Exmouth - Diving at the Muiron Islands on Ningaloo Reef (Australia)

We had already done 2 dives on the southern part of Ningaloo Reef in Coral Bay. Since we wanted to dive the Ningaloo Reef again in another place, we booked another 2 dives at the Exmouth Diving Center for today.

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Diving at the Muiron Islands in Exmouth

The Muiron Islands are a nature reserve and are also called Ningaloo Archipelago. They consist of two islands and lie about 20 km north of Exmouth in the tropical warm water.

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The location of the Muiron Islands in Google Maps

At half past eight in the morning we should already be in the Dive Shop to search for and try out our diving equipment together. With 7 other divers, 2 diving instructors and the skipper we set off from Exmouth Marina in a small boat. To the two small islets it takes about 1.5 hours.

The Exmouth Diving Center

The port of Exmouth

The dive boat from Exmouth Diving Center

Our dives at the Muiron Islands

Our first diving spot was called Cod Spot and was about 100 m from the southern island. With a roll backwards we went straight into the water. During the 50-minute dive we saw reef sharks, cleaner shrimps, bat fish, nudibranchs and cat fish. Unfortunately the visibility was not really good – the water was very cloudy. Our instructors have also explained to us why this is the case: On full moon nights, hundreds of coral species, as if on command, deposit their sex cells into the water and cloud them with it. So the water was completely full of coral semen. After a short picnic on the boat, we went to our second dive site: Fraggle Rock. Here we have seen trumpet fish, glass fish, pennant fish and giant groupers. Again, the view was no better.

Boat trip to the Murion Islands

The diving spot Fraggle Rock

The diving spot Cod Spot

A shark at the Muiron Islands

On the boat trip back to the marina we could even observe some humpback dolphins (Sousa). In the dive center we quickly filled in our logbook and then we went back to the hotel to pack things, because tomorrow we will go back to Perth.

The video of our dives at the Muiron Islands

Here is a short video of our two dives at the Muiron Islands.

Alle Reiseberichte aus Westaustralien

Australien hatten wir während unserer Weltreise im Jahr 2015 zum ersten Mal bereist. Hier waren wir vor allem an der Ostküste (Sydney, Brisbane, Airlie Beach und Cairns), im Süden (Adelaide, Great Ocean Road und Melbourne) und im Inneren des Landes (Ayers Rock). Australien hat uns damals so gut gefallen, dass wir hier auf jeden Fall noch viel mehr sehen wollten. Und was uns noch komplett gefehlt hatte, war die Westküste. Hier haben wir uns eine tolle Selbstfahrer-Route für knapp 2 Wochen zusammengestellt, um einige der Highlights des Bundesstaates Western Australia kennenzulernen.