We Know Because We Go! | Book with a 5-Star Team,| Trusted by 10,000+ Divers
Ocean View Deluxe Cabin
The Ocean View Deluxe Cabin offers a spacious retreat with a double bed, writing desk, and private ensuite.
The Spirit of Freedom offers the best in liveaboard dive cruising to Australias Great Barrier Reef and remote Coral Sea reefs.
Cod Hole & Ribbon Reefs, Coral Sea & Ribbons Reefs, Cod Hole, Ribbon Reefs & Coral Sea
The Ocean View Deluxe Cabin offers a spacious retreat with a double bed, writing desk, and private ensuite.
The Ocean View Standard Cabin provides a cozy stay with a double bed, wardrobe, and private bathroom.
The Stateroom features a queen-size bed, extra shelving, and an ensuite in a private lower-deck location.
The Standard Double/Twin Cabin includes a double bed with a single bunk, ideal for couples or friends.
The Quad Share Cabin accommodates groups with four bunk-style single beds and a private bathroom.
The Spirit of Freedom offers the best in liveaboard dive cruising to Australias Great Barrier Reef and remote Coral Sea reefs. Scuba Dive Tours of 3, 4 and 7-day duration depart our of Cairns to iconic dive sites such as the Cod Hole, Ribbon Reefs and North Horn, Osprey Reef. Shark dives, Potato Cod feeding, sheer walls laced with massive soft corals, manta-rays, minke whales, and abundant healthy tropical reefs, rich with marine biodiversity are just some of the highlights you'll experience with Spirit of Freedom diving tours.
As one of the world's natural wonders, the Great Barrier Reef offers exotic and rare diving opportunities. Its incredibly diverse underwater ecosystem supports copious and colorful marine life. Spirit of Freedom highlights the Ribbon Reefs and the Coral Sea.
[See: Australia Dive Travel Guide & Great Barrier Reef Dive Travel Guide]
Check Out This Great Video from Spirit of Freedom!
Spirit of Freedom contains 11 guest cabins, all with private bathroom. There are various different cabin styles and 4 price points to best suit your requirements. All cabins are air-conditioned and are serviced each day.
Diving the remote regions of the Ribbon Reefs and Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea, requires you to join a live-aboard scuba diving tour. Join Spirit of Freedom and witness the massive Potato Cod being fed at the Cod Hole, experience the thrilling shark dive at North Horn, Osprey Reef, and in the winter months you may even encounter the inquisitive Minke Whale on the Ribbon Reefs. Spirit of Freedom live-aboard dive tours depart from Cairns in the tropical north of Australia and offer 3, 4 and 7-night dive expeditions.
DIVE LEVEL: We recommend this Great Barrier Reef liveaboard dive trip for Open Water to Experienced divers, or divers with minimum 10 ocean dives, including 5 dives in the last 12 months.
DEPARTS: Cairns 12:00 noon Thursday RETURNS: Cairns 12:00 noon Sunday
DIVES: 11 (including one night dive)
Stepping aboard the sleek and spacious Spirit of Freedom, our 3-night liveaboard dive trip departs every Thursday from Cairns, and travels along the rarely visited Ribbon Reefs, finishing 240 km to the north at the world-famous Cod Hole. Along the Ribbons you will have the opportunity to complete up to 11 dives as you encounter clouds of colourful tropical fish, an incredible variety of vibrant healthy corals, giant clams, anemones, huge schools of cruising pelagic fish, and a family of giant potato cod. On Saturday, we will make our way to the remote Lizard Island (Jiigurru), some 90km off the Queensland coast, for an overnight stay in the secluded Watsons Bay where you will enjoy an evening BBQ dinner on the top deck. Sunday morning, you will have time to explore Lizard Island before boarding a one-hour scenic flight back to Cairns.
DIVE LEVEL: We recommend this Great Barrier Reef liveaboard dive trip for Advanced divers, or divers with a minimum of 20 ocean dives, including 5 dives in the last 12 months.
