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AquaQuest Day Trips
Experience the Great Barrier Reef on a day trip from Cairns. Whether you're a snorkeller, first-time diver or certified diver, you'll spend a magical day with Divers Den. Our standard trip includes snorkelling and lunch. Select from the optional extras below to add an introductory dive with full pre-dive tuition or certified diving.
Discover the marine wonderland of the outer Great Barrier Reef, just a 90-minute boat trip from Cairns. We'll spend five hours at the reef and visit two stunning dive sites. These are expertly chosen from our exclusive moorings on the Norman, Saxon and Hastings reefs to bring you the best quality conditions and diverse marine life, from colourful corals to inquisitive Nemos, turtles, stingrays and giant Maori Wrasse.
AquaQuest is our newest vessel and is purpose-built for diving and snorkelling. It has a spacious dive deck and a sunken platform offering easy access to the water, plus state-of-the-art equipment. Choose safe and enjoyable snorkelling for you and your family, introductory diving with full pre-dive tuition, or certified diving for a choice of three spectacular dives. Travelling with both certified divers and keen snorkellers? No problem - you'll share your journey out on the reef together on the same vessel, and complete your dives/snorkel experiences at the same dive sites.
During your Great Barrier Reef day trip, enjoy our large sun decks, air-conditioned indoor spaces and hot, fresh water showers. After a morning spent exploring the reef, enjoy a generous buffet lunch with a range of hot and cold foods, salads, rolls and tropical fruit to refuel for the afternoon.
- Five hours at the outer reef
- Up to three dives/snorkel sessions at two exclusive sites
- Snorkelling equipment, wetsuit/lycra suit
- Free prescription masks
- Guided snorkel tours
- Fresh tropical buffet lunch with hot and cold options
- Morning and afternoon tea
- Fresh chilled drinking water
- Tea and coffee
- Hot fresh water showers
- If option selected introductory scuba: All diving equipment In depth briefing and equipment tuition
- If option selected certified scuba: All diving equipment and tank fills In depth briefing and equipment tuition
What to bring:
Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen/ Swimsuit and towel. Certcard and logbook for certified diving, reusable water bottle.
Conditions:
Child rates apply for 4-14 years. All introductory and certified scuba participants must meet medical questionnaire requirements, and some conditions or medications may prevent you from diving. These requirements can be found on our Can I Dive? page, and we strongly recommend reviewing before booking. Queensland's code of practice on diving states that for a single no decompression dive, you should not fly/go to altitude for at least 12 hours, or 24 hours if divers have had multiple dives per day for several consecutive days, or have made dives that require decompression stops. Altitude is defined as 300m/1000ft above sea level. This includes going to the Atherton Tablelands (a popular local scenic attraction), so please be aware if booking tours to follow your dive trip. Under normal circumstances, you should be out of the water from your last dive of the day at 14:30.
Option extras:
2 Certified Dives (Full Equipment Rental), 2 Cert Dives (Tank & Weights), 3 Certified Dives (Full Equipment Rental), 3 Dives Tank & Weights Only, 1 Introductory Dive, 2 Introductory Dive, 3 Introductory Dive, 1 Guided Dive, 2 Guided Dive, 3 Guided Dive (Guided Dives For Certified Divers ONLY).
