Our divers enjoyed a spectacular array of wildlife today at Marine World, while gliding along underwater bommies on the outer wall at Moore Reef. Divers sighted a Bull Ray, several Black Tip Reef Sharks, plenty of colorful parrot fish and long nosed emperor.
The glass bottom boat toured the [...]
With Kangaroo Explorer out of the water for another week for repairs, Ocean Quest and Scubapro are filling fast for the over night trips. Ocean Quest will be coming out for refit in the next couple of weeks too.
This time of year most of the boats take advantage of the quiet season to do [...]
Everyone knows the Great Barrier Reef is World heritage listed and is a marine Park, but do you know who actually looks after it?
Well the main body is called the Great Barrier Reef marine Park Authority or GBRMPA for short. They are responsible for the overall management.
But Government, industries and communities all have [...]
Still great diving this week, with beautiful flat seas and great visibility. The warm rains at night are helping keep the sea temperatures down to a nice high 20s deg C.
Poseidon is out of the water until 13th February for a refit, and Ocean Quest will be coming out soon too. As this [...]
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about the “traditional” hunting and slaughter of turtles on tourist beaches in the Far North Queensland. This killing was not for food, but to make a point to scare tourists. Whilst no one really has a problem with hunting for food, traditional hunting (allowed only for the Traditional [...]
Still beautiful diving conditions this week, and all boats are running full. Amazing! The day trip boats are booking up fast, at least 2 or 3 days in advance, and are having some great viability.
Reef Quest advised over 15m at Norman Reef a few days ago, and some great white tip Reef Sharks swimming [...]
Great way to kick off the start of 2012 is Spirit of freedom have discounted their trips by 50% for all bookings travelling in the next 2 weeks. They are also offering 25% off a second person for all bookings of 2 people travelling until May this year more [...]
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and wishing you all the best for New Year.
Right now the wet season has started, so although we do get heavy rains for the next few months it really does not affect the diving too much. It’s only when you get strong winds that the [...]
Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and all the best for 2012.
No blog today as it’s the night before Xmas…. (you know how it goes), but here is the Reef Report for those sturdy travelers out there .
Water Temperature: 29 degrees
Underwater Visibility: 5-10 metres
CURRENT [...]
Well into the Silly Season now and the water is getting so warm we don’t need wet suits! It’s around 26 Deg C (80 deg F). 5mm shorties are still available as are the lycra body suits to protect from the sun and stingers (see blog a few weeks ago).
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