Calypso Dive and Snorkel The Great Barrier Reef from Port Douglas

Highlights

• Duration: 8 Hours 
  Tours depart from the Crystalbrook Superyacht Marina, 44 Wharf St, Port Douglas at 8.45am and return at 4.30pm.
• Boarding commences at 8.20am

Location: Port Douglas, QLD

Embark on a Port Douglas diving adventure and try an introductory dive with our professional PADI dive instructors to view the underwater world like never before. For the experienced divers (certified), join our PADI dive masters as they show you sheer walls of corals, caves and possibly drift dive (if conditions permit). For snorkellers, there is plenty to explore from the surface and guided tours are available.

Made up of four separate reefs that face out to the South Pacific Ocean, Agincourt Reef is regarded as one of the most significant sites of this natural wonder. Here you’ll find rich, diverse coral gardens that help form these protective ocean walls, filled with hard and soft corals as well as the reef’s most iconic species such as sharks, stingrays, turtles, whales*, groupers and cods, maori wrasse and parrotfish.

Inclusions:

• Experienced PADI dive masters
• Small groups
• All equipment provided
• Up to 3 dives
• Dive computers
• On board compressor
• Underwater photographers
• Transfers $10 extra

Itinerary (approximate times):

7:00am to 8:20am

• Checkin – Free parking is available if making your own way to Crystalbrook Marina Port Douglas.
• Upon arrival, checkin directly at the Calypso vessel at 8:20am

8:20am to 8:45am

• Boarding Commences – Arrive before 8:20am at the Crystalbrook Marina, Port Douglas. As the Calypso crew welcome you aboard you will be fitted out with your own snorkelling equipment before relaxing with light refreshments.

8.45am to 10:10am

• Cruise Time – It is time to sit back and relax while we travel to our first site. If you are participating in a dive your dive guide will take this opportunity to brief you on your dive.

10:20am to 11:15am

• First Snorkelling Site – Divers are briefed, enter water while snorkellers enjoy an informative talk on how to snorkel safely. After snorkelling/diving at the first site morning tea is served.

11:50am to 1:50pm

• Second Snorkelling Site – We travel to our second breathtaking site (for diving and snorkelling) where a guided snorkelling tour is available before a tropical buffet lunch is served. After all that scrumptious food you can partake in a reef interpretive chat by one of our friendly crew.

1:50pm to 3:10pm

• Third Snorkelling Site – A short trip to our final site for another snorkelling and diving opportunity before enjoying afternoon tea.

3:10pm to 4:30pm

• Cruise Home – Returning at approximately 4:30pm.