This UNESCO World Heritage site is home to a spectacular array of marine life and offers awesome diving opportunities. Here are the latest maps and images of the decimated natural wonder. The effect is akin to a forest after a devastating fire. You can avoid fines if you get to know the zones and what is activities are allowed in each zone. Latitude and longitude coordinates are: -18.
It is a mosaic alive with diversity with over 0coral reefs, cays and islands and is home to thousands of species. Of the 9individual reefs that researchers surveye a whopping percent—8reefs—experienced some form of bleaching. Most are surprised by the scale and size of the reef. As you can see from the Barrier Reef map below it is situated on the East coast.
A single, unified map of the Florida Reef Tract is an important tool for promoting a reef -wide approach to protect Florida’s reefs. It extends for more than 2miles (0km) in a roughly northwest-southeast direction and has an area of some 130square miles (350square km). Great Barrier Reef by Mitchell Squires 1. The site is freely accessible to the public and through it.

The below map is for visual representation purposes only. Stretching 6kilometres down the north east coast of Queenslan Australia. If you are a serious SCUBA diver, you want to visit the Reef on an expedition or a live-aboard trip to properly experience this iconic coral reef. (more…)