Dive Review of
ProDive in
Australia/Cairns GBR

N.Z., Hawaii, Mexico, Caribbean; Fiji

Dive Conditions

Maximum depth and time  

I had to ask for a rinse tank. That was the only facility. I had to lift my
camera out of the water after a dive by myself. The crew handed me the
camera when I entered the water. No other facilities for photography.  

Overall Rating

This was a 2 night, 3 day, 11 dive trip out from Cairns on the GBR. The
boat takes about 20 divers in twin bunk cabins. The trip out to the reef
was about 3 hours and very rough; take motion sickness pill first. I was
the oldest guy on the boat, including the crew. The trip I was on really
catered to young tourists from the UK, Germany, and South America. Many of
them were doing their OW certification, a few others AOW. There seemed to
be only a couple of other relatively experienced divers on board. I was
paired with a diver with only 8 dives who was hard on his air supply, and
so I was a bit short on dive time. We visited 2 reefs and both were rather
disappointing. The corals were not in great shape and there was not a great
deal of life on them. Only one shark was spotted; several turtles were
found, especially on a night dive. The crew were generally helpful and
interacted well with the young clientele. Older divers might find some of
the humor a little sophomoric. This was a good boat for new divers but will
be disappointing for those who have seen some of the worlds great dive
sites. A trip further out on the Coral Sea is probably necessary to see the
best that Australia has to offer. On the other hand, Cairns is a fun place
to spend some time, along with the surrounding attractions. 

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