The liveaboard vessel Supersport has been honoured with more excellence awards than any other liveaboard dive vessel in the area. She is a very spacious and stable vessel with a very large well-equipped dive deck as well as a very spacious sundeck, al fresco deck and saloon. With these features onboard and premier dive locations, you can look forward to a good time in and out of the water. The 'Fly Dive' itinerary provides more diving and more relaxed diving. Quickly you will notice there is no rush or limit placed on the time you spend in the water. Vessel movement between dive sites is limited to a maximum of 75 minutes per day.

You have a choice of two itineraries, both including a spectacular low-level flight over the Great Barrier Reef between Lizard Island and Cairns. The Northbound itinerary starts with an evening departure for the Ribbon Reefs from Cairns. The trip steadily works itself toward Lizard Island from which you fly back to Cairns. The Southbound itinerary is basically the opposite with you flying to Lizard Island, and then heading back toward Cairns on the vessel Supersport.

All dives are at the superior Northern Reefs between Cooktown and the Cod Hole, including the beautiful Ribbon Reefs. This 90 kilometre (55 miles) turquoise chain of ribbon reefs is the most prized dive region in the northern section of the Great Barrier Reef. You will see spectacular concentrations of pristine coral and a myriad of brightly colorful tropical fish. The currents that channel between the Ribbon Reefs attract bigger fish population than anywhere else. You will enjoy exciting night and drift dives with excellent visibility, most of the time above 20 metres.

Mike Ball has some of the dive industry's best trained and qualified staff, with most guests improving their dive skills during the dive adventure. Half of the 11-person crew are divemasters or instructors allowing better supervision and more personalised attention. The 'Trip Director' is specifically tasked to ensure you have great diving and a great time. Orientation dives are provided to advance the skills of novice divers.

 Itinerary (Northbound) (4 Nights)

• Thursday - Check-in and Departure
   - Check in at Mike Ball Office (143 Lake Street Cairns) at 4pm.
   - Board Supersport 8pm at the Marlin Jetty - Berth 16, Cairns.
   - Cruise overnight to the Ribbon Reefs.
• Friday - Ribbon Reef #3, Flare Point, Steve's Bommie, Fish Market
   - Expect spectacular coral gardens, spotted rays, reef sharks and green turtle sightings, majestic coral pinnacles teeming with life, and huge schools of fusiliers that entice predatory barracuda and trevally.
   - While night diving, decorator crabs, moray eels and crayfish are just a few of the creatures you can find.
• Saturday - Ribbon Reef #4, Clam Beds, #5 Rouge Reef, #9 Challenger Bay
   - Dive superb patch reefs dotted with huge giant clams. 
   - Caves, canyons and encrusted coral bommies encourage great exploration and are home to an array of tropical fish including butterfly, angel and beautifully coloured trumpet fish.
   - Possible sightings of garden eels, blue spotted rays, leaf scorpion fish, and moray eels.
• Sunday - Ribbon Reef #9 & #10, Cod Hole, Dynamite Pass and Lizard Island
   - Circumnavigate Pixie Pinnacle and Lighthouse Bommie covered in schools of fusiliers.
   - Minke whales can be seen here between May & August.
   - Enjoy encounters with huge, diver-friendly Maori Wrasse and Potato Cod.
   - Cruise to Lizard Island at 5pm.
• Monday - low level (200m) 250km flight along the Great Barrier Reef to Cairns
   - Breakfast on board and transfer to Lizard Island.
   - Fly back to Cairns over the Great Barrier Reef.
   - Return at approximately 11am for courtesy transfer to city hotels.

Itinerary (Southbound) (3 Nights)

• Monday - Check-in and Departure
   - Check in at Cairns Colonial Club at 7am for transfer to Cairns Airport.
   - Low level reef flight to Lizard Island to board Supersport.
   - Dive with the diver-friendly and diver-sized Maori Wrasse and Potato Cod.
   - Explore the pristine coral gardens at Challenger Bay.
   - Experience diverse arrays of nocturnal marine species on the night dive at Challenger Bay.
• Tuesday - Ribbon Reefs #10 and #9, and Clam Beds
   - Expect sponges and golden gorgonian sea fans at Pixie Wall. Search the caves and crevices while watching for passing manta rays, sharks or turtles.
   - Circumnavigate Pixie Pinnacle while engulfed in schools of fusiliers. 
   - Admire magnificent giant clams and spectacular coral gardens with arrays of fish species.
   - Night dive at Flare Point where green turtle sightings are common.
• Wednesday - Ribbon Reef #3
   - Descend through yellow striped snapper, trevally and barracuda at Steve's Bommie.
   - Find rich & diverse marine life ranging from the lacy scorpion fish to Minke whales.
   - See a display of schooling reef fish at the Fish Market.
• Thursday - Dock at Cairns
   - Early morning docking at Cairns.
   - Breakfast on Supersport. Transfer back to accommodation at 10am.

Departure and Return