Turtles, sharks, snakes, manta's not to mention Minke Whales – how better to beat the cooler weather than spending 7 days aboard the Spirit of Freedom cruising the Coral Sea.The first half of our trip saw us diving the ribbon reefs, caves and walls on our way to the Cod Hole. Who could forget the Cod hole with six massive potato cod joining us for a feed. Day 2 & 3 in this beautiful part of the world bought what we were looking for, the Minke Whales. How magnificent it was when they stopped by to check us out as we made our way up the mooring line for our safety stop. An amazing experience which happened more than once!
Fantastic macro life, devil rays, cuttlefish, juvenile barracuda and sea snakes only enhanced the diving experience – to think this was still only the first part of the trip! To round it off we were mesmerised by a Tawny Nurse shark playing alongside the boat with Captain Tony. Next came a half day on Lizard Island to stretch our legs before continuing on our way to Osprey Reef. We spent the next 4 days at diving the spectacular Osprey Reef. Words just can not describe everything we saw dive after dive. Drift dives along 90m walls, Manta rays, turtles, schools of great barracuda. Night diving was just something out of the world, the giant Trevally schooled around us waiting for a torch beam to light up a poor unsuspecting fingerling then 'pow' a GT had dinner. The shark feed was just an amazing experience, which bought a horde of Grey Whalers, White & Black tip's Oceanic Slivers, even a hammerhead or two! Just when it couldn't get any better, we dived on a site that has an old 1800's admiralty anchor caught in a large swim through.
Congratulations to Maria for completing her Advanced Adventurer and Nitrox course while onboard. A fantastic trip with a great group of people....... it’s been so hard to come back to reality........ For those lucky enough to be on the 14 day expedition, you’ll love it!
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