DEPARTS: Cairns 8:30 am Sunday RETURNS: Cairns 8:00 am Thursday
DIVES: Up to 15 (including 1 night dive)
Our four-day Coral Sea trip begins on a Sunday morning, with a 200km flight from Cairns along the coastline and over the Great Barrier Reef to the remote Lizard Island (Jiigurru), some 90km off the Queensland coast. Landing on the small island runway, you will be met by our crew and welcomed aboard as your liveaboard dive trip adventure begins! Your first day will see you diving at the very top of the Ribbon Reefs, before our 100km overnight voyage out to the world-famous Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea. Isolated from other reefs, Osprey is an old volcanic atoll lying 220 km off the coast and offers some of the worlds best diving. You will spend two days diving a variety of Ospreys spectacular sites, renowned for spectacular 1,000 metre walls, massive soft corals, amazing shark action, and exceptional visibility. North Horn at the tip of Osprey is a site where grey reef sharks, Silvertips, and the occasional oceanic congregate. A natural amphitheatre makes this the perfect location for our shark attraction where you can witness up to 30-50 sharks circling. The final day of your liveaboard dive trip is spent at Ribbon Reef Number 3, or occasionally if the weather permits, Bougainville Reef, to the south of Osprey Reef. Overnight travel on the last night returns you to Cairns early on Thursday morning.
DIVE LEVEL: We recommend this Great Barrier Reef dive liveaboard trip to Advanced Divers, or divers with at least 20 logged ocean dives including 5 in the past 12 months.
DEPARTS: Cairns 12 pm (noon) Thursday RETURNS: Cairns 8:00 am Thursday
DIVES: 26 (including two night dives)
For the diver who wants to see it all, our 7-night dive liveaboard trip begins every Thursday from Cairns and combines the 3 Night Cod Hole/Ribbon Reef and 4 Night Coral Sea trips into one of the worlds most epic liveaboard dive boat adventures. Stepping aboard the sleek and spacious Spirit of Freedom, your Great Barrier Reef dive liveaboard expedition begins with a 240km journey through the rarely visited Ribbon Reefs, to the famous Cod Hole dive site. Along the Ribbons you will the opportunity for up to 11 dives as you encounter clouds of colourful tropical fish, an incredible variety of vibrant healthy corals, giant clams, anemones, and huge schools of cruising pelagic fish, and a family of giant potato cod. On Saturday, will make our way to the remote Lizard Island (Jiigurru), some 90km off the Queensland coast, for an overnight stay in the secluded Watsons Bay where you will enjoy an evening BBQ dinner on the top deck. In the morning, you will have time to explore Lizard Island as our 3-night guests depart for their flight back to Cairns and the 4-night guests arrive to join the trip as we move to more advanced diving conditions.As you share tales of the past 3 days with your new dive companions, we make our way to the top of the Ribbon Reefs dive sites like Challenger Bay and Lighthouse Bommie, before an overnight crossing to the famous Osprey Reef (weather permitting) in the Coral Sea. An old volcanic atoll lying 220km off the coast, Osprey Reef is renowned for its spectacular walls of 1,000m, its massive soft corals, shark action, and exceptional visibility. We will spend two days here exploring different locations. North Horn, at the tip of the Osprey Reef, is a site where grey reef sharks and Silvertips congregate and your chance for a close encounter shark dive where you yo will typically see up to 30-40 sharks on this incredible dive. Your final day is spent at Ribbon Reef Number 3, or occasionally if the weather permits, Bougainville Reef, to the south of Osprey Reef. Overnight travel on the last night returns you to Cairns early on Thursday morning where you will enjoy breakfast before departing the vessel with up to 26 amazing dives to add to your logbook, and many fond memories of your liveaboard dive trip aboard Spirit of Freedom.
Join us on board Spirit of Freedom to dive the exotic Far Northern Great Barrier Reef. With space aboard our 7 Day / 7 Night Fly/ Dive Expeditions, you can take advantage of this rare opportunity to experience the seldom visited reefs along the isolated region of the Cape York Peninsular.
The Far Northern Reefs are known as the isolated reefs north of Lizard Island that extend to the east the tip of Cape York peninsular, around 500 nautical miles north of Cairns. One of the last totally pristine areas of the Great Barrier Reef, these reefs are seldom visited by any boats, and many of the hundreds of reefs in the region, are yet to be fully explored. The Far Northern reefs are famous for their fantastic wall dives, pinnacles alive with fish, massive coral heads, and reef fish and invertebrates of incredible variety and colors.
The nesting season for the green sea turtle runs from October through February, and November and December sees thousands upon thousands of turtles descending on the many small coral cays in the region.
The Spring is also the best weather season to dive the outer walls, offering a great chance of encounters with sharks, manta rays and massive schools of pelagics. The diving in this region can be challenging, and these tours are only recommended for the experienced diver.
[See: Australia Dive Travel Guide]