DIVE CENTRE & OPERATOR DIRECTORY

Reef Experience

Cairns

About this operator

Day boat; same operator as Reef Encounter.

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Ask about the sites you want to visit, recent conditions, group sizes, equipment and experience requirements.

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Use the recorded location in Cairns 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.

Questions for your enquiry
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?
EquipmentWhich items, sizes and familiarisation are included?
PriceCan we have an itemised quote and the current change and cancellation terms?

Questions, answered

Does YouDive verify every service at Reef Experience?

No. The profile distinguishes recorded research from information that still needs confirmation. Directory inclusion is not accreditation or a safety endorsement.

Does Reef Experience 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 Reef Experience 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

reefexperience.com.au

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Same-state records ordered by shared locality, listed services and agency information. Each card explains the match. This is not a quality ranking or confirmation of availability.

Sites linked in the directory

Trips are subject to current operator schedules and conditions.

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Cairns

1770 (Hastings Reef)

A sheltered central lagoon for snorkellers plus the 20 m 'Twins' bommies for advanced divers.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Cairns

Alan's Wall (Norman Reef)

An 18 m wall riddled with crevices and swim-throughs, with sharks and Maori wrasse.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Cairns

Angel Bommie (Hastings Reef)

A sandy staghorn bay with sea stars and angelfish, and a bommie with a deep far edge.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Cairns

Big Wall (Norman Reef)

A wall from 4 m to 28 m with finger-like formations carved by wind and waves.

Boat (day trip)Up to 28 m
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Blue Lagoon (Hastings Reef)

Coral terraces and walls on Hastings' southern side, with elephant-ear corals hiding shrimps.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Cairns

Caves (Norman Reef)

A sheltered bay with rays and cuttlefish between two deep walls with devilfish in the ledges.

Boat (day trip)Up to 25 m
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Cairns

Clipper & Super Cat (Norman Reef)

Swim-throughs, a beginner-friendly canyon and a small glass-bottom boat wreck on one Norman mooring.

Boat (day trip)Up to 22 m
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Clipper & Super Cat (Saxon Reef)

A reliable sweetlips school, a friendly resident turtle and occasional winter dolphins on Saxon's wall and bommies.

Boat (day trip)Up to 20 m
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Cairns

First Bommie (Norman Reef)

A calm lagoon with a very shallow coral garden and a swim-through bommie – ideal for new divers and snorkellers.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Cairns

Fish Bowl (Hastings Reef)

An enclosed 5 m coral bowl packed with reef fish, giant clams, a friendly Maori wrasse and early-morning bumphead parrotfish.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m
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Flat-Top Bommie (Norman Reef)

A flat-topped coral outcrop beside a deep channel, with canyons and swim-throughs for all levels.

Boat (day trip)Up to 18 m
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Cairns

Golf Clubs (Hastings Reef)

A wrap-around hard-coral reef right beside the boat, sheltered from rare strong westerlies.

Boat (day trip)Up to 15 m