DIVING AND SNORKELLING TOURS
- INDEX
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- THINGS TO DO
- TRANSPORT
- TOURS
- ATTRACTIONS
- WEDDING / HONEYMOON
- CAR HIRE
- DINING OUT
- BACKPACKERS
- INTERNET@CAFES
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- MAPS and INFO
- SAFE TRAVEL
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The Great Barrier Reef is one of the top destinations in the world for scuba diving or snorkelling. The options are many and varied; you can explore a shipwreck, dive with sharks, snorkel clear shallow waters and much more. Not a certified diver? No problem. Try a guided introductory dive. What are you waiting for? Have the time of your life!!!
LISTING ALL THE TOUR COMPANIES THAT OFFER DIVING TOURS WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU CANNOT FIND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, DROP US AN EMAIL WITH THE DETAILS AND WE WILL FIND IT FOR YOU.
PASSIONS OF PARADISE
Reef Fleet Terminal, Cairns (MAP)
Phone (07) 4041 1600 / Fax (07) 4051 9505
www.passions.com.au
Combining a Sandy Cay and outer reef experience!
Passions of Paradise is Cairns most awarded small tour operator, catering for only 80 guests. Pristine boat, stunning locations and award winning crew, makes for a truely memorable day on the Great Barrier Reef. Your day includes a sumptuous lunch, morning and afternoon tea, snorkeling equipment and guided snorkeling tours.
OCEAN FREEDOM
Cairns (MAP)
Phone (07) 4050 0550 / Fax (07) 4032 5889
www.oceanfree.com.au
Cruise Upolu Cay and Outer Edge Upolu Reef!
Travel in speed and style on Ocean Freedom, a newly refurbished luxury 20m cruiser. The first boat to arrive at the stunning Upolu Cay - experience it uninterrupted! Relax and unwind in the azure crystal clear waters surrounding the Cay. Over five and a half hours to snorkel and dive 2 destinations including the stunning 'wonder wall' on the outer edge of Upolu Reef - no rush in the day!
Experience our adventure drift snorkel and glass bottom boat tours with our marine naturalist. Be blown away by the abundance of sea-life on our protected sites. Dive with our highly trained dive instructors with only 2 divers per instructor on your very first dive!
CALYPSO REEF CRUISES
Shop 35, Marina Mirage, Port Douglas (MAP)
Phone (07) 4099 6999 / Fax (07) 4099 6777
www.calypsoreefcruises.com
Great memories are built on great experiences and Calypso delivers both. Visiting three breathtaking sites daily from Port Douglas, Calypso is designed to hold 125 guests however only travels with approximately 65 to ensure maximum comfort and a personalised experience for all.
Calypso caters for non-swimmers, first time snorkellers, introductory dive enthusiasts.
Learn about the marine life and eco-systems through our reef interpretive chat on board or take part in a guided snorkelling tour and surround yourself by the rainbow of brilliantly coloured fish and coral.
Calypso is advanced eco certified and committed to the protection of the Great Barrier Reef.
NEW HORIZON SAIL & DIVE ADVENTURES
PO Box 5957, Cairns (MAP)
Phone (07) 4055 6130 / Fax (07) 4055 6315
www.reefcharter.com
Intimate Sailing, Snorkelling, and Diving Adventures!
New Horizon has been operating live-aboard sailing and scuba diving adventures from Cairns, Australia to the Great Barrier Reef since 1995. Experience pristine outer reef dive and snorkel locations not visited by the masses and with a max of just 10 guests along with 3 crew for that more personal reef experience. Join in and help sail the boat or just 'supervise' from the sundeck. Choose from either 3 days/2 nights aboard Santa Maria, the traditional style wooden gaff rigged schooner, or 2 days/1 night aboard Coral Sea Dreaming, a modern steel ketch. Private charters also available.
QUICK CAT CRUISES
Clump Point Jetty, Mission Beach (MAP)
Phone (07) 4068 7289 / Fax (07) 4068 7185
www.quickcatcruises.com.au
Take a relaxing and personalized cruise with Quick Cat Cruises to the Outer Barrier Reef, and visit Dunk Island on the same day. It's the quickest and most comfortable way to experience a tropical island, the rainforest, the reef and a sandy coral cay all for the one price.
Guests have a short stopover at Dunk Island (approximately 30 minutes), and three magical hours on the Great Barrier Reef at Beaver Cay, a Marine Sanctuary, exploring the colourful array of corals, and marine life, including awesome giant clams and a myriad of brightly coloured fish.
