and is 50 m long by 25 m wide. It comes up along a steep wall out of the sandy base at 37 m, the top of the wall is at around 26 m and the top of the rock is 22 m deep. The wall facing the East is overgrown with black corals. On the Western site of the rock just before the western edge there is at 28 m a small cavern. In the cavern there is a memorial plague of a favourite dive buddy. The rock is overgrown with barnacles, turf algae and some soft coral. Tropical fish can be seen swimming around the edges. Large schooling sweetlips are hanging in the lee of the rock hiding for the current.To the South West of the main rock system there is an granite ridge in deeper water which worth while exploring. The site is known as a deep site and its beauty best viewed with clear water. Although the site is a small site the dive depth limits it from long exploratory dives.
Flinders Reef has an amazing diversity of fish and marine creatures including more than 175 species of fish, many species of Turtles and in the winter months, the migrating Whales. Flinders reef also has many pinnacles, swim throughs, ledges and even a sunken trawler.