Cairns Dive Adventures

14 December 2010

Want to spend Christmas Day on the Great Barrier Reef? There are several reef and island Christmas Day tours departing from Cairns, giving you the choice between Outer Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Moore Reef, reef pontoon and Fitzroy Island for your 2010 festive fun. Prices start at just $98 for a day trip to Fitzroy Island and go through to $189 for a fully-inclusive sailing trip to the Great Barrier Reef’s Michaelmas Cay. These Cairns Christmas Day Great Barrier Reef tours are sure to sell out, so book today.

13 December 2010

Reef Magic Cruises continue to expand their Great Barrier Reef day trip services, improving customer experience and making their Cairns reef day tours even more memorable. New innovations include massage on the Great Barrier Reef, at their exclusive Marine World pontoon, helmet diving and a brand new, custom built glass bottom boat tour.

29 November 2010

I am most pleased to report that as we suggested, the Great Barrier Reef 2010 coral spawning took place between 25 – 27 November. For those lucky enough to have been there, the waters were calm and the nights were magical, as thousands of different Great Barrier Reef corals released their eggs into the water.

22 November 2010

Fitzroy Island is officially back open for business, following an extensive refurbishment of its resort accommodation and facilities.

Just a 45-minute catamaran transfer from Cairns, Fitzroy Island offers visitors a range of adventure and relaxation activities including but not limited to snorkelling on coral reefs, sea kayaking to private beaches, jumping on the ocean trampoline, sea paddling, mountain and rainforest walks, relaxing at the swim-up bar or chilling out on sand and coral beaches.

3 November 2010

It is amazing in today’s world, where extinction is a possibility facing increasing numbers of animals, that new species are still being discovered.

That is exactly what happened on Cairns’ Great Barrier Reef last week, when researchers found what they believe are a tiny new species of seahorse.

The pygmy seahorse, which is just 5mm long, was found living in the reef’s “twilight zone” about 100m beneath the surface, 200km offshore from Cairns, in Queensland, Australia.

1 November 2010

Sunlover Cruises has won the Tourism Tropical North Queensland 2010 award for Major Tour and /or Transport Operators.  Open to operators with 15 or more annual full-time equivalent employees, this category is not a transport award, rather recognising an operator’s major contribution to tourism through the provision of tour guiding or transport services with a tourism experience being a significant part of their operation.

Sunlover Cruises is committed to the protection and sustainability of the Great Barrier Reef and provides daily snorkelling and dive tours to Moore Reef, where guests enjoy exclusive use of the Sunlover Cruises pontoon.

11 October 2010

Scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef during coral spawning is an amazing experience. Be there to witness the world’s largest living organism, the Great Barrier Reef, undertake its annual reproductive cycle. Watch as the corals release their eggs into the water, rising to the surface like a thousand bubbles in a champagne flute.

The coral spawn only occurs at night, generally between October and November, so you will need to book one of Cairns’ liveaboard dive tours to witness this natural phenomenon. There are three tours that give the chance to witness the 2010 Great Barrier Reef coral spawning in November: Cairns Dive Centre’s 3 day / 2 night tour aboard M.V Kangaroo Explorer; Pro Dive Cairns’ 3 day Outer Great Barrier Reef scuba diving tour; Reef Encounter’s 3 day / 2 night certified diving. Prices range from $470 – $699.