CALYPSO DIVE
Wongaling Beach Road, Mission Beach (MAP)
Phone / Fax (07) 4068 8432
www.calypsodive.com
Scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef with Calypso Dive from Mission Beach is all about magnificent reef trips that cater for introductory and certified divers and snorkellers. Starting out from Mission Beach and Dunk Island, we'll visit some of the Reefs most spectacular areas. Explore magnificent unspoiled sites or dive the 'Lady Bowen' wreck or even snorkel around your own deserted island.
Whether you're certified or a beginner, coming to us from Cairns or Townsville, our team of professional instructors offer individual attention, absolute adventure & unsurpassed value for money.
REEF SPRINTER
Port Douglas (MAP)
Phone (07) 4099 3175
www.reefsprinter.com.au
Magnificent snorkel adventure!
Reef Sprinter Port Douglas offers a fast fun exciting quick snorkelling trip. The 500hp 12 metre Niadd travels at 40 knots and takes just 15 minutes to get to the Low Isles reef followed by 11/2 hours of great snorkelling and a 15 minute return. All up it's a 21/4 hour reef trip, which will leave you with 1/2 day to do something else. There are three departuires daily: 9:00-11:15am / 12:00-2:15pm / 3:00-5.15pm
The kids will love it, and you won't get sea sick. Just 14 passengers. Spectacular, sheltered snorkelling site.
With Reef Sprinter, in Port Douglas, you can snorkel at their exclusive mooring located at the pristine Low Isles reef. One of just a few exclusive permits allowed to experience this world heritage site. Very protected, this reef has vast coral gardens with abundant fish life.
WAVELENGTH
38–42 Wharf Street, Port Douglas (MAP)
Phone (07) 4099 5031 / Fax (07) 4099 5013
www.wavelength-reef.com.au
Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef!
A visit to the Great Barrier Reef can be a once in a lifetime experience so you want to make every moment count. Wavelength is the only operator in Port Douglas that dedicates every facet of the day to snorkellers and their unique requirements. Whether you are a novice or an experienced free-diver, Wavelength provides the Great Barrier Reef sites, the time and expert advice that allow you to truly experience the world's most diverse eco-system up close and personal. 90% of the Great Barrier Reef diversity occurs in the top 4 meters of water so snorkeling is the most enjoyable and relaxed way of immersing yourself in this environment.
Wavelength's commitment to sharing the unique Great Barrier Reef environment with small groups, up to 30 guests, allows you to explore this place of incredible beauty and awesome diversity, in a very unique and personalized way. Their professional and attentive crew ensures that each and every passenger's needs and expectations are met.
SUNLOVER CRUISES
Reef Fleet Terminal, Cairns (MAP)
Phone (07) 4050 1333 / Fax (07) 4050 1313
Tollfree 1800 810 512
www.sunlover.com.au
Discover the real reef!
At Sunlover Reef Cruises, they have had the pleasure of introducing hundreds of thousands of visitors to the magic of the Great Barrier Reef through our express daily luxury cruises from Cairns. They love the reef and they love showing it off. Sunlover Cruises would love to show you too.
Sunlover Reef Cruises' daily luxury cruises to Moore Reef offer the ultimate Great Barrier Reef experience for people of all ages. Sunlover Cruises trip gives you approximately four hours to explore the outer reef from their Moore Reef pontoon, so you will have plenty of time to be amazed and inspired by the unsurpassed beauty and splendour of this underwater playground. There are optional activities to personalise your day on the water including certified and introductory diving, seawalker platform helmet diving and guided snorkel tours, as well as scenic helicopter flights. 
SKYSAFARI
Phone (07) 4099 3666 / Fax (07) 4099 1669
www.skysafari.com.au
Life changing experiences await!
The Great Barrier Reef has a seascape so outstanding; it's hard to believe that it could be this accessible. View this spectacle and its fauna from above before being delivered to an idyllic tropical bay and wander your exclusive palm lined sandy beach or swim and snorkel over an abundant fringing reef.
Or experience the reef from the perfect perspective and touch down on your own piece of paradise on a magical Sand Cay. Swim and snorkel or just relax and discover solitude. To fully experience the beauties of the Great Barrier Reef from above and then below, let us take you out to a magical reef location and touch down on the heli deck of a dive boat where you are chaperoned by this first class crew while you relax, snorkel or scuba dive to your hearts content.
