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Briggs Reef
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Dive Site:
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Briggs Reef
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Location:
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16°56.210S 146°12.040E
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Visited By:
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Kangaroo Explorer, Santa Maria
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Depth:
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1-25 meters
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Rating:
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Novice or Advanced
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Features:
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- Go forward from the bow to sandy floor 11 meters down and look for coral head on your left.
- Farther in reef edge has wall down to sand at 6 meters. Work along edge to left for good life forms.
- For the more advanced go from stern of boat and follow six large bommies along edge of terrace to 24 meters
- Staghorn thicket patches
- Sea cucumbers on the sandy floor
- Nudibranchs, Christmas tree worms, feather and sea stars for a great night dive
- Fan and whip corals on the bommies and in the swim-throughs
- Whitetip reef sharks, wrasse, parrotfish, damsels butterflyfish, angelfish, rabbitfish and surgeonfish are all common visitors
- Less common are green turtles
- Watch for blue-spotted rays and seasonal manta rays
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Note: Latitude and longitude not to be used for navigational purposes - approx co-ords only.
