The Great Barrier Reef becomes a lot closer, 15-20 nautical miles offshore, around this part of the coast, and so when our friends on Cruz Control (a 52' Racing Yacht) invited us to sailing in company out at the reef we jumped at it. Because we were sailing from two different locations on the coast we chose a GPS coordinate in the middle of the ocean for our meeting point. A spot where we incorrectly thought we would be able to see the reef, but all we saw was the depth gauge jumping from a depth of 46 metres to 6 metres literally in seconds. We were there!!
After a day's snorkeling in crystal clear water we appeared to be anchored in the middle of the ocean in balmy/glassy conditions at Britomart Reef. Next day we motored on an azure blue sea to Otter Reef where (in even clearer water) we snorkeled for nearly 2 hours, encountering sharks, moray eels and crayfish (painted crays). With the weather forecast becoming less certain we then motored back to the protection of Goold Island which we enjoyed with the Cruz crew.
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