Cairns Dive Adventures

Tour Length: 3 days & 2 nights | Operates: Year round
Destination: Outer Great Barrier Reef (southern)
Departs: 7am Daily except Tuesday
Returns: 4pm Daily except Thursday
Transfers available: Yes, free from all Cairns City Hotels.

Pro Dive Cairns provides its guests with outstanding service, excellent safety standards, and a friendly, professional dive crew to maximise your enjoyment of their Great Barrier Reef liveaboard dive tours.  Departing Cairns daily, except Tuesday, Pro Dive’s three day, two night liveaboard dive tour provides the opportunity for you to complete up to 11 dives, including two night dives, on four different outer Great Barrier Reef locations.

This outstanding liveaboard dive tour operator was recently awarded the 2010 PADI Outstanding Dive Centre / Resort Business Award in recognition of outstanding business performance, achievements and initiatives across all areas of operation in 2009.  This award-winning Great Barrier Reef liveaboard dive tour operator also holds Advanced Ecotourism Accreditation through Ecotourism Australia, in recognition of their commitment to sustainability of operations and the conservation of the Great Barrier Reef marine environment.  With Pro Dive Cairns you will enjoy diving exclusive outer Great Barrier Reef destinations, chosen for their excellent visibility and diverse marine life.

Highlights & Inclusions

• 3 days and 2 nights, liveaboard dive trip
• Up to 11 dives, including 2 night dives
• 4 Outer Barrier Reef dive locations
• All dive equipment, including dive computer
• Dive insurance
• Guided orientation and night dive
• Long leg wetsuit
• All meals & linen (except towels)

Pro Dive Cairns has three liveaboard vessels, Scubapro I, II and III.  These identical, custom-built, liveaboard dive vessels are 25m long, centrally air-conditioned with 16 cabins, 14 twin share and two (2) double, plus eight (8) bathrooms on each. Built to provide a smooth, comfortable ride in all the varying weather conditions experienced in Tropical North Queensland, the Pro Dive Cairns monohull vessels provide superior liveaboard dive experiences to the outer Great Barrier Reef.  The M.V. Scubapro vessels are equipped with the latest marine engineering, equipment and technology.  They have a dedicated dive deck and spacious sun deck for your relaxation.  When you aren’t in the water choose between the open air sun lounges or air-conditioned interior.  There are books, board games, music, videos and a television on board for your enjoyment.  All meals are provided and prepared fresh daily, including hot and cold breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Dive Notes

• Recommended dive experience level: Open Water
• Adventure level: mild to mid, pending weather conditions
• You will need to bring your dive certification with you
• All dive equipment is provided as a part of the ticket price
• Night dives are available
• Dive courses are available on board, including PADI Advanced Open Water
• Maximum 32 guests per trip
• High crew to guest ratio

Pro Dive: Sample 3 Day / 2 Night Liveaboard Itinerary
Wednesday: It is an early start for your Pro Dive Cairns outer Great Barrier Reef liveaboard dive adventure, with the complimentary coach transfer collecting you from your inner city or northern beaches accommodation at 5.45am.  Check-in at the Pro Dive Retail shop around 6am, before transferring to the M.V. Scubapro vessel in time for a 7am departure.  A light breakfast will be served on board as you make your way to the outer Great Barrier Reef to enjoy your first dive before lunch.  There is the option to take this as a guided dive, which is recommended if you have not been under the water for a while.  Lunch is served around 1pm, giving you plenty of time to enjoy two more dives that afternoon before dinner at 6pm.  Tonight, there is the option of a night dive where you might see sleeping sea turtles or maybe even a reef shark.  Desert is served afterwards, to help recharge those batteries.

Thursday: This morning the vessel will move on to a new dive location.  Pro Dive can choose between 16 different dive sites at four (4) reef locations, including Flynn, Milln, Thetford and Pellowe Reefs.  You will generally have two dives per site, before moving to a new location.  This guarantees diversity in your Great Barrier Reef dive experiences.  Enjoy a pre-breakfast dive at 7am, before tucking into your choice of bacon and eggs, toast, fresh fruit and cereals.  Enjoy another dive before and after lunch with the option of a second night dive in the evening.  Make sure you keep your dive log up to date with everything you have seen, which may include giant clams, parrotfish and crayfish.

Friday: It’s your last day of outer Great Barrier Reef scuba diving, so there is the chance to get up early and make the most of it!  The first dive of day splashes down at 6.30am, after breakfast M.V Scubaprod makes its way to a new reef, where you can enjoy your second and third dive of the day.  A light lunch is served as your liveaboard dive trip comes to end and you return to Cairns for a 4pm arrival and transfer back to accommodation.

Passenger notes:

• Discounts available for non-divers
• Excellent conditions for snorkelers
• What is not included in the ticket price? Marine Park Levy, Environmental Management Charge, Port Departure Tax and Administration Costs, Underwater Sony Digital Camera Hire, Trip Cancellation or Interruption Insurance, PADI Advanced Open Water Course (optional extra).