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Company description Undersea Explorer`s guests visit Australia`s best dive sites on the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Departing Port Douglas, the expeditions are 6 to 9 days duration.
We visit remote Osprey Reef which offers 1000 mtr drop-offs, shark dive and pelagic action, the coral gardens of the Ribbon Reefs and the World Famous Cod Hole.
In Oct and Nov we visit the far northern reefs including the magnificent Raine Island for turtle and Tiger shark action
Undersea Explorer is a liveaboard scuba diving operation, which combines adventure diving with authentic marine research and education.
Your diving experience is our priority. Diver`s abilities are respected and include no time-limit dives and exhilarating drift dives. We do not generally dive as a ``group``, and this increases the chance of seeing marine animals. Our crew are there to assist those with less experience, and the adventure divers are not held back.
We undertake research projects which contribute to our knowledge and conservation of marine ecosystems, as well as creating new experiences for divers.
Our research projects explore many areas of interest including minke whales, sharks, octopus, nautilus, fluorescent corals, water quality and coral spawning. We employ a scientist as a crew member and our research activities fit around the diving program, adding a stimulating atmosphere of discovery to all expeditions.
Our adventure diving tourism, and benefactor support, provide the funding to allow the permanent employment of marine scientists and to provide berth space, equipment and funding for external scientists onboard Undersea Explorer. Our research efforts are focused on projects which contribute to our understanding of reef ecology, biodiversity, conservation and minimising human impacts on our marine resources. Current projects are investigating dwarf minke whales, whitetip reef sharks, octopuses, nautilus, fluorescent corals, coral bleaching, water quality and more.
Undersea Explorer`s frequent access to an easily monitored population of Reef sharks at Osprey Reef, and Tiger Sharks at Raine Island, gives us a unique opportunity for long term comprehensive study which investigates growth rates, breeding times and locations as well as behavioural patterns and movements.
Location description: Our expeditions:
*OSPREY REEF SHARK ENCOUNTER
This expedition will include 3 days (weather depending) at remote Osprey Reef which offers incredible visibility and 1000 metre deep coral walls. Undersea Explorer has the most experience of visiting Osprey Reef, compared to other North Queensland liveaboard operators. At North Horn, Osprey Reef, where the currents meet, we`ll see large schools of tuna, barracuda and plenty of sharks - white tips, grey and silver tip whalers, leopard sharks, thresher sharks and schooling hammerheads. You`ll dive with one to seven Manta Rays, the gentle giants of the deep. This is exhilarating diving with the shark experts.
You`ll also enjoy the contrast of 3 days diving the Ribbon Reefs of the Great Barrier Reef. There`s many varied dive sites featuring the diversity of coral gardens, the overwhelming fish life of the pinnacles, and diving the world famous Cod Hole.
*DWARF MINKE WHALE EXPEDITIONS
The Undersea Explorer Dwarf Minke Whale Project is now in its tenth year. This expedition spending 6 days on the Great Barrier Ribbon Reefs, has developed into an amazing experience of in-water whale encounters unparalleled around the world. We now know a lot more about these whales than other dive boats, and we encounter over 220 whales during our 6 week season, with up to 60 whales in some weeks! On these expeditions you will swim with magnificent Dwarf Minke Whales, and have the added bonus of diving the northern Great Barrier Reef.
Most of our whale interactions are conducted while snorkelling and being totally predictable while holding on to lines attached to the vessel as it drifts. This ensures that the encounter happens under the whales terms. The dwarf minke whales within the northern Great Barrier Reef are probably the most curious and interactive of all the baleen whales.
*REMOTE FAR NORTHERN EXPEDITIONS
Undersea Explorer offers four expeditions to the remote far Northern Great Barrier Reef each year in Oct and Nov. Australia`s spring is the best time to dive the outer walls, offering a great chance of encounters with megafauna - Brydes Whales, Manta Rays and Whale Sharks are all regular visitors to this region.
Tiger Sharks are also encountered, and Undersea Explorer has supported a project in conjunction with documentary producers Digital Dimensions and CSIRO, which involves tagging Tiger Sharks at Raine Island Reef.
A highlight of this expedition is the turtle watching. Our small group will watch as the ancient female turtles move up the beach and laboriously dig their nests and lay a clutch of eggs. This is a rare opportunity to observe a timeless event in a quiet and unobtrusive way. Seabird watching is also excellent with many species nesting in this region.
*CORAL SPAWNING EXPEDITION
This will be a trip with lots of night diving and enjoying the action in the shallows of the reef as many of the animals move here to spawn.

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Contact information:

Phone: 61 (0)7 4099 5911
Fax: 61 (0)7 4099 5914
Street Address:
PO Box 615
Port Douglas
Queensland
Australia
4877
Spoken language(s): English,German,French,Italian
Open: from 09-00 till 17-00
Local time:  GMT + 10 Brisbain, Vladivostok, Sidney, Canberra
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