Expedition Highlights
5 Night Coral Sea Ribbon Reefs featuring:
Coral Sea: The azure and fathomless water of the Coral Sea is the playground for sharks and big fish action in exceptional visibility. Huge soft coral trees and sea fans will impress.
Ribbon Reefs: The potato cod grouper at the Cod Hole are a highlight, however it is the rich biodiversity of fish species and coral that make this section of the Great Barrier Reef so incredible.
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Weather
The most reliable Coral Sea access is September to January. Spoilsport’s favourite dive locations will be selected should weather force an itinerary change.
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Crystal Plateau - Bougainville Reef - Coral SeaThe reef top descends to a spectacular terrace of hard corals at 20-30m before edging over into an abyss hundreds of metres deep. Sea fans and soft corals adorn the reef wall where sharks also patrol. |
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Dungeons & Dragons - Bougainville Reef - Coral SeaThe reef top here is cut with an incredible maze of caves, tunnels and swim throughs – great to poke around to discover fish and other critters. Or venture beyond the shallows to a wall descending to around 1000m, where you can find sharks and barracuda. |
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Admiralty Anchor - Osprey Reef - Coral SeaNamed after an anchor lodged midway through a tunnel that makes for an exciting swim through. A maze of huge towering bommies are home to plenty of fish and a delight to explore. Below them a sheer wall attracts sharks and occasionally manta rays. |
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North Horn - Osprey Reef - Coral SeaWelcome to shark central! Watch a controlled shark feed with 10-30 grey reef, white-tip reef, silver tip sharks. |
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False Entrance - Osprey Reef - Coral SeaThis site never disappoints with exciting fish action alongside colourful gorgonian fans, whips and soft corals. Resident barracuda and schooling big eye trevally make for great photo opportunities, and keep an eye out for cruising hammerheads out in the blue. |
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Cod Hole - Ribbon Reefs - Great Barrier ReefThe Cod Hole is famous for its diver-sized potato cod. These fish are incredibly inquisitive and don’t mind getting very chummy with divers. A great opportunity to capture photographs of these magnificent characters or a simply hang out and enjoy their company. |
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Pixie Pinnacle - Ribbon Reefs - GBRAn exciting pinnacle dive, draped in soft corals and absolutely heaving with fish life. Spiral your way up the pinnacle and search for interesting critters such as the flame file clam, or ‘disco clam’, named for the flashing light that appears to pulse along its mantle. |
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Coral Kingdom - Ribbon Reefs - GBRA fantastic coral dive with vast beds of staghorn and other varieties, and dotted with colourful giant clams. Bump headed parrotfish and inquisitive barracuda cruise the site along with schools of other reef fish. |
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Steve’s Bommie - Ribbon Reefs - GBRSteve’s Bommie is a photographers dream with an incredible quantity of diverse marine life. Hunt out such creatures as stonefish, scorpionfish, octopus, clown anemone fish and turtles, not to mention the many schools of fish that call this place home. |
Spoilsport’s outstanding stability minimizes disruption to your itinerary and your scuba diving experience. If weather forces an itinerary change we divert to the best, ‘safe, accessible sites’ to ensure you get the best scuba diving available. The Coral Sea may not be accessible in strong winds.
All itinerary details are subject to change, specific marine life cannot be guaranteed.
Sample itinerary, subject to change based on conditions.
Thursday:
Friday: (4 dives + night dive) This is a sample of a ‘typical day’, however exact times may vary to optimise the prevailing weather conditions on the day.
Saturday: (4 dives + night dive)
Sunday: (3 dives + night dive)
Monday: (4 dives)
Tuesday:
Important:
Sample itinerary, subject to change based on conditions.
Thursday:
Friday: (4 dives + night dive) This is a sample of a ‘typical day’, however exact times may vary to optimise the prevailing weather conditions on the day.
Saturday: (4 dives + night dive)
Sunday: (3 dives + night dive)
Monday: (4 dives)
Tuesday:
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