Following the Whitsundays Cairns must be one of the best destinations to have fun in Australia. It was so good I even went there three times in the space of my travels. The Great Barrier Reef from Cairns appeared to be just a bonus.
That’s where I completed my SSI Advanced Open water dive course. I achieved it with Cairns Dive Centre on a 6 day liveaboard scuba dive training course which was certainly wonderful. I actually at first checked out going with a business known as Down Under Dive but these guys sounded very up themselves and I’d heard many a good thing about their dive training. Additionally after a little bit more digging I discovered that they had possibly pretty much the finest dive pools .
Their particular liveaboard scuba dive boat has been recently entirely rebuilt and has all the better technology fitted. It’s got very nice air conditioned cabins which cater for 2-4 people, has a huge saloon, lounge and its own bar. Of course it even has a small spa on the front deck to sit in and chill out . The actual meals was fantastic and created in a very well built galley, among the best foods they prepared was Barbecue Coral Trout . Yummy .
The actual boat is usually based at the diving site but would shift every day to other sections of the reef, which would either be performed over night if some distance or early in the morning if closeby . This was pretty good as you are free to experience a variety of reefs and have a truly unique diving experience . This company had a quick transfer boat that takes you there and back again which also permits you to spend as many days and nights on-board as you wish.
I absolutely would not recommend anybody else to instruct you to Learn to Dive in Cairns however if you decide to look somewhere else please be diligent when selecting a dive course in Cairns as some dive schools utilize fixed platforms at sea which you stay on and travel by means of boat for the diving, not quite the live aboard you would expect!
I’ve truly wanted to learn to scuba dive my whole lifetime. And with a holiday fast drawing near to Cairns Australia I guessed I’d better learn fast.