FLY DIVE COD HOLE, SOUTHBOUND, AUSTRALIA
3 nights / 3 dive days / 12 dives - Includes 2 night dives
Monday by 7:00am , Cairns Colonial Club Cairns . Transfer to Cairns Airport .
Spectacular low level 150 mile reef flight to Lizard Island to board Spoilsport.
• Commence diving approximately 12:30pm .
Explore the rarely dived Cod Wall at the outer reef edge that disappears into 60 meters (200ft) . Glide back towards the Cod Hole while enjoying the clear water and spectacular coral formations. Shallow but fantastic, Challenger Bay is extremely rich in biodiversity from spectacular coral gardens and unusual critters through to large schooling fish. Great night dive location.
Tuesday : Ribbon Reef - Lighthouse Bommie, Pixie Pinnacle, Andy’s Postcard, Clam Beds, Circumnavigate Pixie Pinnacle and Lighthouse Bommie shrouded in fusilier baitfish. Fluorescent purple and orange anthias attract predatory fish to these photogenic sites. Majestic Minke whales are seen here in June and July.
Rising from 80 meters the pinnacle of Andy’s Postcard is encrusted in had corals, lion fish, nudibranchs, octopus, schooling trevally and barracuda.
See spectacular giant clams at Clam Beds as well as caves, canyons and coral encrusted bommies awaiting exploration.
Wednesday : Ribbon Reef - Flare Point, Joani’s Joy, Steve’s Bommie
Spiral majestic coral pinnacles teeming with marine life. See huge schools of baitfish stalked by barracuda, mackerel and trevally. Anticipate spectacular coral gardens, spotted rays, reef sharks and green turtle sightings.
Thursday : Dock at Marlin Jetty - Berth 16, Cairns
Early morning docking, breakfast, 8:00am courtesy transfers to Cairns city hotels.
This itinerary has been designed to include the ‘prime’ Ribbon Reef and Coral Sea dive sites. If weather forces an itinerary change our surety of access to the prime Ribbon Reef sites is your guarantee of the best diving.
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