great barrier reef

My husband and I will be in Cairns for a week in mid-July. I have some snorkeling experience, he has somewhat less (but still some). Would appreciate advice on day trips to "good" reef area(s). Have heard "horror" stories about going to mediocre spots with buoys marking off where to go (and not...

We are traveling to Australia in April and would like to dive the Great Barrier Reef. We are new to scuba with only 1 open water dive in a quarry. We are only half way through our NAUI certification dives but have completed the written tests and all the pool time. We are not looking for a...

Just found this BBS. We are traveling to Australia in April and would like to dive the Great Barrier Reef. We are new to scuba with only 4 open water dives to our credit. We are only half way through our NAUI certification dives but have completed the written tests and all the pool time...

Hi, I will be at a conference in Sydney at the end of September and am hoping to use this opportunity to see the Great Barrier Reef. I will arrive in Brisbane at 7am on Wednesday (Sep 20) and will need to be back in Sydney for work by 9am Monday (Sep 25) to noon on Thursday (Sep 28). Then I...

Flying to Cairns at the end of June and looking into liveaboards for min. 3days / max. 5 days. Any operators to recommend or discourage around Cairns (or a bit more north or south, I'm pretty flexible). Like probably every diver I'm looking for an operator who will get me to the still healthy...

Hello all, I am trying to assess where to go when i hit town at the end of march. Trying to find the best 2/3 day boat and dive sites that have not been hit hard by bleaching in the past, or have mostly recovered. Cairns for 5 days, hoping to not be discouraged by the reef health or the boat...

Hello all, I am currently planning on doing a trip to Australia in July and have decided that liveaboard diving is the way to go. I am debating between going out on either the Spoilsport or the SOF as they both have boats leaving on the 20th going to the Coral Sea (from research what seems to...

Hello, I have an advanced open water with 20+ dives. It's my first trip in Australia. I'm currently in Perth (early Feb) and soon in Brisbane (16th of Feb). On the West Coast I'd like to visit Shark Bay and Ningaloo. On the East Coast, the Great Barrier Reef and the Yongala. I wonder if...

Hello Fellow Divers, I am planning a trip to Australia for this August with my family of six and one of our destinations is Cairns and the Great Barrier Reef. I really like the idea of doing a liveaboard, but I am having trouble on deciding which company to use. Unfortunately, I do not have...

I have 12 free days in Australia in early June. I was planning a trip to Cairns, and taking a liveaboard. Now I am considering going to Palau or Micronesia instead. I have never been diving in this part of the world, and looking for advice. All my diving experience is in about Caribbean...

Hi all, I'll be in Queensland in August and was planning to do a 3D/2N trip to the outer reef near Cairns, but after some more reading I'm considering some of the (much more expensive!) trips further north, specifically to the Ribbon Reefs. Are they "that much" better than anything further...

Hi ! I'm new to the site and not sure where to post what questions so forgive me if I'm doing it wrong to start. I am beginner certified scuba diver and I'm going to the Whitsunday Islands, Australia, in November for 2 days. (Can't go to Cairns/Port Douglas due to time/budget constraints.)...

Good day everyone! I will be studying abroad in Australia, and intend on heading up to the Great Barrier reef to do some dives. I have been researching liveaboards (Taka, Tusa, Prodive, Mike Ball) and seem to have found that the Spirit of Freedom with Tusa and the Mike Ball expeditions seem to...

Looking for an affordable way to dive/snorkel the outer Great Barrier Reef? Join our 3 day, 2 night private charter on the lovely Coral Sea Dreaming (Coral Sea Dreaming Dive & Sail). The boat departs Cairns the morning of November 28, 2016 and returns to Cairns the afternoon of November 30th...

Hello everyone, I started a blog to share my thoughts and experiences of certain dive sites I've travelled to all over the world. This is a on going blog so if you like what you read there will be updates every few days (unless travelling). I currently have 30 more dive sites to talk. 4 in...

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