Diving the Great Barrier Reef

[Gingerbread Man]

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

[StefanVXR8]

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]

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]

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]

Cheers Stef!

[robm3]

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.