Milln Reef

Region: Cairns, QLD

Skill Level: All Levels

Depth: 1-30m

Water Temperature: 24-30°C

Visibility: 15-25m

Best Time to Dive: August to early December for settled weather; good night diving; stingers roughly November to May

Marine Life: Resident turtles and whitetip reef sharks at Petaj, diagonally banded sweetlips, bumphead parrotfish, snapper and fusilier schools, barracuda, painted lobsters at night, occasional bull ray

Hazards: Depths to 30 m at Whale Bommie and The Oasis; waves break over Whale Bommie at low tide; marine stingers November to May

Facilities: None at the reef; boat access only by day boat or liveaboard from Cairns; GBRMPA public mooring (class C)