DIVE CENTRE & OPERATOR DIRECTORY

Islander Cruises

Lord Howe Island

About this operator

Cruise/snorkel boat operator, also PADI-listed.

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Use the recorded location in Lord Howe Island as a starting point, then ask where your proposed activity actually meets. A business address may be a shop or office rather than the boat departure. Training-agency information has not been recorded here, so ask which programme is offered before comparing courses.

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TopicWhat to ask
TripWhich departure, vessel and proposed sites fit our dates and experience?
TrainingWhat is the exact programme, teaching schedule and process if more practice is needed?
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Does YouDive verify every service at Islander Cruises?

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Does Islander Cruises currently visit every linked site?

A linked site reflects a sourced directory relationship, not a live schedule. Confirm current trips, access and suitability with the operator.

How should I compare Islander Cruises with another provider?

Send the same brief to each: dates, group size, training, recent experience, equipment and support needs. Compare itemised inclusions and terms rather than headline prices alone.

Sources & further reading

islandercruises.com.au

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Same-state directory records, with matching localities shown first. This is not a ranking or a claim of equivalent services.

Sites linked in the directory

Trips are subject to current operator schedules and conditions.

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Lord Howe Island

Blackburn Island

Paddle to the lagoon's grassy island, climb for the view and snorkel around its shores.

Shore or BoatDepth not recorded
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Lord Howe Island

Comet's Hole

The easiest introduction to Lord Howe's fish – a coral-walled lagoon hole packed with endemics.

Boat (day trip)Up to 7 m
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Lord Howe Island

Erscott's Blind

A deep lagoon bowl with a resident group of friendly Galapagos sharks.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Lord Howe Island

Erscott's Hole

Coral-walled sanctuary pool in the lagoon – bluefish, doubleheaders and pygmy seahorses in almost any weather.

Boat (day trip)Up to 8 m
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Lord Howe Island

Far Rocks

Pocket-guide snorkel site listed for endemic anemonefish and three-striped butterflyfish.

Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded
Details need confirmation
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Lord Howe Island

Favourite wreck (North Bay)

Engine, refrigeration piping and steel boxes of a 1965 tuna boat, overgrown with coral in shallow water.

Shore or BoatDepth not recorded
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Lord Howe Island

Horseshoe Reef

Guided lagoon snorkel in the southern sanctuary zone with bright coral.

Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded
Details need confirmation
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Lord Howe Island

North Bay

Secluded lagoon bay with coral, turtles and a 1965 tuna-boat wreck, reached only on foot or by boat.

Shore or BoatUp to 5 m
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Lord Howe Island

Pot Holes

Pocket-guide snorkel site listed for bluefish and coral.

Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded
Details need confirmation
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Lord Howe Island

Stephens Hole

Another of the southern sanctuary zone's coral-ringed lagoon holes.

Boat (day trip)Depth not recorded
Details need confirmation
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Lord Howe Island

Sylph's Hole

Shore snorkel in a sanctuary zone at the northern end of the lagoon, with turtles and endemic anemonefish.

ShoreUp to 5 m