Dive Review of Calypso dive and snorkel in
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Calypso dive and snorkel: "A must-do if you're in Northern Queensland, Australia", Jun, 2023, by Medea Isphording Bern, CA, US ( Reviewer 3 reports). Report 12528.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling
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Comments	This was a day-trip only on a huge power catamaran. Despite the fact that there were probably 100 people on the boat, most everyone was well-behaved. There were two families with babies in strollers, but they tried very diligently to keep their gear sequestered. Many many brand-new divers, some having their first post-cert check-out dives. Ages and experience levels were all over the map. We left from Pt Douglas at 8am. It's a 90-minute ride to the Agincourt Reef within the Great Barrier Reef. The ride was smooth on a ship this beamy and heavy though the chop was visible. Some clouds and occasional quick showers kept conversation alive. We were grouped in clusters of 5-8; out of all of the patrons, only about 12 of us were divers. The divemasters did a good job of explaining protocols, dispensing gear, discussing reef awareness. We were an hour out when the head divemaster took my 73-year-old former dive instructor and physician husband asi ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here
Websites	Calypso dive and snorkel
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Caribbean, Hawaii, Society Islands, Australia, Florida, Galapagos
Closest Airport	Cairns	Getting There	We took a non-stop United flight from SFO to Brisbane, then a quick flight from BNE to Cairns
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, dry	Seas	choppy, currents
Water Temp	80-85°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	20-80 Ft/ 6-24 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	infants to us--I'm 64 and my husband is 73-he was probably the oldest person on the boat
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	There was a basin for cameras. We carry a point and shoot with a housing and flash and it was adequate. ... Subscribe to get the full story. Active subscribers continue reading here

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Dive Review of Calypso dive and snorkel in Australia/GBR

Calypso dive and snorkel: "A must-do if you're in Northern Queensland, Australia", Jun, 2023,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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Reporter and Travel

Dive Conditions

Dive Policy

What I Saw

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Dive Review of Calypso dive and snorkel in
Australia/GBR