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Gold Coast Marine Life & Wildlife Guide

Wildlife · Destination Guide

Gold Coast

Tide-timed shore dives, turtle day trips, and easy access to surf, rainforest, and city comfort

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Wildlife In Gold Coast

Browse the full species list linked to approved dive spots in Gold Coast.

Photo of Nudibranch

Nudibranch

5 linked spots

green and black fish in body of water

rays

Stingrays

5 linked spots

Green sea turtle ( Chelonia mydas ), Moorea, French Polynesia

Green Turtle

Chelonia mydas

4 linked spots

Photo of Grouper/Basslets

saltwater-fishes

Grouper/Basslets

4 linked spots

Photo of Octopus

Octopus

4 linked spots

gray snake photography

Moray Eel

3 linked spots

Photo of Wobbegong

Wobbegong

3 linked spots

Gestreifter Adlerrochen ( Pteromylaeus bovinus )

Eagle Ray

2 linked spots

Shark swimming with striped fish underwater

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

1 linked spots

Three dolphins swimming in clear blue ocean water

Common Dolphin

Delphinus delphis

1 linked spots

Photo of Common Seahorse

seahorses-and-pipefishes

Common Seahorse

Hippocampus kuda

1 linked spots

brown octopus swimming under the sea

Cuttlefish

1 linked spots

Photo of Eel

saltwater-fishes

Eel

1 linked spots

Humpback Whale underwater shot

Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae

1 linked spots

Red lionfish (Pterois volitans) near Gilli Banta Island (near Komodo, Indonesia)

saltwater-fishes

Lionfish

1 linked spots

gray shark in body of water

Nurse Shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

1 linked spots

a fish swimming in water

saltwater-fishes

Parrotfish

1 linked spots

Photo of Reef Manta Ray

Reef Manta Ray

Mobula alfredi

1 linked spots

Photo of Scorpionfish

saltwater-fishes

Scorpionfish

Scorpaenidae

1 linked spots

a blue and white fish in an aquarium

saltwater-fishes

Triggerfish

1 linked spots

Photo of Wolf Eel

saltwater-fishes

Wolf Eel

Anarrhichthys ocellatus

1 linked spots

Photo of Zebra Shark

Zebra Shark

Stegostoma tigrinum

1 linked spots