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The only sharks you will see while diving or snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef are very timid reef sharks, very at home amongst the coral, these very impressive small sharks are often seen cruising around the shallow waters of the Whitsunday Islands and reefs. To see these sharks cruising the reefs will be the highlight of your time underwater and a truly memorable experience. The blacktip and the whitetip reef sharks are two of the most common sharks found in shallow tropical and warm temperate water around coral reefs on the Great Barrier reef. look for them during the day as they lay to rest from the nights feeding on sandy patches in the reef. When disturbed they will swim away very quickly, reef sharks are scared of you much more then you are of them.