Potato cod

Resident habituated individuals at the Cod Hole. Habituation originates in historical feeding, though the encounter today is not baited.

Liveaboards run year-round. Dec-Feb is the wet season and cyclone window in Far North Queensland, when trips get cancelled and sea state deteriorates, hence 'limited'. The minke whale season is a hard two months, June and July, and those trips sell out a year ahead because only a small number of endorsed operators hold the permit.

Trips run year-round but the crossing is the constraint: 20 hours of open ocean each way means the Coral Sea leg is dropped or rerouted in weather far more often than the sheltered Ribbon Reefs are. Dec-Feb is cyclone season in the region, hence 'limited'. Low operating