An exciting brand-new half-day snorkel tour has launched this month in Cairns. The boat is called Pure Snorkel! Locally owned and operated by Passions of Paradise and Ocean Freedom reef cruise owners. Pure Snorkelling” is a brand-new purpose-built 12m design twin hull vessel. Naval Architect Chris Tucker designed the boat with a genetic lineage. The…

Most divers don’t realize you can dive with Schooling Bumphead Parrotfish from Cairns & Great Barrier Reef! Really, Where, How? The best way to find these beautiful large fish is usually on a 6:00 am morning dive. Overnight, these solitary fish bunch up together to form a large school. Schooling in large numbers offers protection…

Spectacular news! Port Douglas diving day trip Poseidon Dive & Snorkel returns to the Great Barrier Reef in Port Douglas Australia! This boat has to be one of the most loved dive boats in Port Douglas. Poseidon Dive & Snorkel has been out of service for the past 2 years, it has just completed a…

Exciting news! We have finally opened our brand new store. The new shop is located at 103 – Esplanade Cairns! The location offers a bright fun atmosphere and easy to find location for our customers. After a lot of hard work, our dedicated team has created a wonderful retail shop experience. Our new shop is…

All we can say is Wow! On this day we snorkeled with several green sea turtles on the Great Barrier Reef from Cairns. On this day we departed very early at 8:00 am we traveled 52 km offshore to a beautiful reef platform. One of the highlights of getting out to the reef early is…

With Cyclone Jasper passing through the Cairns and Port Douglas region only 2 weeks ago we have been fielding questions: What are the diving conditions after Cyclone Jasper in Cairns Australia 2024? The Answer …. absolutely beautiful! We have had nearly 3 weeks of blue skies and sunshine with around 10 knots of wind each…

It’s that time of the year again, scuba divers and snorkelers from all over the world are asking what are the dates for Coral Spawning on the Great Barrier Reef this year 2023. We have checked around with the trip directors of 2 large dive companies here in Cairns and the rough consensus at this…

The weather has turned it on with blue skies and sunshine! We are currently getting many inquiries regarding scuba diving in Cairns over the Easter School Holidays in 2023. Many families are planning liveaboard snorkeling trips these seem to be very popular with some people booking first-time introductory diving and even some booking learn-to-dive courses.…

Are you short on time but would like to learn to scuba dive? Well, you are in luck! Once completed the Reef Encounter Learn to Dive in 3-Days! Open Water Course will give you an SSI open water dive certification. This will allow you to dive down to a maximum depth of 18 meters anywhere…

Our Cairns reef tours are operating this Easter 2021! But how can you find out which tours are operating and what are the cancelation policies if there are COVID outbreaks and border closures? The 2021 April Easter School holidays are almost upon us and with that many Cairns dive companies are gearing up again for…