Live-aboard Dive Vessels
With a live-aboard to suit every budget, taste and time frame, there’s no better way to relax and unwind than by spending one or more nights out at sea exploring the underwater world.
Appealing to every level of diving experience, most live-aboards will also offer non-divers a supervised underwater activity that includes snorkelling, introductory dives in the company of an experienced instructor, as well as interpretative presentations on the exotic marine life delivered by a qualified marine biologist.
Cairns & Port Douglas Area
With over the world’s largest marine park right on the doorstep, Cairns and Port Douglas are the perfect departure points for divers keen to experience underwater nature at its finest.
For the dedicated diver nothing quite compares with the advantages of an extended live-aboard dive trip to the Ribbon Reefs and out to the untouched beauty of the Coral Sea. Travelling to often remote and seldom visited locations, the marine life is abundant, the visibility superior, the underwater scenery more dramatic, and there’s a greater variety of diving. Acclaimed as one of the finest diving areas on the Great Barrier Reef, the Ribbon Reefs north from Cairns feature ten individual coral ramparts stretching southwards from Lizard Island feature a range of magnificent, world-renowned dive sites including the Cod Hole, home to a family of giant Potato Cod and teem with colourful and exotic marine life.
Whitsundays Area
For the snorkeller, dedicated diver or someone that just loves being out on the ocean, nothing quite compares with an extended live-aboard trip to the Whitsunday’s. Cruising out to the Great Barrier Reef through the areas many islands and golden beaches is a life-time experience. You will travel to often remote and seldom visited locations where the marine life and coral formations are amazing. The area’s underwater and above water scenery is spectacular and acclaimed as one of the finest areas on the Great Barrier Reef to visit.
