Report: Aerial surveys of the 2024 mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef

Updated: 2024-10-03

This report details the aerial surveys of the 2024 mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef. A total of 1,080 reefs were surveyed from the air between the Torres Strait in the north and the Capricorn Bunker Group at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, with 1001 reefs having sufficient coral cover and visibility to record a bleaching response observation