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Great Barrier Reef Dive Sites - Australia, Far East & Australia

Cod Hole Itinerary - 3 nights
Explore the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park on this 3 night, liveaboard including up to 12 dives. Ideal for a mixed group of levles from novice to underwater photographers and non divers as snorkelling is possible. Diving on the best of the Ribbon Reef spots with amazing marine bio diversity, including Australia's world famous Cod Hole. Combine with a land based stay or visit to some of the famous sites of Australia such as Ayres Rock.




Coral Sea Itinerary - 4 nights

Adventure liveaboard diving suitable for advanced divers with up to 14 dives. Head 75 miles beyond the Great Barrier Reef to the remote Coral Sea off Australia's far northern coast. Features exciting shark feed dive and is best for competent divers comfortable in current, exposed sea conditions and deep walls. This is not suitable for snorkelling.




Coral Sea Safari - 7 nights

A week of unlimited diving suiteable for all levels of divers from novice  to advanced, exploring 450 miles of the Coral Sea. This liveaboard dive itinerary Combining the 'Coral Sea' and 'Cod Hole' itineraries. If not fully confident best to do 'Cod Hole' followed by 'Coral Sea'. The Coral Sea, Australia, is unsuitable for snorkelers. The Itinerary includes some of the best dive sites on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea featuring a pectacular first dive at Challenger Bay, man size fish at the Cod Hole,
sheer Coral Sea wall dives in crystal clear water, schooling trevally, barracuda and shark sites, explorating of Lizard Island, the Cod Wall,  big fish outer reef edge sites, and the best Ribbon Reef sites plus all dives north of Cooktown.




Northern Reef Exploratory Expedition - 7 nights
Travel to the most infrequently dived and remote offshore reefs in Australia with this exploratory liveaboard expedition. See first hand wehre the Great Barrier Reef meets the edge of the continental drop off where waters are so clear, reefs pristine and sea fans and soft coral covering the amazing walls.

Diving Wishbone, Osprey and Tijou reefs where outstanding numbers of fish life, pelagics and colour offer a huge diversity of shots for the underwater photographer or videographer. Southern dive spots include Black Rocks, Southern Detached, Wilson and Broken Passage are sensational with world famous sites to finish such as the Cod Hole, Acropolis and Challenger Bay where there are often sightings of hammerheads, whale sharks and mantas in season.

This trip is more suited for Advanced divers who are comfortable diving in current on exposed walls. This 7 night journey is suitable for recreational and technical divers alike. Diving support includes nitrox, solo diving pony bottle rigs and rebreather service.




Minke Whale Expeditions (June & July)
3 nights - 11 dives + snorkeling with whales
4 nights - 11-13 dives + snorkeling with whales
7 nights - unlimited dives + snorkeling with whales.

Minke whales are usually sighted along the Ribbon Reefs north of Cairns from May to August. Special Minke Whale Expeditions are available in
June and July with the second day devoted almost entirely to finding and snorkeling and/or diving with minke whales. These trips have been conducted since 1996 building up mapping of the locations where minkes' are most commonly sighted. During this time a diving and snorkeling protocol has evolved to minimise impact on the whales. This allows divers to approach within the whales own comfort zone where the Minkes' natural curiosity allows for very close encounters and spectacular up close videos and photography.




Great White Shark Expedition
Filming, Diving and Research Expeditions with Rodney and Andrew Fox.

Charter boat available for groups of 12 for a minimum 3-5 days on location. The expedition leaves from Port Lincoln and takes place around the offshore Neptune islands location of the largest seal colony off the southern Australian coast. The large ocean going Princess II. Shore trips offer the opportunity to snorkel with Australian sea lions at the Hopkin islands on the way out, weather permitting. On location, after chumming shark surface cages are used building up to submersible cage dives to the bottom. There are opportunities to get involved in research or just enjoy the topside action.



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Dive Holidays Sportif

Sportif Dive is a specialist tour operator offering a wide range of diving holidays all over the world. Our choice of destinations is extensive from established locations in the Red Sea, Maldives, Caribbean and the Far East to the exotic and unusual such as Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean, Wakatobi, Truk, Palau, South America & the Pacific. Whether you are looking to for a Learn to Dive course, group expedition or trip of a lifetime we can help. With over 30 years experience and a personal approach, we can advise on the ideal location to suit your needs, at a price to suit your budget.

Our extensive knowledge of the destinations means we can recommend the right location for you. Our diving centres are selected for their excellent standards of service and safety. Whatever your priority, whether starting out or wishing to dive a technically challenging site we can recommend a range of options offering the best diving for when you wish to travel. We can organise all your travel arrangements for you, pre-book equipment and diving packages in advance to maximise your time when you get there.

As an independent tour operator, we select only the hotels, liveaboards and diving centres that offer the best standards and quality of service but at the right price. Without the overheads of a large mass market operator, we can offer the best value diving holidays often with great discounts and special offers.

Our consultants have many years experience in travel and are divers. They are able to closely match your needs and take time to recommend from a carefully selected range of accommodation and diving packages. With first hand knowledge, they are passionate about diving and travel and providing the perfect holiday for you.

Sportif also have a specialist multisport division offering instruction and rental packages for windsurfing, kitesurfing and surfing. Our specialist centres are located in some of our diving resorts, often minutes from the Dive Centre for easy coordination of activities. Packages offered included taster and learn to right through to intensive coaching weeks up to expert level. Children can start from 8 years.

Sportif Dive are an ATOL bonded operator which means that every element of your holiday is secure. With the worry of disruption to your holiday plans from weather disruption or airline failure you can be sure that we will be there to help every step of the way.
 

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