Coral Bay West-Australia
By Jamie
Coral Bay
Marine Life All Year Round
There is lots of marine life all year round in coral bay. so check what marine life is going to be hanging around when your going.
January: Turtles lay their eggs along the coast with some turtles hatching. mata rays can be seen
February: turtle hatching First of the coral spawn 7-8 nights after the full moon
March: Main Coral spawning events. Manta rays about
April: Whale sharks. Manta rays. Coral spawning
May: Whale sharks. Manta rays
June: humpback whales start their annual migration north to their breeding grounds.
July: Humpback whales migrating north. Bait fish schools accumulate outside the reef. Sailfish appear outside the reef.
august: Humpback whales and Sailfish
September: Humpback whales. Sharks start schooling in Skeleton Bay.
October: Reef sharks schooling in a nearby bay, can be seen from the beach. Humpback whales migrating south. Turtles start mating. Schools of squid.
November: Reef sharks in nearby bay. Schools of squid
December: Reef sharks in nearby bay. Turtles lay their eggs. Manta rays
Turtles
Manta Rays
Whale Sharks
Fishing
- Baldchin Groper
- Wahoo
- Sailfish
- Mahi-mahi (dolphinfish)
- Mackerel
- Coronation Cod
- Rankin Cod
- Pearl Perch
- Red Emperor
- Spangled Emperor
- Trevally
- Spanish Mackerel
- Robinson Seabream
- Marlin
just to name a few. The bay area is a sanctuary area and no fish or other sea creatures may be taken from that area. The sanctuary includes all the area bounded by lines joining the south end of the North passage, point Maud, Monk's head and main reef due west of Monk's Head. Beach fishing only is permitted in this area but only between the south end of the bay and Monk's Head so please DONT FISH IN THOSE AREAS. There will be a fine if you are caught finishing in the NO FISHING areas so dont fish there.
For more information on tours go to the link below and for more rules about the coral bay fishing laws go to the website below that.
Quad Tracks
The Coral Breeze Sail Cruises
For more information go to the website below
Weather (air temp in C)
February: low to high 30C
March: low to high 30C
April: low 30C
May: low 30C
June: mid to high 20C
July: mid to high 20C
August: mid to high 20C
September: mid 20C to mid 30C
October: mid 20C to mid 30C
November: mid 20C to mid 30C
December: low to high 30C
Weather (water temp in C)
February: 25-28C
March: 25-28C
April: 22C
May: 22C
June: 19-22C
July: 19-22C
August: 19-22C
September: 20-24C
October: 20-24C
November: 20-24C
December: 25-28C
For more weather go to the links below
Food
Accommodation (bay view carnival park)
The bay view lodge
The bay view garden villa
The bay view Reef house
15 trevally court
PLEASE
CORAL BAY IS APART OF THE NIGALOO REEF SANCTUARY, PLEASE FOLLOW THE FISHING RULES AND WHEN SNORKELING JUST LOOK DONT TOUCH. WE WONT TO PRESERVE OUR BEAUTIFUL COAST LINE AND IF YOU TOUNCH THE BEAUTIFUL CORAL IT DIES, AND THE MARINE LIFE WONT ACTACK YOU IF YOU DONT TOUNCH IT. SO FOLLOW THE RULES AND DONT DESTROY THE BEAUTY OF CORAL BAY