Barolin Point Dive Site

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What you'll see (24)

Light-blue Soldier CrabMictyris longicarpusseen 15× near here

East-Australian StripeyMicrocanthus joyceaeseen 8× near here

Bengal SergeantAbudefduf bengalensisseen 7× near here

Coral Rock OysterSaccostrea scyphophillaseen 7× near here

Gunther's WrassePseudolabrus guentheriseen 6× near here

Striped-mouth ConniwinkBembicium nanumseen 6× near here

Narrowlined PufferArothron manilensisseen 5× near here

Angas' VolvaPellasimnia angasiseen 5× near here

Ornate WobbegongOrectolobus ornatusseen 4× near here

Tiger CowrieCypraea tigrisseen 4× near here

Scribbled AngelfishChaetodontoplus duboulayiseen 4× near here

Longfin RockcodEpinephelus quoyanusseen 4× near here

Green Button PolypPalythoa mutukiseen 4× near here

Mottled Lightfoot CrabGrapsus albolineatusseen 4× near here

Erroneous CowrieErronea erronesseen 4× near here

Pacific AsaphisAsaphis violascensseen 4× near here

Common Moon CrabMatuta victorseen 4× near here

Painted Spiny LobsterPanulirus versicolorseen 3× near here

Crescent GrunterTerapon jarbuaseen 3× near here

Stinging Bush HydroidMacrorhynchia philippinaseen 3× near here

Sand BubblerScopimera inflataseen 3× near here

Mud CreeperTelescopium telescopiumseen 3× near here

Phyllodesmium magnumseen 3× near here

Arabian CowrieMauritia arabicaseen 3× near here

Planning a trip

8–12 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

5,995km from Singapore — about 24h each way, so two of those days are travel. the only logged site in the area.

When people dive it

Busiest Jan, Mar, Jun.

From 1,302 logged sightings — when divers are in the water, which is not quite the same as when visibility is best.

Dive Crew is a dive group from Singapore. Members plan trips here, log their dives, and share their photos of each site.

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Moon and tides

Waning gibbous

69% lit · day 20 of the lunar month

Neap tides

Neap tides — the smallest range of the month, so the weakest currents. Easy conditions and usually the clearest water, though a drift site may barely drift.

New 10 Oct Full 26 Oct

Phase computed here, not fetched. This is the spring/neap cycle, which sets how hard the water moves — not a tide table: no free source publishes high and low water for Southeast Asian reefs, and the range peaks a day or two after the moon does, by an amount that varies with the coast. For times on the day, ask the operator.

Getting there

~17h 6m

door to water, each way · 4 legs

FlightBrisbane (BNE)~10h 42mFlight time plus the airports at both ends. A connection adds to it.Find flights →
Transferthe jetty~3h 54mRoad transfer to the coast, usually arranged by the resort or liveaboard.Directions →
Ferrythe crossing~2hAt this distance the last stretch is a scheduled crossing rather than a dive boat, so book it before the flight — a missed sailing usually costs a day. Which crossing it is has been worked out from the distance and not from a timetable; ask the operator.
Dive boatBarolin Point Dive Site~30 minThen the dive boat out from the island.

📍 Barolin Point Dive Site on Google Maps 🧭 Route from Brisbane

Times marked ~ are estimated from straight-line distance and will be roughly right at best. The road legs are the ones Google Maps answers properly; it will not plan the ferry or the dive boat at all. A dive site's coordinates put a pin in open water, so the map link drops you on the site, not on a jetty.

Details

Country: Australia
Marks: 24°53.001'S 152°29.379'E
Position: -24.8833, 152.4896

Where it is

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Sightings and photographs from iNaturalist contributors, research-grade records within 6km, under Creative Commons licences. Counts are what divers and snorkellers have bothered to log — a common fish with few records is common all the same.