| 30m Length, 10.5m Beam | 4 Double Cabins | 4 Twin Cabins |
| 4 Club Cabins | 2 Budget Cabins | Sundeck |
| Lounge & Bar | Quality Cuisine | Wine with Dinner |
| Fully Air-Conditioned | Daily Cabin Service | Mon & Thur Departure |
Spoilsport is one of the most awarded diving vessels in Australia. Her stability and speed combined with her spacious luxury are well known and respected amongst divers. She is truly a superb custom designed diving vessel. The 12 person crew are on hand at all times to assist. The food is first class and complimentary Australian wine is served at dinner. Cabins are air-conditioned and serviced daily. All are En-Suite except the two budget cabins which share one bathroom. Luxury and Standard cabins have either a double bed or twin single beds and ocean views. Club and Budget cabins have bunk beds. The large sundeck offers a shaded area also.
Spoilsports large Dive Deck offers ample room and easy access to the water. In addition there is a multi level dedicated camera table and rinse area for camera equipment, which makes her particualy popular with photographers and videographers. She has a survey for 260 miles offshore range, which is enough to cover the furthest Coral Sea Reefs & Islands. To sum up, Spoilsport is a spectacular high end luxury dive vessel. If you want a top quality boat to visit the far outer ribbon reefs and Cod Hole, along with a spectacular low level flight over the reef then if you have the budget look no further than Spoilsport.
Monday Low Level Flight to Lizard Island
Monday 07:00am You are transferred to Cairns airport, where you begin a spectacular 1hr low level flight over the reef in a twin engine light aircraf to Lizard Island. A lot of the 150 mile flight is at a very low 180 meters (600ft) altitude. You get a detailed flight map so you can anticipate the low pass over Endeavour Reef where Captain Cook ran aground. Upon your arrival Spoilsports crew meet you with a tender and welcome you aboard.
The Next 3 Days Be Prepared to Be Amazed. . .
Cod Hole
At the famous Cod Hole you will swim in the shallows with inquisitive ‘big children' size potato cod. If you wish you can dive deeper into the gullies and share some time with giant Queensland groupers lazily finning into the current.
Snake Pit
As the name suggests sea snakes are commonly found here and are both very curious and very docile. Photographers and adventurous divers will enjoy this immenseley as the Olive sea snakes allow you to get amazingly close if you wish. Rays, Cuttlefish and Turtles are all very common sights here also.
Challenger Bay & Gotham City
Challenger Bay offers steep sloping walls adjoined by a shallow sandy bay. The scattered coral bommies offer an incredible array of marine life. The whole site is rich with hard and soft corals and a myriad of reef fish. With its shallow bay but steep dropoff walls, this is one of the most incredible night dive sites on the Great Barrier Reef.
Lighthouse Bommie
Yellow and blue snapper abound here, schooling above an adjacent reef. Lighthouse Bommie is also home for numerous Anemone fish which are numerous both in variety and number. From June to August when Minke Whales are in season this is also an excellent site to see these majestic mammals.
Goggle Gardens & Vertical Gardens
One dive does not do Goggle Gardens justice. The ancient ‘starky river’ spews stunning coral formations from the depths. Everything from the reef edge dropoffs to the flat sands and bommies and walls is adorned in coral. Green bump head parrotfish are the inhabitants of Vertical Gardens however they have a quiet life as the site is only diveable on a handful of days every year.
Steve’s Bommie
Steve’s Bommie is without doubt one of the best sites on the reef. Fittingly it is saved for your last day. Photographers cannot fail to take spectacular shots here! The sheer variety of Reef fish, Corals and marine organisms that you will see here is impossible to explain. A true "save the best for last" dive site.
Wednesday - Overnight Cruise to Cairns
Wednesday overnight you cruise to Cairns and Thursday morning you disembark at around 8am and are transferred back to your hotel. The trip may have only been 3 days but we promise you it will stay with you for many many days longer . . .
Thursday Departure From Cairns
A Thursday evening sunset departure from Cairns sets the scene for a diving trip of a lifetime. Meet the crew and mingle with the other guests then settle into your cabin after dinner for the cruise to the Cod Hole and Ribbon Reefs.
Friday morning you awake at Cod Hole and the Ribbon Reefs
At the famous Cod Hole you swim in the shallows with inquisitive ‘big children' size potato cod. If you wish you can dive deeper into the gullies and share some time with giant Queensland groupers lazily finning into the current.
Snake Pit
As the name suggests sea snakes are commonly found here and are both very curious and very docile. Photographers and adventurous divers will enjoy this immenseley as the Olive sea snakes allow you to get amazingly close if you wish. Rays, Cuttlefish and Turtles are all very common sights here also.
Challenger Bay & Gotham City
Challenger Bay offers steep sloping walls adjoined by a shallow sandy bay. The scattered coral bommies offer an incredible array of marine life. The whole site is rich with hard and soft corals and a myriad of reef fish. With its shallow bay but steep dropoff walls, this is one of the most incredible night dive sites on the Great Barrier Reef.
Friday Night Cruise to The Coral Sea
Overnight you move 75 miles northeast beyond the Great Barrier Reef to the spectacular remote Coral Sea. The dawn brings reef walls plummeting to head spinning depths in gin clear water at the Fairy Grotto. Welcome to Osprey Reef. Here you will spend the next two days diving some of the most incredible sites on the planet.
Admiralty Anchor - Coral Sea
This site offers schools of giant trevally, blue spot trevally, barracuda, dog-tooth tuna and bumphead parrotfish. The vertical walls abound with sea whips and a whole variety of soft corals and fans as well as huge black coral trees. The abyss type dropoff is perfect for observing many shark species.
False Entrance - Coral Sea
False Entrance is another amazing dive site! Other than the resident schooling big eye trevally and barracudas, which make for a great photo opportunity, there’s colorful gorgonian fans, whips and soft corals. Keep one eye out on the blue water for cruising hammerheads in the cooler months.
North Horn - Coral Sea
Osprey Reef gives up its best as your adventure climaxes with a memorable shark dive at North Horn. You will share the ocean with numerous grey reef sharks, white-tip reef sharks and many other species. Photographers dream of dive sites like this as close range opportunities abound (if you wish)!
Sunday - Overnight Cruise and Low Level Reef Flight
Sunday overnight cruises you to Lizard Island and Monday morning you disembark and conclude your trip with a stunning, low-level flight back to Cairns in a twin engine light aircraft. A lot of the 150 mile flight is at a very low 180 meters (600ft) altitude. You get a detailed flight map so you can anticipate the low pass over Endeavour Reef where Captain Cook ran aground. You arrive back in Cairns at around 11am with a transfer back to your hotel.
This trip is the 3 Night Cod Hole trip plus the 4 Night Coral Sea trip joined together.
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