23 years of Biology Education, EcoTourism, Small Numbers & Pure Snorkelling at exclusive Great Barrier Reef locations for a truely unique snorkelling adventure.
Happy Turtle Thursday!
We have had a great start to the school holidays with low winds, sunshine and plenty of turtle sightings! Have you swum with any of the 6 turtle species who call the GBR home?
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Our smaller boat Wavelength 5 is mostly used for research work. This is what research trips look like..... Thanks to University of Technology Sydney: Dr Emma Camp collecting samples from field trials for molecular... https://t.co/k3dzcQbXD0
Congratulations to the first Master Reef Guides on the GBR, and especially to our very own Kasey!! We look forward to the passionate work, knowledge and skills this program will bring to tourism operators across the... https://t.co/U49QRU3KyP
Great to be able to help @reefsnorkel engage the next generation of corals and humans. In @SeaSim_AIMS corals are settling onto shapes made by Reef Guardian school children from the Port Douglas region. @aims_gov_au eyes on @gbrmarinepark
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These pictures showing the first week of life of a coral were taken on Wavelength 4 during our trip this last 10 days.
It is quite incredible to witness the generation of life.
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This Douglas Reef Guardian Schools larval settlement project compliments our existing fragmentation nursery trials which we have been undertaking at our outer reef nursery research site.
These nursery frames have... https://t.co/4Y3t5bZlKE
Wavelength 4 returned to port yesterday after 10 days at Opal Reef collecting gametes and settling larvae to out-plantable units. Over the 10 days we collected and fertilised 400,000 Acropora tenuis eggs from 12... https://t.co/uuo6flSMkf
Katie (aged 12) spotted this Phyllodesmium longicirrum 5m deep at our site Rayban at Opal Reef this week and took these pictures whilst snorkelling. This is a solar powered sea-slug! It eats soft coral and uses the... https://t.co/BfU6quq41V
And she’s off! Waves 6 has headed out full of excited snorkellers for her first time to the outer reef! We couldn’t be more excited or proud 🐢🐠🐙🐋 Congratulations to John & Jenny, and all the Waes crew who have made today possible!... https://t.co/LvinFrvGD0
Here's a blast from the past - check out this video of Wavelength 3 doing what she does best on the outer reef! Wavelength 3 was our solo vessel for many years before our catamaran; Wavelength 4 arrived in 2015.... https://t.co/olOSR73sLa
Guess who's arrived! Winter is here in the tropics and with it comes the annual migration of the humpback whales as they head north to their breeding and calving grounds in our warm tropical waters. Who has been... https://t.co/5XYgEXNkYw
Winter in the tropics. What are your plans this winter? Tag a friend who should bring you to FNQ this year to visit the Great Barrier Reef. Video credit to Saltyfrogz https://t.co/4RoxqmXDbf