Snorkling at Stradbroke

Is there somewere around Stradbroke worth snorkling at ?. Someone recently
told me there was some small reefs worth a look. But I though Mortenbay was
dead.

"skozzy" <ask.me.for.my@email.address.com.au> wrote in message
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> Is there somewere around Stradbroke worth snorkling at ?. Someone recently
> told me there was some small reefs worth a look. But I though Mortenbay
was
> dead.

North or South Straddie? At North there are a couple of spots. Along the
rock wall at Amity is OK for mucking around.

Dunno about the other side, but the Gorges over at Pt Lookout look great.
There's a nice little one called South Gorge, but you'd have to pick your
tide/wind direction times. Last time I was there, there were about 3 m seas
rolling in through there! :)

Kevin

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 19:08:06 +1000, skozzy wrote:

> Is there somewere around Stradbroke worth snorkling at ?. Someone recently
> told me there was some small reefs worth a look. But I though Mortenbay was
> dead.

You'll need a boat, but you can snorkel out at Shag Rocks or Manta Bommie.
The Straddie Guesthouse run a boat there.

Jason

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> > Is there somewere around Stradbroke worth snorkling at ?. Someone
recently
> > told me there was some small reefs worth a look. But I though Mortenbay
was
> > dead.

> You'll need a boat, but you can snorkel out at Shag Rocks or Manta Bommie.
> The Straddie Guesthouse run a boat there.

Is it fairly safe from high currents ?, I am only fairly new at snorkling,
and once I got caught up in a strong current that worried me a little, I got
dragged upstreem about 1 klm. This was at Town of 1770 up past Bunderburg.

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 05:50:48 +1000, skozzy wrote:

> Is it fairly safe from high currents ?, I am only fairly new at snorkling,
> and once I got caught up in a strong current that worried me a little, I got
> dragged upstreem about 1 klm. This was at Town of 1770 up past
> Bunderburg.

Don't really remember any currents when I dived there, but it doesn't
really matter if you've got a boat, does it? Sod swimming against a
current, that's what engines are for.

Jason

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