Cairns’ newest reef day tour boat commenced operations last week, when Tusa Dive’s T6 took its first passengers to the Great Barrier Reef on Wednesday 10 August 2011. The $3 million, 24m long T6 catamaran provides up to 60 guests a day with a luxurious day tour, swimming, snorkelling and diving on the Great Barrier…

Pro Dive Cairns is spending $2 million to upgrade its learn to dive facilities and capabilities. With an international reputation for quality and professionalism, Pro Dive Cairns are a PADI 5 Star Dive Centre that has taught over 100,000 people to scuba dive, since opening 1983.

Reef Magic Cruises will start operating their half day whale watching tours from Cairns tomorrow, Tuesday 19 July 2011. The 3.5 hour tours depart Marlin Marina at 9am and include a comprehensive Humpback Whale commentary, photo opportunities and morning tea. These specialist whale watching tours first started in 2009 and are the only of their…

Spirit of Freedom, one of Cairns’ luxury liveaboard boats providing dive and snorkel trips to the northern Ribbon Reefs, Cod Hole and Coral Sea, recently underwent a $300,000 refit. Built in 1992, the 37m monohull Spirit of Freedom is always immaculately maintained and the five (5) week refit included interior and exterior work, all completed…

Cairns Dive Centre is excited to commence operations with their new day tour boat, MV Reefkist, next Tuesday 7 June 2011. The 18m (60 ft) MV Reefkist catamaran, replaces MV Sunkist in the Cairns Dive Centre fleet and was designed by Incat Crowther and built by Richardson and Devine in Tasmania, in 2005.

Passions of Paradise will debut its ‘new’ Great Barrier Reef dive and snorkel site tomorrow, Wednesday 1 June 2011, the aptly named, Long Bommie. Approximately 200m long and two (2) nautical miles from Michaelmas Cay, Long Bommie offers visitors pristine corals and a spectacular array of marine life. Long Bommie is Passions of Paradise’s second…

Pro Dive Cairns saw the first Humpback Whales for the season on Cairns’ Great Barrier Reef, earlier this week. In an early start to Cairns’ whale watching season, the first Humpback Whale breaching was seen on Cairns’ southern reefs, at Flynn, Milne and Thetford. Humpback Whales usually arrive in July / August, so perhaps this…

Cairns’ Great Barrier Reef offers visitors the unique opportunity to swim, snorkel and dive with Dwarf Minke Whales. This close whale contact is banned in many countries around the world, but in the northern waters of the Great Barrier Reef, you can enjoy this once in a lifetime experience with a liveaboard Mike Ball Dive…

Want to spend Easter on Cairns’ Great Barrier Reef? This is a great time of year to visit! Our mornings are crisp and clear with blue skies and a minimum temperature of around 22 degrees Celsius. During the day we reach a pleasant maximum of around 29 degrees Celsius and conditions on the Great Barrier…

A rare stingray, listed as vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, has been photographed on the Great Barrier Reef. The Porcupine Ray (Urogymnus asperrimus) was spotted by guests aboard Wavelength Reef Charters at Opal Reef, latitude 16°13 longitude 145°53.5 earlier this year.