Spirit of Freedom

Spirit of Freedom

SPIRIT OF FREEDOM - Liveaboard Dive adventures on the Great Barrier Reef


SPIRIT OF FREEDOM - 3, 4 & 7 Day Diving Adventures

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3 DAY COD HOLE / RIBBON REEFS

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Cod Hole / Ribbon Reefs
3 Days / 3 Nights
Cairns 12.00 noon Monday
Cairns 7.30 am Thursday
Catering to certified divers of all levels and experienced snorkellors.
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Outer Great Barrier Reef before overnight travel to the Cod Hole
Cod Hole & Northeern Ribbon Reefs
Ribbon Reefs. Overnight travel to Cairns.

The Great Barrier Reef is a broad chain of 2,900 individual reefs and is the Earth's largest structure built by living organisms, being clearly visible from space. Here you will discover an ecosystem of unsurpassed marine diversity and exquisite natural beauty.

The 3 Day/3 Night adventure on board Spirit of Freedom will take you to the famous Cod Hole and Ribbon Reefs of the Great Barrier Reef. The Ribbon Reefs stretch north to the Cod Hole in a turquoise chain of individual coral reefs where formations vary from beds of huge plate corals and coral gardens to isolated pinnacles to walls and channels for that perfect 'drift dive'. You will encounter a resident family of giant potato cod at the world famous Cod Hole, while the "Ribbons' are a photographers dream with clouds of colourful tropical fish, anemones, cruising pelagics, moray eels, and the giant Napoleon Wrasse.

3 Day/3 Night Liveaboard Adventure includes:

  • 2 dives on the outer Great Barrier Reef
  • 2 dives at the world famous 'Cod Hole' - home to a family of giant potato cod
  • 6 dives on the remarkable chain of 'Ribbon Reefs' with varied topography featuring coves with expansive beds of plate corals to isolated pinnacles - home to clouds of colourful tropical fish.
  • Experience wonderful coral gardens displaying an abundance of both hard & soft corals supporting a wealth of fish & invertebrate life.
  • The 'Ribbons' are a photographers dream.
  • Average depth of dive sites is 25 m-30m (80'-120')
  • Most dive sites have coral to within 2 m (6') of the surface making it ideal for snorkelling as well as scuba diving.
  • Average visibility on this section of the GBR is 15m-20m (45'-70')
  • The waters are generally sheltered; althoough some current may be experiences at dive sites situated close to the narrow 'passes' between reefs on ceertain tides.
     

4 DAY CORAL SEA

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Coral Sea Reefs, ranging Holmes, Osprey, Flinders, Dart, Flora, Bougainville.
Reef Destinations are weather dependent.
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Cairns 12.00 noon Thursday
Cairns 7.30 am Monday
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atering to certified divers of a more advanced level. Inexperienced or newly certified divers are recommended the purchase of the guided dive package.
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Outer Great Barrier Reef before overnight travel to the Coral Sea.
Coral Sea Diving
Coral Sea or Ribbon Reefs. Oveernight travel to Cairns.
 

Tropical fishBeyond the continental shelf that harbours the Great Barrier Reef, lie the isolated reef systems and crystal clear waters of Australia's Coral Sea. This is home territory for huge schools of pelagic fish and sharks in an undersea world of mountains, pinnacles and sheer walls laced with golden gorgonian fans and rising from thousand of feet below.

Be prepared for an amazing range of diving experiences on your 4 Day / 4 Night adventure to Australia's Coral Sea. Your first day will include a couple of orientation dives on the outer reefs of the Great Barrier Reef before travelling out to the Oceanic Wilderness of the Coral Sea.

Destinations will vary and be selected according to the prevailing weather in order to provide you the best diving, most comfortable conditions and maximum dive tims. Sites will vary from 1000 metre walls to magical coral gardens to lone seamounts emerging from the ocean depths.

Renowned for crystal clear water with average visibility well in excess of 40 metres, a diver can appear suspended in air against a vertical wall laced with massive gorgonian fans.

Sharks and schooling pelagics cruise through an amazing display of gorgonians, sea whips, and bright yellow soft corals, while nudibranch, anemones, unusual tropical fish, invertebrates, and huge schools of fish provide a rich variety of marine life.

4 Day/ 4 Night Trip includes:

  • 2 dives on the outer Great Barrier Reef
  • Up to 12 dives on the isolated reefs of the Coral Sea
  • Experience an underwater world with exceptional visibility of 30m-40m (120'-150')
  • Circle coral pinnacles with passing tuna, trevally & sharks.
  • Drift dive with the currents, which can feature on deep walls, past huge gorgonian fans and colourful soft corals.

Dive depths can be to experienced levels as most dive sites are well outside of 'recreational' diving limits, however the coral pinnacles & walls rise to within 5m-10m (15'-30') of the surface.
 

7 DAY COD HOLE and CORAL SEA

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Coral

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Above two destinations combined
7 Days / 7 Nights
Cairns 12.00 noon Monday OR Cairns 12.00 noon Thursday
Cairns 7.30 am following Monday or Thursday
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atering to certified divers of a more advanced level. Inexperienced or newly certified divers are recommended the purchase of the guided dive package.
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A combination of the 3 Day Cod Hole and the 4 Day Coral Sea with a return to Cairns for 4.5 hours between each trip on the Monday or Thursday morning.

 

 

ALL TRIPS INCLUDE

  • Return transfers from Cairns City accommodation
  • Chef prepared meals and Australian wines with evening meals
  • Daily cabin service

 


 

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SPIRIT OF FREEDOM
Cairns,
Queensland, Australia


For more travel information please contact :
Ozhorizons,
Phone: 07 41249943, Fax 07 41487403
International +61 7 41249943, Fax +61 7 41487403
Bookings freecall 1800 252668

Or use our online booking and enquiry form 

 

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