MIKE BALL DIVE EXPEDITIONS
143 Lake Street, Cairns (MAP)
Phone (07) 4053 0500
www.mikeball.com
'Spoilsport', Australia's most awarded liveaboard!
Mike Ball Dive Expeditions - Spoilsport 3, 4 & 7 night Great Barrier Reef expeditions. Her combination of space, stability, and diver conveniences is unmatched. Dives are exclusively conducted at the sites of best biodiversity north of Cooktown including the Cod Hole and Coral Sea. Swim with diver size fish, witness sharks up close, dive plummeting walls in gin clear water.
Fly Dive itineraries include a 250km scenic reef flight that provides stunning views of the Great
Barrier Reef.
Includes: Twin or double cabins, most with ocean views & ensuite. Meals, snacks, soft drinks anytime, wine with dinner. Transfers to Cairns city hotels after disembarkation from Spoilsport. Complimentary Reef Ecology Program. Huge well-equipped dive deck, 3 large camera stations.
Warm towels after each dive. Nitrox, Solo Diving, PADI instruction & photo services.
Novice divers receive complimentary 'orientation dives' to enhances skills. Experienced divers receive ample freedom to do their own thing! Note: Details subject to change.
CAIRNS DIVE CENTRE
121 Abbott Street, Cairns
(MAP)
Phone (07) 4051 0294 / Fax (07) 4051 7531
Tollfree 1800 642 591
www.cairnsdive.com.au
One of the largest certifying agencies in the world!
Cairns Dive Centre offers day cruises and live aboard trips for the snorkeller and diver, as well as learn-to-dive courses through all levels.
* Learn to dive courses commence daily in our training facility, which includes an air-conditioned classroom and a heated, 4 metre deep training pool.
* Liveaboard trips onboard the M.V. Kangaroo Explorer also commence daily. The M.V. Kangaroo Explorer is a modern, 25 metre catamaran with 16 cabins (twin, double and 4-berth) each of which is fully air-conditioned, carpeted, has its own en-suite facilities and window.
* Day cruises operate daily onboard the M.V. Sun-Kist, an 18 metre mono hull with a top speed of 24 knots, carrying a maximum of 25 passengers for a day trip to the Outer Great Barrier Reef, visiting two different snorkel/dive sites.
FRANKLAND ISLANDS CRUISE & DIVE
Cairns
Phone (07) 4031 6300 / Fax (07) 4031 4777
www.franklandislands.com.au
Snorkel and dive these uninhabited islands!
Frankland Islands Cruise & Dive is the only tour operator licenced to visit the untouched beauty of the Frankland Islands. Your day begins with a morning cruise along the Mulgrave river. From the mouth of the river, your destination on the Great Barrier Reef is already in sight, making it the shortest open sea crossing in North Queensland. Welcome to Normanby Island, one of the five stunning islands that comprise the Frankland Islands.
The island's pristine waters are a coral haven for snorkelling and diving. Visitors share the immaculate reef with green sea turtles, tropical fish and giant clams. Leisurely guided island walks take you through rainforests, rock pools and along secluded sandy beaches. You can satisfy your appetite when you dine under a canopy of trees with our tropical buffet lunch including prawns, fresh salads and tropical fruits. Frankland Islands Cruise and Dive take up to a maximum of just 100 passengers, which ensures your day on the reef is both service and safety orientated.
DOWN UNDER CRUISE AND DIVE
287 Draper Street, Cairns
(MAP)
Phone (07) 4052 8300 / Fax (07) 4031 1373
Tollfree 1800 079 099
www.downunderdive.com.au
Less time travelling - More time in the water!
Down Under Cruise and Dive's premium day cruises vessel, Osprey V is one of the fastest day trips to the Outer edge of The Great Barrier Reef, cruising at 30 knots. You will spend more time in the water and less time travelling. With Osprey V you will also avoid the big crowds, with a maximum of 100 passengers.
Enjoy five hours of snorkelling or diving at two exclusive, sheltered Outer Great Barrier Reef locations, FREE guided snorkelling tours, and FREE scuba diving lesson so you can try it first. Passengers rave about the delicious Aussie BBQ lunch including prawns, fish, steak, sausages, vegetarian, tropical salads and pastas... and the live musical entertainment onboard.
