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Location: Port Douglas (Australia (East))
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Dive Centres / Liveaboards:
Following is a list of dive centres or liveaboards that are based in Port Douglas.
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Fifth Dimension Charters Ranked as OK by independant reviewsRanked as OK by independant reviewsRanked as OK by independant reviews Course available Equipment hire available Liveabords available Accomodation available First Aid and Oxygen available
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Fifth Dimension Charters
c/o Marina Mirage
Port Douglas
Queensland 4871
Alistair Dowling - 0429809620
Int 61 429 809620
Fax 08 83798584
Int 61 8 83798584
PADI, PADI, English, Click here to edit this listing
Fifth Dimension is a new 65 foot state of the art luxury high speed vessel available for exclusive charter in the Great Barrier Reef. The vessel can accomodate up to 8 divers on overnight extended charter.
Dive the world famous Cod Hole, Lizard Island, Ribbon Reefs, Agincourt Reefs.
Fifth Dimension offrers the ultimate snorkelling and diving experience in the northern tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef.
Calypso Reef Charters Pty Ltd Course available Equipment hire available Dive shop available Has a photo centre First Aid and Oxygen available
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Shop 35
Marina Mirage
Port Douglas Qld Australia
61 7 4099 3377 PADI, BSAC, CMAS, NAUI, SSI, PADI, English, Click here to edit this listing
DAILY CRUISES FROM THE MARINA MIRAGE, PORT DOUGLAS


Experience the outer Great Barrier Reef with Calypso - departing daily to three breathtaking sites, visiting spectacular coral reefs with amazing marine life. Calypso’s fast, stable and comfortable vessels have large deck areas and spacious saloons. With experienced crew providing friendly and professional service, Calypso specialises in snorkelling and diving.
Synergy Reef Sailing First Aid and Oxygen available
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Wharf Street
Port Douglas
International Telephone: +61 7 40500675 English, Click here to edit this listing
Synergy Reef Sailing's stunning 62 ft luxury catamaran, Synergy II departs daily to the Outer Barrier Reef (Monday to Friday). She pampers only 12 guests on day trips and is available for sole and extended charters. Synergy II offers both certified and introductory diving.
Discover Dive School Course available Dive shop available
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6 Grant Street
Port Douglas
Aaron Fitness
Ph. (07) 40995544
Fax (07) 40996333
TDI/SDI, IANTD, SSAC, IAHD, HSA, SSA, SSI, NAUI, CMAS, BSAC, PADI, PADI, Click here to edit this listing
Discover Dive School on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, offers PADI dive instruction to Learn to Scuba Dive and gain your Open Water certificate or further develop your diving skills. You will train on Poseidon - a new fast boat & one of the most popular tour operators in Port Douglas. You will visit the spectacular Agincourt Reef offering 3 dive sites per day.

We are a 5 star PADI Centre located in the heart of Port Douglas, Australia. Our small groups (max 6 people ) offer personal service, professional, caring instruction and loads of fun.
Undersea Explorer Course available Equipment hire available Liveabords available Accomodation available First Aid and Oxygen available
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Shop 4
Princes Wharf
Port Douglas Qld 4877
AUSTRALIA
Kaz Stanaway PADI, BSAC, CMAS, NAUI, SSI, SSA, HSA, IAHD, SSAC, IANTD, TDI/SDI, GUE, PADI, English, Click here to edit this listing
UNDERSEA EXPLORER is a liveaboard scuba diving operation, which combines adventure diving with marine research. Each week our marine scientists carry out valuable research on remote coral reefs. In turn, our guests are able to learn from the experts, and enjoy new and different dive experiences including
§ shark attraction dives
§ deep sea nautilus dives,
§ in-water encounters with whales.
Aside from the atmosphere of discovery our expeditions are also great fun!

Our 6 or 9 day expeditions depart each week from Port Douglas, one hour north of Cairns in Queensland, visiting the Cod Hole, Great Barrier Ribbon Reefs, remote Osprey Reef and Australia’s far northern reefs including Raine Island.
Every expedition is an adventure, offering unusual and exciting experiences for divers, with different research themes, focusing on close encounters with marine animals.

