Scuba Diving In The Great Barrier Reef - Australia

One of world's most famous diving, scuba diving sites is the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. The Great Barrier Reef, off the east coast of Australia is the only living organic collective on earth visible from outer space. The other is a man made structure, The Great Wall of China.

This reef is considered one of the wonders of the world and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1981. It is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem. Being so huge, magnificent dive spots and beautiful marine life and landscapes abound.

The Great Barrier is more than 300,000 square kilometers in size and consists of more than 3000 reefs. Deciding where to dive in this huge diving destination can be a giant headache. Moreover, it is a happy problem because of the many wonderful options you have.

One of the greatest dangers to the reef, especially the corals is the Crown of Thorns starfish. This starfish eat corals and have a voracious appetite. Vast stretches of underwater life on many occasions had been destroyed by the Crown of Thorns starfish. Do not try to save the coral by cutting the starfish. It will not die that way, but multiply like viruses of the division to increase their numbers drop.

wreck diving is an activity scuba diving favorite. Among the many wrecks the ship of Captain James Cook "Endeavour." Another famous wreck is the HMS Pandora, which met its fate in 1791. There are about 30 shipwreck sites, most of them are open to wreck divers.

Over 2 million people visit the reef every year spending about a billion USD collectively tourism as the mainstay of the economy of the eastern region of Australia. Since tourism is very important to U.S. dollars, is vital to the Australian economy to protect the reef from destruction by what is protected in many ways. As a form of protection, fishing is restricted in some areas and animals such as dolphins, whales, dugong (a seal of the animals seem sometimes mistaken for mermaids) are protected.

For the more adventurous divers, there are dives to view shark feeding, especially the ferocious man-eater, the great white shark. The divers are placed in water in steel cages to view these man eating sharks closed. For divers not, there are cruises from island to island and whale watching cruises to enjoy the Great Barrier Reef.