Bubble Cave

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What you'll see (19)

Splendid GoniobranchGoniobranchus splendidusseen 44× near here

Barrier Reef AnemonefishAmphiprion akindynosseen 37× near here

Black-margined NudibranchDoriprismatica atromarginataseen 36× near here

Dotted SweetlipsPlectorhinchus picaseen 24× near here

Zebra SharkStegostoma tigrinumseen 23× near here

Collector UrchinTripneustes gratillaseen 22× near here

Pacific TrumpetfishAulostomus chinensisseen 20× near here

Reticulated DamselfishDascyllus reticulatusseen 19× near here

Lamington urchinTripneustes australiaeseen 19× near here

Obscure NudibranchHypselodoris obscuraseen 17× near here

Cone Shell Hermit CrabCiliopagurus strigatusseen 16× near here

Bubble-tip AnemoneEntacmaea quadricolorseen 16× near here

Thuridilla carlsoniseen 16× near here

Blacklip ButterflyfishChaetodon kleiniiseen 15× near here

Kuiter's NudibranchChromodoris kuiteriseen 15× near here

Banded Sea UrchinEchinothrix calamarisseen 14× near here

Three-spot DascyllusDascyllus trimaculatusseen 14× near here

Spotted WobbegongOrectolobus maculatusseen 14× near here

Sand Tiger SharkCarcharias taurusseen 14× near here

Planning a trip

8–12 days

worth going for

Long haul, usually two flights.

6,296km from Singapore — about 24h each way, so two of those days are travel. 5 dive sites within 25km.

When people dive it

Busiest Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.

From 21,409 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

71% 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 boatBubble Cave~30 minThen the dive boat out from the island.

📍 Bubble Cave 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

Island: North Solitary Island
Country: Australia
Marks: 29°55.659'S 153°23.368'E
Position: -29.9276, 153.3895

Where it is

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Nearby

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.