Report
Cod Grounds Marine Park is the smallest of all the Australian Marine Parks. It is the northernmost reef in a series that extends to the south and south-west, with predominately rocky substrate that provides habitat for a coral, sponge and seaweed communities. Humpback whales visit this area on their north-south migration, many species of seabirds use it for foraging and breeding, and grey nurse sharks can be found amongst its rocky pinnacles, ledges and sandy gutters.
The park is located offshore from Camden Haven, 30 kilometres south of Port Macquarie. It covers just 4 square kilometres and is zoned as a National Park. – Parks Australia
Cod Grounds ranges from 21 to 49 metres depth, with an average depth of 40 metres. The majority of the Park (98%) falls within the mesophotic zone (30-70 metres) [view on map]. The mapped areas of the seafloor are dominated by Plane (87%) and Saddle (5%) morphological features [view on map].
Based on annotations from publicly available seafloor imagery (Squidle+), the five most dominant seafloor categories in this Park are:
- Shallow: macroalgae (70%), coral biota (18%), sponges (3%), other shelled biota (3%), consolidated hard substrata (2%)
- Mesophotic: no public annotations available
What's known about the Cod Grounds marine park?
Habitat and bathymetry summaries last refreshed August 2024. Habitat observations are refreshed weekly from data providers.
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