Coral Bay was a pleasant 10 degrees cooler than the Pilbara, so it was a great relief to camp right on the beautiful shores of Ningaloo Reef. The tiny cute town of Coral Bay supports a few shops, restaurants and two campgrounds/ resorts. It was fantastic being able to cross the road and snorkel off the beach, see massive coral and fish in the turquoise waters.
Coral Bay at Sunrise
Coral Bay at Sunset
Big winds delayed our boat trip a few days but it was worth the wait. We snorkeled out on the reef, saw hump back whales, tiger sharks, turtles and SWAM with the Manta Rays and reef sharks. It was very exciting. It was a mad dash off the back of the boat, follow the guide and the Manta swims under you, then you try and keep up but they are too fast. Can highly reccomend a stay at Coral Bay.
Yes that's two mummy humpbacks with their calves.
We did a quick trip afternoon to Exmouth (130km north of Coral Bay). It was a weird town blighted by the development of man made marinas with obligatory McMansions. The town beach was adjacent to the large marina so water was murky because of the dredging. The cutest thing in town was this Emu sign below. Although just out of town is the lovely Cape Range NP, which had amazing deep gorges which you would never imagine existed from the main road. If we had a 4WD, we would have kept going west and stayed on the ocean bush camps.
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