Great Barrier Reef, Day 3

The first dive on day 3 was even earlier, at 6:30 in the morning. It was a really attractive site and we managed to see several turtles and a shark or two, in addition to the smaller more colourful fish and some giant clams. The next two dives were in the same location and at a shallower level, where there was extensive soft coral, which tends to be more attractive than the deeper hard coral. By midday we were all back onboard, and ready to head back to Cairns.

In the evening the ProDive team organised a get-together in a local bar for the divers to get together again one last time to have a drink or two and exchange stories.

The whole live-aboard experience turned out to be a very enjoyable part of the holiday, and a great way of doing a lot of diving in one of the world’s top dive locations. My only reservation would be that the dive schedule was quite intensive. I prefer to have a few hours break between each dive and take things at a more leisurely pace. But then I was the oldest client on the trip by some margin, so perhaps the schedule is geared more to the youngsters? Anyway, now that I know what to expect, I would certainly consider doing another live-aboard sometime in the future.