Option key:
Course available Can train divers Course available Will rent equipment Course available Have a dive shop
Course available Can supply enriched gas Course available Do liveabords Course available Can arrange accomodation
Course available Have a photo facility Course available Have first aid kit and oxygen Course available Rent rebreather equipment

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Travel Agents:

Following is a list of travel agents that have holidays in Port Douglas.
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Dive World Wide
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www.diveworldwide.com
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Dive Worldwide
Long Barn South
Sutton Manor Farm
Bishop's Sutton
Alresford
Hampshire
SO24 0AA
UK

Tel: 0845 130 6980 (local rate call)
International Tel: +44 1962 737 641
Fax: 0845 130 6985 (local rate call)
Fax international +44 1962 737 649
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At Dive Worldwide, our speciality is to tailor make a holiday to your individual specifications. We cater for the experienced diver wishing to explore new areas to non-divers wishing to learn to dive.
We have a highly skilled and knowledgeable team on hand who have travelled the world, owned and managed overseas dive centres, been dive guides and tour leaders, and who have had years of experience in the travel industry.
Between us we continue to research, explore and photograph dive destinations around the world in order to organise better itineraries for our guests. Together with all of our colleagues overseas, we are committed to offering a safe, enjoyable and educational experience.
We all have spent years travelling the world in search of exciting and new destinations - a passion we endeavour to share with our clients alongside our knowledge of the world.
Our knowledge of worldwide destinations enables us not only to combine dive regions but countries and even continents: - the options are only limited by your imagination and of course your budget... virtually anything is possible, think big - think Dive Worldwide!
Diversion Dive Travel
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www.diversionOZ.com
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PO Box 191
Redlynch (Cairns) 4870
Australia
+61 740 390 200
+61 740 390 300
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Diversion Dive Travel has been the leading online travel specialists since 1994 for diving vacations in the Western Pacific region including Australia, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, South East Asia and the Solomon Islands. This region covers some if the most pristine marine environments on the planet. Whether it is for daytrips, liveaboards or dive training, short cruises to the Coral Sea or extended dive excursions in Palau or Komodo, Great Barrier Reef or wreck diving specialities in Truk or Rabaul, Great White Shark cage dives in South Australia, secluded island resorts in Malaysia and Indonesia or private live-aboard excursions to the Andaman Sea in Thailand, we're here to help with all aspects of your travel planning. We work directly with the operators and pride ourselves in providing extensive unbiased product and destination information which give you the peace of mind of having considered all the options before making your choice.
As a fully licensed Australian Travel Agency we can provide you with accommodation, air tickets, tours, packages, insurance - and always with a friendly Australian attitude.
Diversion Dive Travel
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www.diversionoz.com
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PO Box 191
Redlynch QLD 4870
Australia
Ph. +61 7 4039 0200
Fax +61 7 4039 0300
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Diversion Dive Travel has been the leading online travel specialists since 1994 for diving vacations in the Western Pacific region including Australia, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, South East Asia and the Solomon Islands. This region covers some if the most pristine marine environments on the planet. Whether it is for daytrips, liveaboards or dive training, short cruises to the Coral Sea or extended dive excursions in Palau or Komodo, Great Barrier Reef or wreck diving specialities in Truk or Rabaul, Great White Shark cage dives in South Australia, secluded island resorts in Malaysia and Indonesia or private live-aboard excursions to the Andaman Sea in Thailand, we're here to help with all aspects of your travel planning. We work directly with the operators and pride ourselves in providing extensive unbiased product and destination information which give you the peace of mind of having considered all the options before making your choice.
As a fully licensed Australian Travel Agency we can provide you with accommodation, air tickets, tours, packages, insurance - and always with a friendly Australian attitude.
Schoener Tauchen
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www.schoener-tauchen.de
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Hastedter Heerstr. 211
D-28207 Bremen
Germany
Tel. +49 (0)421 - 450010
Fax +49 (0)421 - 450080
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Diving Travel Specialist from Germany with partner agencies in Switzerland, Poland and Australia

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