Scuba Dive Location: Tweed Heads, Australia
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| Name: | Tweed Heads |
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| Description: | Tweed Heads is a town located on the Tweed River's margins in northeastern New South Wales, Australia. The reefs off the Gold Coast and Tweed Coast provide some exciting drift diving with large schools of pelagics and several fish species. Cook Island mixes the warm tropical waters of the north with the cooler temperate waters of the south providing a great marine sanctuary for huge numbers of turtles and other marine life. The depths vary between 12 and 17 meters, suitable for divers with little experience. |
| Geographical Location: | Tasman Sea |
| Water Temperature: | The water temperature varies between 18° C in the winter and 22º C in the summer. |
| Diving Suit: | Complete wet suit or wet suit with shorts. |
| Visibility under water: | Visibility between 5 and 40 meters. |
| Climate: | Tweed Heads has a temperate climate with warm summers and mild winters. Temperatures vary between 19º C and 27º C in the summer and winter temperatures range from 10º C and 19º C. |
| How to get there: | The Gold Coast Airport is the most convenient way to access Tweed Heads with direct flights from across Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Malaysia and Fiji. Air New Zealand, Pacific Blue and Jetstar currently operate services between New Zealand and Gold Coast Airport. Jetstar International offers direct flights from Osaka and Tokyo Japan, while Air Pacific has direct flights from Fiji with connections from North America. From the aeroport you can get a cab or go on a bus trip to Tweed Heads. |
| When to go: | January February March April May June September October November December |
| Other Activities: | This location offers a wide variety of activities and places to visit, such as the Tweed River Art Galery, the Tweed River regional museum, Mount Warning, the Red Rattlers galery, the Warner Village theme parks and the several national parks such as the Nightcap, the Border Ranges, the Springbrook and Lamington National Park. In terms of activities, you can do water sports, go whale watching, tour the Tweed River, learn to surf, go sailing, fishing and hunt for crabs. |
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| Cook Island (0 photos) | Cook Island - North Face (0 photos) |
| Fidos Reef (0 photos) | Nine Mile Reef (0 photos) |
| Southport Seaway (0 photos) | Tweed Heads Rivers (0 photos) |
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