Dive Review of Wolf Rock Dive Centre in
Australia/Rainbow Beach

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Wolf Rock Dive Centre: "Great day with plenty of Grey Nurse Sharks", Jun, 2023, by Peter Rivers, Canterbury, NZ ( 1 report). Report 12496.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations	N/A	Food	N/A
Service and Attitude	N/A	Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	The guys at Wolf Rock Dive really looked after us. We had nine divers (full trip would be ten), two dive guides and James the skipper. The boat is not big for this number of divers, but was very well managed so the number of divers was not a problem. The trip departs from an inlet by Rainbow Beach (awesome place to stay btw), and goes out past K'Gari (Fraser Island of the dingo biting tourist's bottoms fame) and is a 40 - 50 min trip each way. Our trip was smooth on the way out and quite a bit rougher on the way home - but no problem for the boat or crew. The boat seemed capable and well looked after. It is an 8 or 9 metre pontoon boat. Wolf Rock is a collection of rocks that has a resident population of Grey Nurse Sharks - at this time of the year is really just the pregnant females but at other times can have up to 150 sharks in the area. I guessed that there were 40 or 50 sharks around on the day. The crew worked really hard for us, loading gear, changing tanks between dives, managing the boat, and guiding the dives, all without a word of complaint were happy and fun to be around. They were great. Hot soup and drinks and snacks were provided for us between the two dives. Communications with the shop were excellent before the trip and they happily delivered me back to Rainbow Beach campground afterwards. For the diving, we were split into two groups based on experience and were guided throughout the dive. This is a requirement placed on Wolf Rock Dive as part of their concession to ensure that us visiting does not affect the sharks - but it was well done and not an issue at all. The sharks were incredible! The guides made and effort to position us where we could be very close to the sharks without bothering them e.g. waiting behind rocks known to be on the shark's "circuit". The first group off the boat saw a Manta, but our group did not. I did 15 dives while in Australia and for me this was the best of them.
Websites	Wolf Rock Dive Centre
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	251-500 dives
Where else diving	Diving has all been in New Zealand and Australia
Closest Airport		Getting There	We flew into Brisbane and had a camper van from there.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, choppy, no currents
Water Temp	21-°C / 70-°F	Wetsuit Thickness	7
Water Visibility	15-20 M / 49-66 Ft
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	Under the rules of the concession, dives must be guided. This was well and sensitively done.
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	None	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters	N/A	Large Fish
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Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	This is a relatively congested boat without room for a dedicated camera station, but for all that the crew looked after my camera as though it was their own. I wouldn't have any reservation about taking a large system, apart from the fact that you would want to take protective cases to look after things in the event that the trip was rough.

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Dive Review of Wolf Rock Dive Centre in Australia/Rainbow Beach

Wolf Rock Dive Centre: "Great day with plenty of Grey Nurse Sharks", Jun, 2023,

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Dive Review of Wolf Rock Dive Centre in
Australia/Rainbow Beach