Diving the Great Barrier Reef

Diving the Great Barrier Reef

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Gingerbread Man

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9,171 posts

212 months

Tuesday 9th May 2017
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Any personal experience of dive companies? Off up there July and hoped for a recommendation. We'll be based out of Cairns.

StefanVXR8

3,603 posts

197 months

Sunday 18th June 2017
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Gingerbread Man said:
Any personal experience of dive companies? Off up there July and hoped for a recommendation. We'll be based out of Cairns.
I have a mate who lives in Cairns, I'll fire him a message and ask as he dives too.

Stef

Gingerbread Man

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Sunday 18th June 2017
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StefanVXR8 said:
Gingerbread Man said:
Any personal experience of dive companies? Off up there July and hoped for a recommendation. We'll be based out of Cairns.
I have a mate who lives in Cairns, I'll fire him a message and ask as he dives too.

Stef
Nice. Going up in July. Friends want to snorkel also.

StefanVXR8

3,603 posts

197 months

Sunday 18th June 2017
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Here's his reply David.....

"Best day trip is Silverswift out of Cairns (not that I'm biased coz they belong to Quicksilver!). You get to dive three different sites. Most companies only do two. Top boat too with ride stability control for a smoother ride as June, July and August is the roughest time to go out there as usually blowing more than 20 - 25 knots and to be honest, not the best time of year for diving as the visibility is down but should still get around 15 metres. On the plus side though, it's whale season soon so he may get lucky!"

If he comes back with any more info I'll let you know.

Stef

Gingerbread Man

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Sunday 18th June 2017
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Cheers Stef!

robm3

4,927 posts

226 months

Monday 17th July 2017
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I've been on that Silverswift Cat, it's a nice quick boat. Diving was pretty good too, hooked up with one of the official photographers and did a sneaky wreck dive on a fishing boat nearby.