Ningaloo Reef, Australia

Turquoise Bay

On the far side of Australia from the Great Barrier Reef, Ningaloo does something its famous rival can't: coral gardens that begin a wade from the beach.

Best forBeach
Approx. flying time~18h 10m from Los Angeles
Nearest airportExmouth (LEA)

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About this place

At Turquoise Bay the current drifts you over the reef like a moving walkway — walk up the sand, float down over coral bommies thick with fish, exit before the channel, repeat until pruned. April to July adds whale sharks offshore.

Featured in Ten snorkelling beaches with reefs right off the sand

When to go

Daytime highs run from about 24°C in June to 33°C in March. Driest July to January; wettest in June, with rain on about 5 days. The sea is warmest in April at around 28°C, coolest at 23°C.

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August25° · rain 1 day · sea 23°Warm and dry.

Monthly figures averaged from daily records for 2020–2024 at this location (ERA5 reanalysis).

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