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20 August 2026

This 133,000-square-mile Reef Is One of the Best Places in the World to Snorkel—With 1,600+ Fish Species and 500-pound Giant Clams

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This 133,000-square-mile Reef Is One of the Best Places in the World to Snorkel—With 1,600+ Fish Species and 500-pound Giant Clams

Snorkeling Australia’s Great Barrier Reef brought me face-to-face with giant clams, colorful coral gardens, clownfish, and a famously friendly Māori wrasse.

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