Snorkellers are catered for - we offer a $100 discount!
Minke Whale Season during June and July
Trip Includes:
All linen, including two towels
Transfers to & from vessel from Cairns local accommodation
Tanks, weights and safety kits (safety sausage with a whistle and cylume stick)
Two night dives are included with batteries and cylume sticks)
Freshly prepared on board meals from dinner on the day of departure, to lunch on the last day
Water, cordial (sweet drink), tea and coffee, milo, biscuits and fresh fruit are available 24 hours
Options
Gear and computer hire
Camera and lens accessories for hire (MX10 with YS40 strobe only)
Advanced PADI course (AU$130) and some specialities
Basic PADI underwater photography course (AU$200)
A video filmed of Dive Trip
Itinerary
Friday - Day One: We do 2 dives on this day, as we are now nearing the end of our trip. These dives are on the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef and feature unique coral formations and fish life. Taka then cruises through the reefs arriving back into Cairns at approx 3.30 pm. Please remove spacing
Saturday - Day Two: Taka arrives at the Cod Hole at approx 9 am. We do our first dive at the Cod Hole, which allows divers to get back into the swing of things as well as check out the huge variety of marine life that lives in this area. Our second dive at the Cod Hole is the Cod Feed, where huge schools of fish and Maori Wrasses compete with the large family of Potato Cod for a fish dinner. This would have to be one of the world's premier dive experiences. We do another dive in this area at either Dynamite Pass or Snake Gully, then a night dive. Taka departs this area at approximately midnight to travel to Osprey Reef.
Sunday - Day Three: Diving Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea, the most exciting shark diving location in Australia. We do a Shark feed and some stunning wall dives in this world famous area that has an average visibility of 40 metres.
Monday - Day Four: This day is spent divng the Ribbon Reefs at various locations we have chosen for their diversity of marine life and coral architecture. You will see giant clams up to 2 metres across, huge coral gardens, swim throughs and an abundance of marine life unmatched anywhere on this planet. 3 day dives and a night dive.
Tuesday - Day Five: We do 2 dives on this day, as we are now nearing the end of our trip. These dives are on the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef and feature unique coral formations and fish life. Taka then cruises through the reefs arriving back into Cairns at approx 3.30 pm.
The Vessel
The BRAND NEW "Taka" has been launched, and has arrived in Cairns. The new, all purpose dive vessel is a 30 metre purpose built dive boat that shall be like nothing currently available to explore remote dive sites. After doing over 1000 trips with Taka II, we have used that knowledge to build a Hi-Tech dive vessel that has more room, more comfort and more features than ever before. The vessel has a unique stabilised hull design to smooth out those Coral Sea trips, as well as features like bow and stern thrusters for safe manoeuvring while getting our divers as close to the reef as possible. The electronics package for navigation and entertainment is second to none, and the overall design philosophy is one of greater comfort through larger cabins and lounges along with higher levels of service and catering. The new vessel was launched on December 11th 2003.
