Das Exmouth Tauchzentrum

Das Exmouth Tauchzentrum ist seit vielen Jahren in Betrieb. Wir sind ein 5-Sterne Tauch-Ausbildungszentrum und offerieren die ganze Palette von PADI Open Water-Anfaengerkursen ueber Walhai-Spezialkursen bis zu Tauchlehrer-Ausbildungen. Wir haben 7 Tage die Woche geoeffnet und bieten ausserdem Verkauf und Wartung von Tauchausruestung, Tauchtouren, Ausruestungsverleih sowie Fuellung von Pressluftflaschen.

 Tauchen am Ningaloo Reef mit dem Exmouth Tauchzentrum

The wreck of a restraining barge used during the construction of the Point Murat Navy Pier in the 1960's provides an interesting dive site that can be accessed from shore or by boat. What remains of the barge, provides a home for a variety of marine creatures. An abundance of nudibranchs, crinoids, and multicolored Christmas tree worms, add to the diversity of this dive site. It is not unusual to find friendly coral trout that enjoy their chins being stroked as well as enormous painted crayfish poised under the coral encrusted skeleton of the vessel.

At the entrance to the Exmouth Gulf, east of the Navy Pier, the Sponge Garden Drift dive is a must do for the experienced diver. A majestic drift over a diverse collection of large sponges, gorgonians, and sea whips is an excellent way to experience the sea bed devoid of rock structures and coral bombies. The enormity and colours of the sponges and corals in this garden are impressive in their elegance.

With over 220 different species of coral and no less than 500 species of fish to be found on the Ningaloo Reef, the Bundegi Bombies provide the diver with the opportunity to explore the splendour of this reef sanctuary. This is a shallow dive that can be explored by snorkel or scuba. With the incoming or outgoing tides one can meander along the reef at a leisurely pace, savouring the delights on unspoilt reef. The natural light of this dive allows the opportunity for excellent amateur and professional photography.

If the tide and conditions are right, Nor-West Reef would have to be one of the better dive sites accessed from the Bundegi boat ramp. A reef whose ruggedness has brought grief to a number of our early mariners, Nor-West Reef lies about 1.3nm off the Cape. This reef is for the more experienced diver. The eastern edge of the reef provides a dive complete with the complexities of ledges, overhangs, coral bombies, gullies and small caves. It provides shelter for large tawny nurse, and reef sharks. Turtles, manta rays, eagle rays and the occasional potato cod are often sighted on this dive.

A twenty minute boat ride from the Bundegi boat ramp takes you to a protected bay on the coast of the Nor-West Cape. Here you can enjoy the rewards of a number of enchanting dive sites.

A maze of crater-like enclosures, the area of a football field, the Labyrinth takes us on an adventure through a variety of mysterious coral outcrops. The fortunate diver may encounter the presence of a dugong, a sleeping leopard shark or enjoy meandering through the nooks and crannies of this intriguing dive site, appreciating the diversity of marine life.

Large groper, bull rays, reef sharks, moray eels, anemones, schools of snapper, threadfin pearl pearch, lion fish, sea snakes, rankin cod, angel fish, nudibranch, lagoon rays, wobbegong sharks and octopus are just a few examples of the many and varied marine creatures that inhabit this dive site. A fault line of reef running parallel to the coast, Blizzard Ridge is a reef that runs in a nor-east, south-west direction for about 250m. At 12m on top of the Ridge, "Blizzard" drops down to 15m. Although a small stretch of reef, many divers request a second dive at this site to fully appreciate the abundance of marine life that the site has to offer.

Surrounded by an abundance of coral gardens, rocky ledges and intriguing dive sites, the Muiron Islands are located about 10nm north east of Exmouth. The 90 minute trip across to the Islands is never without the excitement of seeing the majestic ospreys, shear waters, turtles, manta rays, dolphins dugong, and during their migration, humpback whales.

Dropping down to 18m, the rocky ledge of The Spit provides the diver with the opportunity to hand feed large potato cod. Exploring the numerous swim throughs along the Spit's edge, the diver is enveloped by hundreds of tiny bait fish and may discover a nurse shark or turtle sleeping peacefully under a ledge. It is not unusual to exit a swim-through and be met by a large manta ray. The Spit has a variety of soft and hard corals, anemone fish, reef sharks , large clams and a multitude of colourful reef fish that keep the diver absorbed in fish identification books upon surfacing from the dive.

As the name implies, this dive site has an abundance of different varieties of cod, ranging from the brightly coloured coral cod to large estuarine and potato cod. Running parallel to the South Muiron Island, a diver can enjoy the range of intricacies of a coral reef, from appreciating the beauty of brightly coloured nudibranchs to the admiration of the stealth-like characteristics of manta rays at the cleaning station.

If you're a diver that enjoys a drift dive over a variety of colourful soft and hard corals, then a dive through The Gap is for you. Between the North and South Muiron Islands The Gap abounds with a colourful array of intricate coral structures that provide a home to a variety of marine creatures. The diver is immersed in an environment inundated with reef sharks, turtles, large painted crayfish, coronation trout, bat fish and pelagics such as mackerel and trevally.

A rocky outcrop, on the western side of the South Muiron Island, this dive site is a fortress for sleeping nurse and reef sharks. A 16m dive, this site provides the opportunity to explore a number of overhangs and ledges where sharks lay peacefully resting on the soft sandy bottom. On top of the ledges, large plate corals provide refuge for a number of reef fish, while the sandy bottom provides excellent camouflage for blue spot lagoon and large bull rays. For those divers who enjoy watching the symbiotic relationship of anemone and clown fish, a variety of these delicate creatures can be observed at this site.

Ningaloo Reef extends for 260km along the coast of the North West Cape. It is the longest fringing coral reef in Australia. Being the nearest point on the continent to the Continental Shelf accounts for the abundance and variety of fish and other marine life in the surrounding waters. There are many dive sites on the west coast of the Cape to explore but some not to be missed include:

North of the Tantabiddi Boat Ramp on the outer edge of the Ningaloo Reef, Turtle Mound is aptly named due to the presence of a number of large turtles. A dive for the experienced divers, Turtle Mound drops off to 35m. On top of the reef a large variety of the 220 species of corals found on Ningaloo can be identified. The dive site is often graced by large pelagics as well as home to a multitude of reef fish.

On the north side of South Passage a diver can descend to 27m along a wall that is layered with an abundance of lethargic wobbegong sharks. Well camouflaged amidst the rocky ledges of the wall wobbies appear to lay oblivious to the hive of activity that permeates this wall. In this passage through the reef, it is not uncommon to see schools of trevally, rankin cod and snapper passing by. Along the edge of the Wall there is a plethora of nudibranchs and flat worms. Darting in and out of the number of crevices and holes are large schools of bait fish. Often large potato cod can be viewed being cleaned by the little cleaner wrasse, while painted flutemouth hang vertically, almost inconspicuous. On top of the Wall an explosion of colour welcomes the diver at the safety stop as one hovers above an array of diverse coral species. It's a wicked and wondrous wall.

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