Second tourist dies in Qld reef waters

A second foreign tourist has died in reef waters off Queensland in as many days.

A 23-year-old English tourist died during an introductory dive off Hayman Island in the Whitsundays on Tuesday afternoon, police said.

She was diving with a professional dive tour company when she died.

Police are looking into the death and will prepare a report for the coroner.

It was the second death in the Great Barrier Reef in two days.

On Monday, a Chinese tourist died while snorkelling on the reef off Cairns.

The operators of a tourist boat found the 68-year-old man's body in water, 500 metres from Green Island. He had been holidaying in Australia with his wife.