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Silverswift Barrier Reef Cruise (Snorkelling)

An active reef day built entirely around being in the water.

Silverswift departs Cairns daily for a water-first reef day: unlimited snorkelling with a guided tour, up to three dives for the certified, lifeguards on watch, hot showers after, and a full day of proper feeding.

⭑ 4.5 328 Google reviews 📍 Great Barrier Reef ⏱ 8 Hours 👥 Small group 🔥 Active

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Overview

Some reef boats are floating buffets with a swim attached. Silverswift is the inverse: an active day engineered around maximum water time, whether you're snorkelling, trying your first dive or working through a certified-diver card.

Everyone gets their lane. Snorkellers get unlimited adventure snorkelling with gear included, a guided snorkel tour and a briefing at each site, all under qualified lifeguard supervision, with prescription masks available free, a rare and glorious detail for the glasses-wearers. First-time divers can take up to two dives with an instructor at their side; certified divers get up to three, all guided. Lycra suits and dive wetsuits are included.

The feeding schedule holds up its end: focaccias and muffin cakes on boarding, a hot and cold tropical buffet lunch, cakes and biscuits in the afternoon, plus hot freshwater showers before you head home. Departs the Cairns Reef Fleet Terminal daily; small fuel surcharge collected before travel.

Why you'll love it

  1. 1

    Unlimited snorkelling all day

  2. 2

    Up to three guided dives

  3. 3

    Free prescription masks

  4. 4

    Lifeguards on supervision

  5. 5

    Hot showers aboard

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    Buffet lunch and teas

What's included

✓ What's included

  • Return Silverswift cruise from Cairns Reef Fleet Terminal
  • Morning tea on boarding (focaccias and muffin cakes), plus afternoon tea with cakes, biscuits and tropical fruit
  • Hot and cold tropical buffet lunch
  • Reef Interpretation
  • Unlimited snorkelling at three (3) reef sites - includes equipment (mask, snorkel & fins)
  • Guided Snorkel Tour (at 3rd Reef Site)
  • Snorkel brief at each reef site
  • Qualified lifeguard supervision
  • Equipment for divers provided, including wetsuit
  • Hot freshwater showers
  • Prescription masks available at no additional cost
  • Lycra suits included

✕ Not included

  • ✕Fuel surcharge of $10 AUD per adult and $5 AUD per child, collected through a payment link before travel or at the check-in counter on the day of travel.

Common questions about this trip

  • What's the cancellation policy?
    Cancel before midday the day before travel for no fee. Cancel between midday and 6pm the day before and a 50% fee applies. Cancel after 6pm the day before, or no-show, and a 100% fee applies. Date changes are free with at least 24 hours notice, subject to availability. If the cruise can't run due to weather or unforeseen circumstances, guests are offered an alternative date or a refund. Wanderlust handles the refund for you, refunds mirror the operator's terms 1:1 (including if the operator cancels) and we chase it on your behalf.

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What travellers say

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The operator's track record

4.5 on Google · 328 reviews

Review excerpts below are from Tripadvisor.

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"This is more of a dive-oriented boat than the other two outfits I dove with in Cairns, and it showed. We did three dives total and saw nudibranchs, parrotfish, triggerfish, spotted garden eels, a giant trumpetfish, a potato cod, giant clams, sea cucumbers, and on and on."
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bryce712

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"amazing experience, crew were so attentive and knowledgeable, went during the raining season and the boat was fully covered and they offered free sea sickness tablets. we swam at 3 private reefs and they were beautiful, saw lots of amazing sea life. the food was brilliant and they offered free teas and coffees throughout the trip."
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lucy

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"This experience was very well organized with every person’s best experience kept in the forefront, no matter what age. How to put on and use the snorkel gear was so well explained and demonstrated that it took away fears. The food was good. The staff was very well trained, friendly, and helpful. Loved the whole experience."
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