Blue Dive Private Guided Scuba Dive Cairns Diving by Design

Discover the Great Barrier Reef with a private scuba dive from Port Douglas. Tailored experiences for all skill levels. Book your unique adventure today.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Norman Reef - Begin your day with a personalized experience by meeting your private guide for a ‘meet and greet’. Here, you’ll handle any necessary paperwork and work together to customize the day to your liking, diving by design. From there, you’ll board the spacious 25 catamaran, which offers comfortable indoor cabin seats or sun decks for coffee and a safety briefing as the vessel sets off. Throughout the day, you’ll have the opportunity to visit 2 different dive sites on either Norman, Saxon, or Hastings Reefs.

Look forward to an intimate encounter with vibrant coral reefs, bustling with diverse marine life including schools of tropical fish, reef sharks, impressive coral formations, and massive clams weighing up to 440 pounds.

Refresh yourself with a delicious buffet lunch served onboard and enjoy morning and afternoon tea breaks.

Quench your thirst with beverages from the fully licensed bar (additional cost) and take advantage of amenities like restrooms and freshwater showers for your comfort.

After approximately 5 hours of exploring the reef’s beauty, your guide will present a marine talk about all the incredible marine life you encountered during your return journey to Cairns Marina.

What's Included
  • Lunch
  • Use of SCUBA equipment
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
  • Snacks
  • Wetsuits in Winter, Stinger Suits in Summer
  • Tea and coffee
  • Environmental Management Charge & Marine Park Fees
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Diving by Design - Each dive trip is as unique as our guests. Your guide will tailor the day to you!

We’re the only one providing genuinely privately guided scuba diving experiences from Port Douglas on the best of the Agincourt Reefs. You’ll experience the Great Barrier Reef in your own private group, with an expert instructor to guide you underwater and show you the best marine life. [Yes, there are other divers on the boat but we do our own thing as a private group.]

If you are newly qualified or slightly nervous, our guide is right there to support and assist you. If you’re an experienced diver who wants the freedom to break away from the crowds, we make it happen. If your group is a mix of qualified and unqualified divers, we can still privately guide you all to a maximum of 12m.

**Important: With the Viator booking System you must book Certified Divers and Introductory Divers separately with seperate vouchers. The system does not allow for “cart” feature unfortunately.

  • One parent or guardian must stay with infant or non diving child at all times.
  • Boat Returns Daily around 4:30pm
  • Introductory Divers will be required to complete a medical questionnaire - if you enter yes to any of the questions you will be required to get a “fit to dive” certificate from a medical doctor.
  • Not recommended for traveler’s with respiratory illnesses and injuries (e.g. flu/cold, asthma, pneumothorax and congestion)
  • Not recommended for traveler’s with conditions that may result in a loss of consciousness (e.g. epilepsy and diabetes).
  • Not recommended for traveler’s with previous DCS or DCI
  • Not recommended for traveler’s currently suffering any illness or injury or recent surgery
  • Not recommended for traveler’s with cardiac conditions (e.g. heart disease or high blood pressure)
Location
1 Spence St
Spence Street
Meet & Greet with your personal Guide at 7:45am at Blue Marlin Bistro, Marlin Marina Cairns. Boat Returns Daily at 4:30 pm Product not acceptable for Cruise ship passengers
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Alsl4135kb
Sep 12, 2024
Diving - Excellent, simply couldn’t be better! Thank you to Jess! Literally one of the very best dives I got to do anywhere. Thank you once again!
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Stevete4487ht
Aug 28, 2024
Private guided dives - Enjoyable day with Jess on our private guided dives. Everything was well organised and the only thing we had to gear up and jump in. Thanks for a fun day.
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Scottch970fy
Aug 20, 2024
A great day diving The Reef - Jess was sensational in providing what we needed in the way of a dive refresher as it had been a few years since our last dive. Jess pointed out many of the spectacular features of the dive locations we visited whilst keeping a good eye on us as the dive/tour leader. Well worth the additional cost of doing the dive with Blue Dive as we were able to get away from the larger group booked directly with Quick Silver.
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869rhiannaj
Aug 11, 2024
Amazing diving experience with Jess and Blue Dive - Today we went on a full day introductory diving trip (3 dives) with Jess from Blue Dive and I could not rate it highly enough. Jess was extremely organised, super professional and ensured we had a thoroughly enjoyable day. I had never dived before but Jess took great care of me and my two teenage sons and we felt totally safe in her hands. Thanks for an awesome day !
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Pamandyoz
Aug 8, 2024
Great dive experience. - Great stuff. Jamie was great, very knowledgable and a very experienced dive lead. I'd definitely recommend if you are looking for a good experience in PD.
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Randolphw534
Aug 4, 2024
Blue Dive Guide - As a newly certified open water diver I was glad to have Vanessa of Blue Dive lead us around the Agincourt reef. We always were first in the water from the dive boat and saw some of the many wonders under water at the reef. The dive boat scuba gear was fine as well as the overall experience on the boat.
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Sunshine729047
Jul 28, 2024
Highly recommend Blue Dive - This experience was spectacular! Jess was our scuba diving guide. From the initial pick up at our hotel until the return, she was just lovely. She prepared for us. The training she did was concise, thorough and was repeated at different time points to ensure that we understood her instructions for scuba diving. She has a calm and patient demeanor and watched out for us the entire time. She pointed out many types of sea life before and during our dive. I highly recommend Blue Dive for visiting the Great Barrier Reef!
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Fwesterberg75
Jul 27, 2024
Perfect private guided dive on the GBR - Great team. Felt always perfectly safe and looked after by our private guide Vanessa. She pointed out the best spots to check out and explained everything we saw to us after the dive
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Fakitt
Jul 22, 2024
A privilege to be able to dive this area. - 2 days diving with Calypso. The boat crew and dive masters were incredible (massive shout out to Darcy who really made a difference to our level of enjoyment - he managed the perfect mix of fun, knowledge and enthusiasm matched with care and safety). Also shout out to the onboard marine biologists for their lecture(s) on the reef. Definitely a life experience not to be missed.
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Dylan9895
Jul 21, 2024
Awesome experience - Had a awesome time diving the great barrier reefs. Jess was great in pointing out the wonderful sights as well as coach on diving practices. Definitely recommend to everyone.
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