Dive Review of Mike Ball Spoilsport in
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Mike Ball Spoilsport: "Despite the Winds, I had some great dives in the Land Down Under", Aug, 2025, by John Morgan, AZ, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 13529.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food	N/A
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	The trip began when I boarded the Qantas A380 at Tom Bradley Terminal in LA. Then it was 15 hours to Sidney in Business Class comfort. Being able to get a solid night’s sleep on the plane was critical and resulted in minimal jetlag. I then had to make the transfer from the Sidney International Terminal to their Domestic one. This took over 2 hours and involved long lines and a scary bus ride across the tarmac in which we dodged fuel and baggage trucks. I boarded the Spoilsport and away we went on a very rough 12-hour run to the north. Several people were seasick during this crossing. The diving commenced the next day, and it was rough. The winds were constant and strong. This made for murky in water conditions and a lot of surge and current. The crew on Spoilsport are first rate, and they did a very good job dealing with the conditions. There was always a zodiac standing by and they ran a current line from the boat all the way to the reef. The 3 main in water highlights for me were the shark dive at Osprey Reef , the night dive at Gotham City, and the Cuttlefish we had on our very last spot of the trip. The shark dive featured numerous grey reef sharks and clear water. Gotham City is a site they do late afternoon and again at night. The night dive is the highlight. Th ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Mike Ball Spoilsport
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	California, Hawaii, Palau, Red Sea, Carribean, Maldives, Cocos, Socorros, Sea Of Cortez, Philipines, Indonesia, Coral Sea
Closest Airport	Cairns	Getting There	LAX to Sidney to Cairns.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	choppy, surge, currents
Water Temp	75-75°F / 24-24°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	30-100 Ft/ 9-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	The boat would allow solo diving, but you had to produce a solo diver c-card.
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	> 2
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	The Spoilsport has a large table reserved exclusively for photographers. They also have pressurized air guns that are nifty i ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Mike Ball Spoilsport in Australia/Great Barrier Reef

Mike Ball Spoilsport: "Despite the Winds, I had some great dives in the Land Down Under", Aug, 2025,

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Dive Review of Mike Ball Spoilsport in
Australia/Great Barrier Reef