5 Days/4 Nights (4 Full Days Diving)Friday: Complimentary pick-ups from Cairns City accommodation commence between 3:00pm & 3:30pm. Passengers arrive to our vessel ‘TAKA’ at approx 4:30pm. Check in is then done by one of our experienced & friendly crew members. The first evening we travel overnight 150km to the Cod Hole. During this time passengers organize their dive gear or hire gear. We also have a brief period of introduction followed by paperwork and a briefing on the schedule for the next day. Dinner is served at approx 7:30pm with the rest of the evening for relaxation. Saturday: 8:30am, arrive at the Cod Hole, dive briefing. Dive 1: Familiarization with the Cod Hole. Check out dive for those who have done less than 50 dives or have not dived in the past year. Likely Sightings include Giant Potato Cod, Moray Eel, Reef Sharks & Maori Wrasse. Dive 2: Cod Feed at the Cod Hole- Close encounters with the Famous Potato Cod. Dive 3:Pixie’s Pinacle/Reef/Wall or Challenger Bay - Likely Sightings include Lion Fish, Nudibranchs, Garden Eels & Barracuda. Dive 4 6:30pm Night Dive at Challenger Bay - Likely Sightings include Cuttle Fish, Sea Turtles, Reef Sharks & Manta Rays. Sunday:7:30am Arrive at Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea. Dive 5 North Horn. Wall Dive with drop-offs to 100m. There is a fantastic variety of sharks swimming off the wall- such as Gray Whalers, White Tip & Black Tips, Hammerheads, A Giant Potato Cod and the occasional Bull Shark. Dive 6 North Horn SHARK FEED. Divers observe this amazing spectacle from 15m sitting on dead coral palettes. The SHARK FEED can last anywhere from 5min to 30min depending on how many and how hungry the sharks are. Once the feed is completed, once the instructors gives the ‘all clear', the divers can leave the wall and continue the dive. Dive 7 Half Way Wall. Sightings include interesting coral formations, Feather Stars and Green Sea Turtles. Dive 8 The Entrance. Sightings include Puffer Fish & Clown Fish. Monday: Dive 9 Clam Gardens. Likely Sightings include Giant Clams (150-200 y/o) Dive 10 Steve’s Bommie. Likely Sightings include Red flame File Shell, Stone Fish, Wobbegong Sharks, Turtles & Thousands of schooling Anthias. Dive 11 Temple Of Doom. Sightings include Flatworms & Clownfish. Dive 12 Beer Gardens. Sightings include Sleepy Turtles & Parrot Fish. Tuesday: Dive 13 Hogs Breath. Sightings include Angelfish & Clown Fish. Dive 14 Split Bommie. Sightings include Octopus & various Butterfly Fish. As we sail back to Cairns, passengers have plenty of time to rest and relax in between snacks and lunch. Taka then arrives back to Trinity Wharf in Cairns at 3:00pm. | 
