Scuba Diving
Anaconda III
When you're here in the Whitsundays, just a few miles from the Whitsunday Islands and all it's incredible fringing coral reefs is the Outer Great Barrier Reef. Teeming with marine life, the Great Barrier Reef is known as one of the world's top scuba diving destinations and for very good reason.
Visibility around the Whitsunday Islands fringing reefs is often in excess of 10+ meters in warm tropical waters. Visibility of the outer reef is often in excess of 20+ meters with huge pelaegics cruising deep drop offs.
Turtles are a common sight around the islands and also on the outer reefs. On board Anaconda III, you'll usually spend plenty of time on the outer reefs and it's the ideal opportunity to get in the water and mingle with the locals!
If you've never scuba dived before, but would like to try (And most people can't resist once we're out there), you can take part in an introductory dive, sometimes called a resort dive. You need to pass a simple medical questionaire and then it's straight into some basic skills training with your dive instructor. A qualified scuba diving instructor will accompany you on your dive and assist you in the water while you swim past, and even through, schools of millions of brightly coloured fish.
If you're already certified, your on board dive crew will have dives planned for you to take advantage off whilst diving in a buddy system. If you are travelling alone, don't worry, they'll find a suitable buddy for you, or join you in the water (Any excuse for the dive crew to take you for a dive is good for them!). Dives are often along deep drop offs where you might see some lazy reef sharks, moray eels, giant clams and plenty of little 'nemos'! It's even possible to get involved in a night dive which will open your eyes to a whole new experience and a whole new world and eco-system.
We often sight turtles, mantarays, sharks, clown fish and huge maori wrasse and all manner of rare and delicate sea creatures.