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Outer Barrier Reef with Agincourt Cruises
Prices from $212 AUD

 

For your experience of a lifetime, Agincourt Cruises wavepiercing catamarans and friendly crew will take you to a reef at the very edge of Australia's Continental Shelf, to an underwater world that is a dazzling kaleidoscope of colour and brilliance... Agincourt Reef, a magnificent ribbon reef where you can experience first hand the magic that is the Great Barrier Reef.

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Features

  • Reef presentation by marine biologist.
  • Hot and cold tropical smorgasbord lunch.
  • All snorkelling equipment provided.
  • Qualified snorkelling safety officers on hand
  • Underwater observatory fish & coral viewing
  • Coral viewing by semi-submersible vessels
  • Fish feeding
  • Only Pontoon on the World Famous Ribbon Reefs

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Prices

From 1/04/2012 to 31/03/2013 AdultChildFamilyInfant  
Agincourt Reef Cruise cruise, lunch, snorkelling, morning and afternoon tea. $212.00$106.00$530.00$0.00 Add To Cart
Fly / Cruise - Cairns (per person) Helicopter to Reef - Return via Boat Cruise $509.00    Add To Cart
Cruise / Fly - Cairns (per person) Cruise to Reef - Return via Helicopter $509.00    Add To Cart
Fly / Fly - Cairns (per person) Helicopter to Reef - Return via Helicopter $755.00    Add To Cart
Cruise / Fly - Port Douglas (per person) Cruise to Reef - Return via Helicopter $449.00    Add To Cart
Fly / Cruise - Port Douglas (per person) Helicopter to Reef - Return via Boat Cruise $449.00    Add To Cart
Fly / Fly - Port Douglas (per person) Helicopter to Reef - Return via Helicopter $669.00    Add To Cart
+ Introductory Snorkelling Tour with marine biologist $50.00$25.00   Add To Cart
+ Adventure Snorkel Tour with marine biologist $69.00$39.00   Add To Cart
+ Introductory Scuba Dive includes gear and tuition $148.00    Add To Cart
+ Ocean Walker helmut diving - no experience neccessary (MUST BE PRE BOOKED) $150.00    Add To Cart
+ 1 certified scuba dive includes all gear $105.00    Add To Cart
+ 2 certified scuba dives includes all gear $150.00    Add To Cart
+ Helicopter Scenic Flight 10 minute scenic flight - per person $148.00    Add To Cart
+ Helicopter Scenic Flight - Half Hour 30 minute scenic flight - per person $395.00    Add To Cart
+ Transfer Cairns & Beaches return coach transfers $22.00$11.00$55.00$0.00 Add To Cart
+ Transfer Port Douglas return coach transfers $9.00$4.50$22.50$0.00 Add To Cart
Additional Costs: $6 for EMC (reef tax) applies to all bookings. Children = 4 - 14 years, Infant = 0 - 3 years, Family = 2 adults and 2 children aged 4 - 14

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Choose to dive, snorkel, or stay dry and explore the stunning reef from the comfort of a Agincourt Cruises semi-sub, just one metre underwater.
Watch the fish feeding from Agincourt Cruises unique underwater viewing platform and underwater observatory, or fly in a helicopter over the reef.

Whichever way you choose, you'll bring home a lifetime of memories from this living natural wonder.

 

Agincourt Reef

Adjacent to the Coral Sea trench, these ribbon reefs are recognised as the most pristine eco-systems in the reef’s environment.

Clear water provides the best possible underwater visibility, encourages rich coral growth and supports spectacular marine life. As the region’s outer reef pioneer, we chose the best location available to show you nature’s finest.

Comfort and Space - Too much of a good thing is wonderful. Your journey is as important as your destination. It’s a modern voyage, travelling in safety and air-conditioned comfort with state-of-the-art vessels that glide across the water to spacious platforms floating at the reef’s edge.

The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world’s most unique and amazing marine spectacles and is the largest reef structure in the world. It extends for 2300 kilometres along the north-eastern coast of Australia and consists of about 2900 individual reefs - covering an area about the same size as the United Kingdom, half the size of the State of Texas or the length of the entire Japanese island chain.

This World Heritage listed marine park supports the greatest concentration of life on the planet with over 1500 species of fish, 350 different corals, 4000 species of molluscs and 10,000 species of sponges. Whales are often encountered in these waters from May to September.

Snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef

Snorkelling is one of the many activities included in your day and is one of the best ways to view the incredible underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef. Our friendly crew are on hand to show you how. On your journey out to Agincourt Reef, you can view an instructional video on how to snorkel to teach you the right techniques.

  • Upon reaching the outer reef, you can obtain your snorkelling equipment from the storage containers on the platform.
  • Easy access to the water is available from submerged platforms. Our friendly snorkelling safety officers can assist you with your snorkelling gear and give you a few tips so that you can fully enjoy your experience.

Introductory Snorkel Tour

Designed for the novice or beginner snorkeller.

  • Duration: 30-40 minutes
  • This tour is designed for the novice or beginner snorkeller.
  • The tour provides an introduction to the marine environment.
  • It is tailored for families, and those wanting an educational experience.
  • Tours leave and return from the protected snorkelling platform. As a safety precaution, the marine biologist tows a safety float and a whistle.

Advanced Snorkel Tour

For the more adventurous - some snorkelling experience is recommended.

  • Duration: 45 - 60+ minutes
  • This tour is more about exploring, and the marine biologists encourage and teach passengers how to duck dive (if they would like to learn).
  • Tours generally leave from the platform, but sometimes may involve a drop-off from a small tender, so participants can cover a greater distance, and have the chance to “drift with the current”, before returning to the platform.
  • Distance travelled can be up to several hundred metres.
  • Duration of up to 60+ minutes depends on conditions and passenger experience.

 

 

Discover the wonder of the Reef

With Agincourt Cruises, you can choose to add an amazing and truly memorable dimension to your reef experience with the underwater magic of scuba diving at the renowned Agincourt Reef or idyllic Low Isles. At Agincourt Reef on the very edge of Australia’s continental shelf, diving is quite simply spectacular!


Introductory Scuba Diving

It’s fun and easy! And there is still plenty of time to enjoy all other activities on board with family and friends!
No experience is necessary to experience this amazing underwater world with an introductory scuba dive. If you’ve never dived before, and would like to, Agincourt Cruises offer introductory dives with a highly qualified dive instructor. The only requirements are that you are over 12 years, pass the on-board medical questionnaire and participate in our 30 minute dive brief.
Unique t Agincourt Cruise’s Agincourt Reef platform, introductory divers can follow Queensland's only underwater ecotrail, a series of explanatory plaques that can help you learn about this amazing environment as you dive.
All equipment, including wetsuits and prescription masks (if required) are included. Multi-lingual diving instructors are available on request. All of our professional dive instructors are PADI qualified.


Certified Diving

Certified Divers can explore an underwater world teeming with exotic marinelife, while non-diving and snorkelling companions participate in platform activities – including the choice of an introductory dive.

Certified divers can enjoy one or two spectacular dives lasting approximately 40 minutes - the ultimate experience at Agincourt Reef where visibility is excellent and the variety of marine life is exceptional. Our professional instructors accompany all dives at no extra charge, ensuring maximum safety and enjoyment.

Certified divers must posses an internationally recognized SCUBA certificate card.


Ocean Walker

Experience the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef without even getting your hair wet. Ocean Walking is a new take on Helmet Diving. It's easy and safe and with no experience neccessary anyone can have a go.

 

 

 

 

 

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