Check-in for Tusa Dive coral spawning night trips is directly at the boat, which is moored at A-Finger, at Cairns’ Marlin Marina (directly adjacent to the Reef Fleet Terminal and Cairns Harbour Lights). You must make your own way there. Boarding commences at 5.30pm with a scheduled departure of 6pm. Trip and dive briefings will be provided by the crew during the 90-minute transfer to the Great Barrier Reef. There will also be an informative marine biologist presentation about coral spawning.

The trip includes two (2) dives / snorkels and runs like dive – eat – dive. The evening meal is a hot buffet dinner accompanied by complimentary tea, coffee and soup. The boat stays at the same reef location all night, helping with your in-water orientation. Torches and glow sticks are included in the package price. The boat departs the reef at around 11.30pm and arrives into Cairns between 1 and 1.30am: complimentary drop offs are provided to Cairns city accommodation.

Please note that as this is night diving trip, there are no introductory dives available. You must be a certified diver to participate in the coral spawning dive trip. Tusa Dive provides all diving customers with top quality equipment including wetsuits, dive computers, mask, snorkel, fins, torches and glow sticks. If you have your own equipment, there is a tanks and weights package price too. Two (2) 40 minute certified dives are included in the package price and guides are in the water, so you can choose guided or unguided.

Can you see coral spawning snorkelling? Yes you can. Although the gamete release happens down at the corals (best witnessed by scuba divers), they float to the water’s surface and are easily seen by snorkelers. Tusa Dive provides guided coral spawning snorkel tours and everyone receives a torch as a part of their equipment for the evening. All snorkelers are provided with ‘diver’ quality masks, snorkels, booties and fins, as well as a choice of lycra or wet suits. Flotation devices are also provided free of charge. Access to and from the water is from a submerged platform at the rear of the boat.