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Cruise Whitsundays

Airlie Beach

About this operator

Reef cruise operator (Reefworld pontoon) offering introductory and certified dives; not a dive shop.

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Trips are subject to current operator schedules and conditions.

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Whitsundays & Bowen

Alcyonaria Point (Hook Island)

Vertical ledge and wall with gullies, small caves and a band of colourful soft corals at 10 m.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Bird Island (Whitsundays)

Current-swept island drift with large cod, sweetlip and trevally along a rock and rubble slope.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
Details need confirmation
QLDYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the siteIsland

Whitsundays & Bowen

Black Island (Bali Hai)

Easy entry from the north-western corner to scattered coral heads on the island's west reef.

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Blue Pearl Bay (Hayman Island)

Sheltered, easy fringing reef on Hayman Island with friendly fish, recovering coral and the Ngaro trail Maori Wrasse sculpture.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Butterfly Bay (Hook Island)

Sheltered bareboat anchorage with coral outcrops and shallow walls along its edges – an easy dive from an overnight yacht.

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Cateran Bay (Border Island)

Beautiful shallow plate-coral gardens in a sheltered bay on the outer edge of the Whitsunday group.

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Dolphin Point (Hayman Island)

House-sized boulders and coral outcrops at Hayman's north-west tip, with trevally, barracuda and sharks.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Gary's Lagoon (Bait Reef)

Sheltered coral-walled inlet with a sandy floor, turtles and wobbegongs – Bait Reef's safe option for snorkellers and new divers.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Hardy Reef South

Steep, gully-cut outer face of Hardy Reef in clear water, with pelagics along the slope.

Boat (day trip)Up to 30 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Hayman Island – East Reef

Excellent shallow coral cut by small canyons, rarely visited because it is only accessible on glassy calm days.

Boat (day trip)Up to 12 m
QLDYouDive mascot illustration; not a photograph of the sitePinnacle/Bommie

Whitsundays & Bowen

Henry's Bommie (Fairey Reef)

Sheltered bommie rising almost to the surface, with a metre-wide giant clam in a cave and a resident turtle at night.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Whitsundays & Bowen

Knuckle Reef Lagoon

Sheltered lagoon bommies and coral gardens on a remote outer reef, once a pontoon site, now a liveaboard stop.

Boat (multi-day/liveaboard)Up to 20 m