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Spirit of Freedom: "It is now the sort of Ok, but not great Barrier Reef", Oct, 2015, by Lydia S Segal MD, VA, US ( Reviewer 5 reports with 3 Helpful votes). Report 8669 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Two adult divers took a week long trip on the S.o.F. In early October. For more experienced divers, it would be wise to go elsewhere. The reef, though called Great barrier, is lacking in fish and critters and the reef has been hurt by recent typhoons. It should be renamed the sort of good barrier reef. It is a good introduction to liveaboards for relatively new divers only. The crew is great, especially the lead dive guide Jack, and the cook who is also a great fish id person. The diving; the boat is large, and though it handles the numbers well, there are a lot of divers and they do no adequately spread then out in the water. Dive times are 60 min. Water temp 77. If you have adequate experience you can dive without a dive guide. There is a curved staircase to get from the dive staging area to the platform for your giant stride. The ladder is good. There were some dives with no current and others with a fair amount. All the crew was helpful. The boat accommodations.. Rooms nice, higher end. The food quite good and more than filling. If you decide to do this trip, be clear you may not make it out to Osprey island, as it is a far motor out and the weather may not cooperate. We did not make it. Also would not do the seven day, but the half week option. On the turnaround day most of the day was wasted doing passenger loading and unloading and not diving for those of us on the full trip.
Websites	Spirit of Freedom
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	Indonesia, PNG, Maldives, Philippines, Bonaire, Roatan, Belize
Closest Airport	Cairnes	Getting There	No problens, flew Air New Zealand from the US
Dive Conditions
Weather	windy	Seas	choppy, surge
Water Temp	76-77°F / 24-25°C	Wetsuit Thickness	5
Water Visibility	25- Ft/ 8- M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	?
Enforced diving restrictions	60 min, dive with a buddy or dive guide, no deco
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	1 or 2	Mantas	None
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
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	There was more than adequate place to clean, store and charge all camera and associated toys.

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Dive Review of Spirit of Freedom in Australia

Spirit of Freedom: "It is now the sort of Ok, but not great Barrier Reef", Oct, 2015,

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Dive Review of Spirit of Freedom in
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