2 Reef Snorkel Cruise - ON SALE
Prices from $219 AUD
Experience the Great Barrier Reef on a day trip from Cairns. Our standard trip includes snorkelling and lunch.
Your trip out to the reef will take just 90 minutes, with four hours spent on the outer reef. We’ll select two of the best Great Barrier Reef snorkelling sites according to the day’s conditions. Our amazing sites include spots along the diverse, species-rich Norman, Saxon and Hastings Reefs.
This cruise caters for snorkellers only.
Features
- Snorkelling
- Great Value
- Runs Xmas day - no surcharge
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Prices
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Full Day Cruise SNORKEL SPECIAL
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Reef cruise incl lunch & snorkelling (8.30am - 4.30pm) (not valid between 25/12 and 2/1/25)
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$219.00 | $170.00 | | |
Full Day Cruise
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Reef cruise incl lunch & snorkelling (8.30am - 4.30pm)
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$255.00 | $170.00 | $0.00 | $680.00 |
Please Note: Child = 4 - 14 years. Infant = 0 - 3 years.
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Full Day Cruise
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Reef cruise incl lunch & snorkelling (8.30am - 4.30pm)
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$269.00 | $189.00 | $0.00 | $727.00 |
Please Note: Child = 4 - 14 years. Infant = 0 - 3 years.
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Experience an unforgettable Great Barrier Reef snorkel day trip from Cairns with the local experts.
Snorkelling is the easiest way to see the incredibly colourful and diverse underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef. All equipment is provided and our friendly, experienced guides will show you how to use it.
Your trip out to the reef will take just 90 minutes, with five hours spent on the outer reef. We’ll select two of the best Great Barrier Reef snorkelling sites according to the day’s conditions. Our amazing sites include spots along the diverse, species-rich Norman, Saxon and Hastings Reefs.
With myriads of tropical fish, pristine coral formations, turtles and “nemos”, you’ll be blown away by the spectacle that is the Great Barrier Reef.
Snorkelling
All of the snorkelling equipment you will require is supplied as part of your trip, including a wetsuit or stinger suit. The sites we visit are equally appealing for both snorkellers and scuba divers.
Prescription masks are also available upon request.
Itinerary | Inclusions |
- 8am - Checkin
- 8.30am - Depart Cairns
- 10am - Arrive 1st snorkel site
- 12pm - Lunch and move to second site
- 12.30pm - Second snorkel session
- 2pm - transfer of passengers to overnight boat
- 2.30pm - depart the Reef
- 4.30pm - Arrive Cairns
| - 2 Outer reef locations
- Four hours at the outer reef
- Snorkelling equipment, wetsuit/lycra suit and prescription mask
- Guided snorkel tour
- Fresh tropical buffet lunch
- Chilled drinking water
- Complimentary tea and coffee
- Hot fresh water showers
- In depth briefing and equipment tuition
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Itinerary
- 8am: Check in at Cairns Marlin Marina
- 8.30am: Depart Cairns
- 10.00am: Arrive at first snorkelling site
- 12.45am: Move to second snorkelling site and enjoy lunch
- 1.30pm: Continue snorkelling
- 3pm: Depart reef site
- 4.30pm: Arrive Cairns
Snorkel & Dive Sites
Saxon Reef - Sandra's
Shallow Reef dive, lots of various types of anemone fish. White tipped reef sharks can be watched sleeping during daytime and schools of yellow fin Barracuda. The rare fire flame shell is also spotted there. Perfect also for snorkeling.
Saxon Reef - Twin Peaks
Unusually varied dive site circling two bommies with a narrow swim through. Schools of wild band fusiliers and humbug damsels and lots of different nudibranches!
Saxon Reef - Clipper & Super Cat
From the boat moored close to the reef you can dive along the reef wall and smaller offshore bommies displaying different types of anemone fish. Bottlenose dolphins are spotted occasionally during the colder months as well as the notorious Titan Triggerfish, the largest species of triggerfish.
Saxon Reef - Coral Garden
Diving amongst Garden Eels you can spot beautiful Anthias and Spinecheek Anemone fish. This place is also a popular for snorkeling as you can swim just on top of the coral and watch closely e.g. gobies and lots of smaller soft corals.
Saxon Reef - Reef Magic
Depending on the current, this dive site offers the possibility of a challenging dive around the reef edge to untouched areas displaying humpback snappers, giant trevallies and wild band fusiliers. Schools of Moorish Idols and even paddle tail snappers can be spotted in the shallow areas on the inner side of this reef site.
Norman Reef - Bob's Bommie
With its beautiful pink soft coral and lots of smaller multi colored table coral amongst an abundance of all other coral types this is the perfect example for Great Barrier Reef Diving.
Norman Reef - Shark Mountain
Very versatile dive for beginners as well as more experienced divers who want to circle the entire shark-shaped Bommie. You can spot a small wreck in a depth of approx. 10m hidden on the northern wall. Extremely large starfish and lots of grey reef sharks.
Norman Reef - Playground
Sheltered by a ledge this is our preferred overnight mooring place. During the night dive you're able to hang out on the mooring lines and watch reef sharks cruising around, our local resident Queensland Grouper and sometimes even Eagle Rays chasing their prey in the beam of the boats bright lights.
Norman Reef - Wild Side Clipper
Nestled on the south side of Norman Reef this dive site provides a terraced area with massive cabbage coral and beautiful staggered table corals. This site is also a popular feeding ground for turtles.
Norman Reef - Wild Side West, Wild Side East
These two neighboring dive sites are separated by a tongue of reef and can easily be combined into one long dive. WSW shows big lunar corals and a variety of anemone fish whereas WSE is a large bowl with rare star sand. During spring season lots of juvenile Harlequin Sweetlips cavort through the stag horn corals.
Norman Reef - Plate Top
This is a real conglomeration for all sort of reef fish: Anthias, Yellowtail Barracudas, Anemone fish, Gobys , Sweet Lips, Trevallies and Coral Trout just to name a few and on low tide they all gather in one spot on the plates northern corner. Amazing!
Norman Reef - Turtle Bay
As the name implies, this is the green sea turtle's favorite feeding ground. Species up to 1.5 m have been spotted! Plus Anemone Shrimp, Hairy Spider Crabs, Blennies and many more.
Hastings Reef - Turtle Bommie
A cluster of smaller bommies dropping off real deep to the north offering bat fish, stone fish (if you can spot them), anthias, fusiliers and, of course, turtles! Also lots of smaller table corals, sea fans and whip corals.
Jorgies Patches
Situated in the Trinity Opening this dive site can be approached only on very calm weather. But because of this it's pristine. Lots of finger coral, anemones, scorpion fish, big school of batfish and fusiliers, barracudas and anemone fish.