Seastar Luxury Outer Great Barrier Reef Island and Reef Tour from Cairns
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Travel to the Outer Great Barrier Reef on a full-day, all-inclusive cruise aboard Cairns' most popular small number (36 passenger Locally Family owned and operated) Luxury Catamaran. Dive into this remarkable underwater kingdom and experience the wonder that is the Great Barrier Reef. Visit the spectacular and celebrated destinations of Michaelmas Cay and Hastings outer Reef where you can snorkel, dive or coral view in the glass bottom boat. To ensure a truly memorable day, all equipment, snorkel guides, dive guides, glass bottom tour, morning & afternoon tea and delicious buffet lunch are included in the fare.
Buffet lunch
Buoyancy vest and noodle
Glass bottom boat
Guided Snorkel Tour at Both Michaelmas Cay and Hastings Reef
Island access to world famous Michaelmas Cay
Luxury Outer Great Barrier Reef Cruise
Mask, Snorkel and Fins
Morning & afternoon tea
On-board commentary
Random photos taken daily and Uploaded Facebook "Free Service"
Wet-suit or stinger-suit (seasonal)
Cold drinks and snacks
Introductory Diving and Certified Diving available as optional Extra
Return Bus transfer - Cairns City Area or Northern Beaches and Outer Cairns City Area
- INFANT: : 0 - 3
- CHILD: : 4 - 14
- ADULT: : 15 - 99
- COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Introductory Divers note, Some medical conditions, medications and recent operations can and may prevent you from Scuba Diving. You may require a Dive Medical to Australian Medical Standard AS4005-1.
- Seastar uses recommended and the latest latest best practices for a Covid-19 safe experience
- COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Introductory Divers note, Some medical conditions, medications and recent operations can and may prevent you from Scuba Diving. You may require a Dive Medical to Australian Medical Standard AS4005-1.
- Seastar uses recommended and the latest latest best practices for a Covid-19 safe experience
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
What To Expect
Seastar Cruises Reef Day Trips
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Michaelmas Cay
Seastar is the first vessel to arrive at Michaelmas Cay. Very few tour vessels are now permitted access to this sensitive island and now there are only two which travel daily that are permitted the right to use and access the Cay.
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Great Barrier Reef
Hastings Reef is located 30 nautical miles out from Cairns and is a typical outer reef, on most days a line of breakers marks where the deep ocean swells break onto the reef wall. The reef itself is shallow on top, with steep sides reminiscent of cliffs falling away into the surrounding water.
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Reviews
An enjoyable day out, with a few photos thrown in - even if I do like like a bean pole ✌️
The boat trip was good (luckily a very calm day, only 15kmh wind forecast) and well catered. If you like a more comfortable seat and air conditioning, grab a seat downstairs when you board. We only had about 25 guests on our trip which was a comfortable number for the space.
Lots of staff, so plenty of help when needed and an obvious focus on safety which was reassuring.
The snorkeling was great, some great reef areas and lots of fish, turtles etc.
the glass bottom boat was good to do (the guide provided some commentary and we got to see a few more areas outside of our swim distance.
We drove out to Michaelmans Cay first, which was shallow and beautiful; I highly recommend the glass bottom boat tour. We saw a small turtle and some barracuda. After the tour we got to a small sandy nature reserve island. I wanted sunglasses, I could barely see it was so bright. The birds were cool. We snorkeled around; I saw sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and tons of different colorful or drab varieties of fish. Swim over the giant clams and watch them react to your shadow! We had an alright lunch, got enough to eat, and then headed to Hastings Reef. The water was deeper here and the guided snorkel was great! Snacks on the way back were fruit and cake, and it rained hard. We were all sleepy from the trip.
Thanks for the fun!
