Dive Sites
Heron Bommie
Coral Canyons
Harry's Bommie
Pam's Point
Gorgonia Hole
North Bommie
Tenements 1
Libbie's Lair
Coral Cascades
Wistari 1
There is one large bommie which marks the start of this dive. There is always something interesting to see around this bommie. Whether it’s a giant starry puffer fish, a tawny nurse shark or a brightly coloured nudibranch, it sets the scene for a beautiful dive.
There are forests of Stony corals inhabited by damsels, while fusiliers hover around in large wheeling schools, coming in close to the claener fish stations to be cleaned. They are starltling to watch as they alter their colours to advertize to the cleanerfish that they are ready to be cleaned. There are a number of bommies around this site and each one is worth investigation.
Prefers coral rich areas and is generally seen as a solitary, the Double-saddle Butterflyfish Chaetodon ulietensis grows to 15 cm and occurs in the Indo-Pacific.
(Photo: Neville Coleman)
A truly beautiful species the Noble Feather Star Comaster nobilis occurs in a number of colour variations. I can be seen with its arms expanded during the day, or at night and occurs on reef tops, or under ledges.
(Photo: Neville Coleman)
With one eye directly on the camera, this male Bird Wrasse Gomophous varius sculls its way over the reef in search of the small invertebrates it feeds on.
(Photo: Neville Coleman)
Capable of asexual reproduction, the Mult-pore Sea Star Linckia multifora is one of the most common Sea Stars around Heron Island and can be seen out in the open both day and night.
(Photo: Neville Coleman)
With such an unmistakable colour pattern, the Ocellate Phyllidia Phyllidia ocellata is rarely missed by divers, as it is out in the open on reefs during the day searching for sponges upon which it feeds.
(Photo: Neville Coleman)
Highly decorative, small clumps of the Elegant Hydrocoral Stylasteris elegans can be found under ledges, or in cracks and fissues in coral heads and bommies.
(Photo: Neville Coleman)
Often seen in pairs, the Goldlined Rabbitfish Siganus lineatus swim around bommies and amongst the Stony corals browsing on algae.
(PHoto: Neville Coleman)
On close inspection beneath ledges and along fissues in the bommies, the beautiful little Dwarf Hawkfish Cirrhitichthys falco can be seen. It generally sits on a bit of higher ground, so that it can swoop down on any small mobile invertebrate or fish.
(Photo: Neville Coleman)
First discovered at Heron Island, the Bimargined Pseudoceros Pseudoceros bimarginatus is now known to occur in many areas of the Great Barrier Reef.
(Photo: Neville Coleman)