3 Day/2 Night Pro Dive Ocean Referral PADI Course from Cairns

This course offers a truly memorable and exciting way to fully immerse yourself and experience our magnificent world heritage Great Barrier Reef environment.

from $955
About This Experience
  • Departs Daily (except Tuesdays) from Cairns
  • Group Size 32
  • Vehicle Boat (Air-conditioned cabins and saloon)
  • Mobile ticketing accepted
  • No credit card fees
  • 7 days a week support
Inclusions
  • 9 Dives (4 training dives and 5 pleasure dives incl. 1 guided night dive)
  • PADI Open Water certification
  • Dive log book
  • 2 Passport photos
  • All dive & snorkelling equipment, including dive computer, wetsuit and dive torch
  • Dive insurance
  • Corrective lens mask (if required)
  • Accommodation transfers (Cairns city & Northern Beaches)
  • All accommodation (Air conditioned cabins), meals and bed linen
  • Free Wifi onboard
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Tour Overview

Complete your Open Water certification training onboard on this 3 Day Liveaboard trip, during which you will have the opportunity to participate in up to nine dives. The first four are training dives, which will complete your PADI Open Water certification. Once certified, you can enjoy five more recreational dives, one of which is an exciting Night dive guided by your dive instructor. Reef dive sites on four magnificent reefs at Flynn, Thetford, Milln and Pellowe Reef.

  • All dive crew are fully qualified PADI instructors. You will be diving with a passionate team of experienced professionals, ensuring the quality of your experience and your safety
  • True liveaboard experience with our boats departing from and returning to Cairns for every three-day, two-night trip, with no boat to boat passenger transfers
  • Access to 19 high-quality dive sites ensuring a diverse range of reef environments and dives

Diving at different times throughout the day, you will be able to encounter an amazing diversity of marine life including giant clams, sea turtles, stingrays, reef sharks, an incredible variety of tropical fish, spectacular coral formations with consistent underwater visibility. Night diving will introduce a whole new dimension of nocturnal life.

*Please note, the below itinerary is a guide only, and the order of sites may change. The skipper will always adapt the plan to the prevailing weather, tides and currents.

The below itinerary can change due to cultural reasons, seasonal changes, operational logistics and accessibility.

Day 1
Courtesy pick-up from Cairns City and Northern Beaches Accommodation
Courtesy pick-up from Cairns City and Northern Beaches Accommodation
6:00 AM
Cairns Accommodation
Check in at Pro Dive Cairns retail shop
Check in at Pro Dive Cairns retail shop
6:20 AM
(Corner of Shields & Grafton Streets, Cairns City)
Depart Cairns
Depart Cairns
7:00 AM
Cairns is a great place to depart for your Great Barrier Reef tour since its right at the doorstep!
Light breakfast served onboard
Light breakfast served onboard
7:30 AM
Most important meal of the day!
Dive 1: Training dive
Dive 1: Training dive
11:00 AM
See the beautiful reef up close and personal!
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 PM
Take a break and enjoy lunch.
Dive 2: Training dive
Dive 2: Training dive
2:30 PM
See the beautiful reef up close and personal!
Snorkelling opportunity
Snorkelling opportunity
4:30 PM
Snorkel amongst the beautiful corals, fishes, turtles and more, up close and personal.
Dinner
Dinner
6:00 PM
Relax and enjoy a delicious dinner.
Night dive
Night dive
7:45 PM
Watch the certified divers participating in the first-night dive of the trip
Day 2
Dive 3: Training dive
Dive 3: Training dive
7:00 AM
First dive of the day, before breakfast
Breakfast
Breakfast
9:00 AM
Most important meal of the day!
Dive 4: Training dive
Dive 4: Training dive
11:15 AM
This will be the last training dive for Open Water certification
Lunch
Lunch
12:45 PM
Take a break and enjoy lunch.
Dive 5
Dive 5
3:15 PM
First dive as a newly certified scuba diver
Dinner
Dinner
5:45 PM
Relax and enjoy a delicious dinner.
Dive 6: Night dive
Dive 6: Night dive
9:30 AM
Guided night dive experience for all newly certified divers
Day 3
Dive 7
Dive 7
6:30 AM
Your first dive of the day – a sunrise dive to enjoy the reef waking up.
Breakfast
Breakfast
7:30 AM
Most important meal of the day!
Dive 8
Dive 8
9:00 AM
See the beautiful reef up close and personal!
Dive 9
Dive 9
11:00 AM
The last dive of the trip, finished by 12:00 noon
Lunch
Lunch
12:15 PM
Take a break and enjoy lunch.
Return to Cairns
Return to Cairns
4:00 PM
(Return transfer to your accommodation)
Prior to commencing your dive course, you are required to complete the self-assessment Student Diver Medical Declaration. A positive response to any questions indicates there is a pre-existing condition which may affect your safety while diving and you must consult a medical practitioner, preferably with experience in diving medicine, to obtain a dive medical certificate that states you are medically fit to dive. Medical must be complete within 90 days of starting your dive course.
1. Choose Your Tickets
Adult
Twin Share - PADI Open Water Course - Ocean Referral
Double Cabin or Twin Share Cabin (minimum child age 10 years)
$875 + $80 Reef Tax
Sole Use - PADI Open Water Course - Ocean Referral
Double Cabin (1 person only)
$1,585 + $80 Reef Tax

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