80 km off the coast from Gladstone Queensland. Long long time ago a turtle soup factory now an excellent dive and general resort.

Facts about Heron Island It is in Australia Heron Island is in the Pacific. The typical depth is 0-20 Metres 0-60 Feet. The typical visibility is 10-30 Metres 30-100 Feet.

Dive types Marine Life Diving facilities Photo facilities

Images taken on this dive site

by Bill Van Eyk
Flatworm, Heron Island

---

by Bill Van Eyk
Photo taken while free diving. All of the sudden a school of stingrays appeared and swam around for maybe ten minutes or so.

---

by Bill Van Eyk
Stingray stampede at Heron Island.

---

by Bill Van Eyk
Sharks quietly circling unperturbed rabbit fish, early in the morning

---

by Bill Van Eyk
Close up of a crown of thorns starfish

---

by Bill Van Eyk
Flatworm at Heron Island

---

by Bill Van Eyk
Relatively "tame" moray eel -

---

by Bill Van Eyk
Yellow box fish - posing "sitting" relatively still .

---

by Bill Van Eyk
Flying Gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans), we have a much smaller species down south in Melbourne. This one was about 30 cm wide (1 ft) and 20 cm long body (8 in).

---

by Bill Van Eyk
Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) one of species turtles around Heron Island.

---

by Bill Van Eyk
Manta ray late in the afternoon fishing near the surface

---