Qualla: Cod Hole https://qualla.com/cod-hole en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/r/j/r/s/cod-hole-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Cod Hole https://qualla.com/cod-hole Cod Hole: Introduction https://qualla.com/cod-hole/ Photo credit Toytown Mafia, CC BY-SA 3.0. It comes at you like a slow-moving boulder with eyes. A potato cod the length of a tall man, easily heavier than the diver it is approaching, cruises out from the coral and noses in close, utterly unafraid. There is nothing tame about it and nothing aggressive either, just an enormous fish that has decided you are worth investigating. This is the Cod Hole, a patch of reef near Lizard Island that has drawn divers from across the planet for one reason: here, the giants come to meet you.

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]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/j/r/s/cod-hole-wp/rjrs-cod-hole-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Cod Hole: Ribbon Reef Number Ten https://qualla.com/cod-hole/ Photo credit Toytown Mafia, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Cod Hole sits at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef, on the outer edge of Ribbon Reef Number 10, near the channel once called Cormorant Pass. The ribbon reefs are a chain of long, narrow coral ridges that run along the edge of the continental shelf, walling the shelte...

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]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/j/r/s/cod-hole-wp/rjrs-cod-hole-ribbon-reef-number-ten.mp3 0:06 2 full Cod Hole: The Giants https://qualla.com/cod-hole/ Photo credit Toytown Mafia, CC BY-SA 3.0. Potato cod are a kind of grouper, and they grow to a startling size, reaching one and a half to two metres long and well over a hundred kilograms, roughly the dimensions of a household refrigerator with fins. They are named for the blotchy, potato-like markings scattered across t...

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]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/j/r/s/cod-hole-wp/rjrs-cod-hole-the-giants.mp3 0:06 3 full Cod Hole: Famous, and Fragile https://qualla.com/cod-hole/ Photo credit Toytown Mafia, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Cod Hole owes its fame to two people. The pioneering underwater filmmakers Ron and Valerie Taylor discovered the site in 1971 and began visiting regularly, and their footage of the great approachable cod made it world-renowned. Divers have hand-fed the fish for decades, which...

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]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/r/j/r/s/cod-hole-wp/rjrs-cod-hole-famous-and-fragile.mp3 0:06 4 full Cod Hole: A Reef Under Pressure https://qualla.com/cod-hole/ Photo credit Toytown Mafia, CC BY-SA 3.0. That debate matters more now than ever. The same northern reefs that make the Cod Hole spectacular are on the front line of a warming ocean, hit by repeated mass coral-bleaching events that have damaged huge stretches of the Great Barrier Reef. The potato cod still cruise their s...

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