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Aboards - Taka 5 Day Coral Sea And Cod Hole
The
Coral Sea lies to the east of the Great Barrier Reef and is
renown for its crystal clear waters with spectacular diving.
The remote Osprey Reef
is rarely visited by dive vessels and is by far one of the best
dive sites for shark feeding action, large pelagics, drift diving
and wall drop-offs to 1000 metres.
Departures
Every Friday at 5:00pm ex Cairns.
Itinerary
- Friday: Pick up from Cairns accommodation at 5.00pm
and transfer to Taka
which departs from Cairns Harbour and travels over
the smooth waters inside the Great Barrier Reef up to the
Ribbon reefs.
 Saturday:
Start your first day diving at Ribbon Reef No.9 (Challenger
Bay), a scenic place to get back into the swing of things
and check out some beautiful coral formations. The boat
then moves a bit further north to the Cod
Hole for 2 dives. The first dive is to check out the
general geography at the Cod Hole and take a look at the
huge variety of marine life that lives in this area. The
second dive at the Cod Hole is the cod feed, where huge
schools of fish and Maori Wrasse compete with the large
family of Potato Cod for a fish dinner. This would have
to be one of the world's premier diving experiences. Then
another dive in this area either at Dynamite Pass or Snake
Pit before departing at approximately midnight to travel
out to Osprey Reef
in the Coral Sea.
 Sunday: 4 dives in the Osprey Reef area, including
2 dives at North Horn, an area famous for its Pelagic fish
life and shark action. North Horn has a natural amphitheatre
where you will do a shark feed on the second of these dives.
The sharks involved are usually Grey Whalers, Oceanic Silvertips
and White Tipped Reef Sharks. Taka then travels overnight
to the Northern Ribbon Reefs.
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Monday: Temple of Doom and Steves
Bommie are near Ribbon Reef No.3 and are stunning dive
sites that have an extremely varied amount of coral and
marine life on, in, and around them. Do some dives at these
sites before moving down to Ruby Reef and some of the other
popular spots like "Beer Garden". During the course of this
day you will see giant clams up to 2 metres across, huge
coral gardens, and an abundance of marine life unmatched
anywhere on this planet. 3 day dives and a night dive on
this day.
- Tuesday: On the last day do 2 dives as you near
the end of our trip. These dives are on the edge of the
Great Barrier Reef at Agincourt
and Opal Reefs,
featuring unique coral formations and fish life. TAKA then cruises through the reef heading back into Cairns at
approximately 3.30 pm.
Inclusions
- All linen, including towels
- Pick ups and returns to Cairns accommodation
- Tanks and weights
- All meals from dinner on the day of departure to lunch
on the last day are included. .
Optional Extras
- Gear hire package $160
- PADI Advanced Course $225
- PADI Enriched Air Course $300 - incl all fills for the remainder of the trip
- Beer, Wine and soft drinks are available from the bar
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