Special
FREE UNDERWATER CAMERA HIRE*
Spend over $550.00 AUD on your Great Barrier Reef tour with us and receive the latest Digital Underwater Camera Hire. Take amazing High-Resolution images and 1080 HD Video. Only when you book online thru our website.
You must come into our shop located on the Cairns Esplanade the day before departure to pick up the camera before 5:30 pm. You also need to supply your own SD Camera Card and drop the camera off back at our shop before 5:30pm.
*Not Valid on any tours going to the Islands. Fine white sands damages the seals on the camera and makes them leak!
Please Remember there is no other way to collect our cameras! All passengers must come into our shop the day before departure day before 5:30 pm.
Cairns Underwater Camera Hire
FREE Underwater Camera Hire*
Spend over $550.00 on your Great Barrier Reef tour with us and receive the latest Digital Underwater Camera Hire. Take amazing High-Resolution images and 1080 HD Video. Only when you book online thru our website.
Not Valid for any tours to the Islands as fine white sand damages the seals on the camera and makes them leak!
You must come into our shop on the Cairns Esplanade the day before departure day before 5:30 pm to pick up the camera. You must also supply your own SD camera card. You must also drop the camera off at our shop after your tour before 5:30 pm.
Cairns Underwater Camera Hire Video:
Visiting the Great Barrier Reef is a once in a lifetime experience for many people and what better way to record your memories than with Cairns Underwater Camera Hire photographs and videos. Whether it be as adventurous as scuba diving, or snorkelling over the bright colours of a coral garden, you have the ability to take a souvenir (photo) without harming the marine life. This helps you fulfill your eco-tourist credentials of taking only photos and not even leaving footprints. As an added bonus, by capturing an image of the fish, coral or nudibranch that you see, it is much easier to identify once you are back onboard, with most of the vessels having identification books for fish, coral and other marine life. We have extensive experience with all of the cameras we offer and are able to provide expert advice, training and sample image galleries.
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Free Underwater Camera Hire Cairns
To make your trip to the Great Barrier Reef a little more special, we're pleased to offer FREE Cairns underwater camera hire* on any reef tour you book with Cairns Dive Adventures that has a total value of more than $550. This offer applies to day tours and liveaboard trips. It is not valid to any tours to the Islands as fine white sand damages the seals on the cameras and makes them leak. We will provide a simple training session on how to use the camera, as well as giving you underwater photography tips on how to snap that memorable photograph of ‘Nemo’ and friends or how to capture the Shark Feed at North Horn with the Olumpus TG5.
*Please Note: To redeem this offer, cameras must be picked up at our office 103 Esplanade Cairns before 5:30pm the day before departure and returned to our office the day of travel before 6:00pm. You also need to supply your own SD camera card.
Night Diving
Coral Gardens
Nemo
If you are serious about your underwater photography you can upgrade from your free Cairns underwater camera hire to a camera including an underwater Sea & Sea YS-01 strobe. This package is available at an additional cost of AUD$65.00 per day, perfect for that once in a lifetime macro or wide angle shot and gives you the ability to be able to light your subject when diving at a deeper depth than the natural light filters.
Perhaps you are already an underwater photographer and are bringing your own camera with you? In this case, we can offer you an Olympus TG5 to capture the Cod Hole feed at the same time as shooting stills.
Cairns Underwater Cameras for Hire | Free with selected trips
Cairns Dive Adventures is pleased to offer a few different types of underwater camera in conjunction with this special offer. It is first in first served and there's limited availability, so contact us today to book your reef tour and reserve your FREE underwater camera.
Canon Ixus 220 HS
Canon Ixus 220H
For the Outer Reef from Cairns we have the Canon Ixus 220 HS with underwater housing, a slim built camera for easy diving. Perfect for first time underwater photographers and those just wanting to capture the moment.
FEATURES:
- 12 Megapixels
- 24mm Wide Angle Lens
- Underwater Scene selection
- Macro ability
- Full HD Movie one button record up to 4GB/10minutes
Canon Powershot SX260 HS
Canon Powershot
The Canon Powershot SX260 HS is great for experienced underwater photographers that would like to get creative. Its underwater housing includes a light diffuser and settings range from point and shoot to full manual control.
Features:
- 12.1 Megapixels
- 25mm wide angle lens
- Full HD movies up to 29mins on 8 Gig Card
- GPS Technology – log all your photos & display with Google maps
- iFrame Video Format
- Underwater Mode
- Manual Control
- Creative Filters – including Fish Eye
Go Pro Hero 2
GoPro Hero 2
The Go Pro Hero 2 can record HD video for up to 90 minutes per battery. The magic backscatter red filter delivers amazing underwater colour and clarity. Get video footage of your trip that will impress your friends back home (much better than a slide night). High definition footage means stills can be extracted from video.
Features:
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- 11 Megapixels
- HD Video Resolutions
- 10 x 11MP Photos Per Second Burst
- Backscatter red filter lens
Cairns Dive Adventures | Customer Photos: Best of Gallery
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- Anemone fish on the Great Barrier Reef
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- School of Yellow Tail Snapper Fish
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- Red Coral Cod with a Lionfish
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- Scuba Diver & White Tip Reef Shark
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- Orange Seafans
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- Lion-Fish on the Ribbon Reef -09 Dive Site Monolith
GoPro Sample Video
Underwater Camera Hire FAQ
Can I get a discount on my Cairns dive trip?
From time to time Cairns dive operators will run specials / price reductions / value adds (pay for two dives get one free) on their trips. Cairns Dive Adventures knows all of the operators and has access to all of these specials. We can offer you the best price available on all dive tours. If you are a group of 11 or more certified divers, then we are able to offer you a group discount.
I just want a Professional Photographer on my Cairns reef trip to take my photograph or a video?
Most of the Cairns' day vessels have Professional Photographers onboard that will gladly take a boarding shot as well as some inwater images of you, available for viewing and purchase at the end of your day. But why not take your own Cairns Underwater camera with you, so you can take your own images too? Upload your images to facebook or have them to show friends & family on your return home. Most of the liveaboard boats do not have Professional Photographers onboard, so for these trips, it is especially worthwhile hiring an underwater camera to take with you. Note: It is much cheaper to hire the camera in Cairns and take it with you. They are available on board the boats, but hire rates are much more expensive.
Can I take my underwater camera on my Cairns Learn To Dive Course?
Once you have completed your four (4) open water training dives to become a Certified Diver, you will then be able to take an Underwater Camera with you. If you are doing a Cairns Learn To Dive Course where you are able to complete some fun dives as a certified diver then you will have the opportunity to take some happy snaps.
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Special
FREE UNDERWATER CAMERA HIRE*
Spend over $550.00 AUD on your Great Barrier Reef tour with us and receive the latest Digital Underwater Camera Hire. Take amazing High-Resolution images and 1080 HD Video. Only when you book online thru our website.
Not available for any tours to the Islands as fine white sand damages the seals on the cameras and makes them leak!
You need to come into our shop located on the Cairns Esplanade the day before departure to pick up the camera before 5:30 pm. You also need to supply your own SD Camera Card and drop the camera off back at our shop before 5:30pm.
Please Remember there is no other way to collect our cameras! All passengers must come into our shop the day before departure day before 5:30 pm.