Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef:
November 13-20, 2008
Experience the best of far north Australia. Buddy up with diver-size fish at the world famous Cod Hole, witness Osprey Reef’s shark population, including hammerheads and grey whalers, and cruise the Ribbon Reefs. Walk in Captain Cook’s footsteps to Cook’s Look on Lizard Island.
Spoilsport’s specially designed itineraries provide more diving and more relaxed diving. There is no limit on your dive time. At sites like Challenger Bay, some photographers do two-hour dives to capture special fish behavior. The open dive deck gives you the freedom to dive as little or as much as you want.
From Cairns the captain and crew focus on the superior northern Ribbon Reefs, including the Cod Hole, and pristine Coral Sea locations including Osprey Reef and Bougainville Reef. Here, the marine life is at its best and you will see spectacular concentrations of pristine corals, colorful tropical fish, schooling pelagics and shark action.
The experienced dive crew (seven of whom are instructors) are often able to show you very rare species like the beautiful dwarf scorpion fish and ghost pipefish. Spoilsport’s complimentary Reef Ecology Program will assist you in identifying such amazing marine life.
Lizard Island is one of the reef’s most exclusive island resort. The famous English navigator James Cook climbed to its summit in 1770 to find the way out of the labyrinth of reefs. At that time, naturalist Joseph Banks was to lament in his journal that he had too little time to study the wealth of strange creatures he saw in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef.
Spoilsport: 5-Star Service
Spoilsport is a custom-designed, twin hull liveaboard that provides the optimum liveaboard experience with excellent spaciousness and stability. She has received eleven prestigious Rodale’s Reader Choice awards including Best Liveaboard and Most Environmentally Sensitive Liveaboard. Spoilsport is very spacious and stable with a very large well-equipped dive deck as well as a very spacious sundeck, al fresco deck and saloon.
Enjoy a sumptuous variety of meals that has earned Spoilsport an enviable reputation for catering excellence. Vegetarian and standard diets are catered for with Australian and International menus using fresh local produce.
Want to know more? Give us a call at (630) 833-8383.
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