Santa Maria

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Cruise price per person includes: Accommodation either in a cabin or in berths in the main saloon,, breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, coffee, tea and water, dives (as detailed in the trips above), tanks, weights, weight belts, all dive equipment.

Cruise price per person excludes (mandatory, unless customer provides own): GBR Marine Park fee and port fee.

Optional extras: Alcoholic drinks and soft drinks - bring your own but no glass bottles please, dive insurance, extra night dives, land transfers from City and Northern beaches available at additional cost.

How to get there: Santa Maria departs from Marlin Jetty (finger D) in Cairns every Monday and Friday and guests are asked to be there at 08:00 am sharp. Land transfers from city accommodation to Marlin Jetty are available at extra charge. For more information on getting to Cairns see our How to get there section.

Non-diver rate: Deduct US$ 150 from the published diver price.

Dive clubs and group discounts: None.

• Portholes
• Shared Bathroom with hot-water shower
• Hand basin with towels
• Reading lamp
• Bedding
• Life jackets
• Fire extinguishers

• Captain
• Instructor / Divemaster
• Hostess / Cook

• Meals aboard Santa Maria consists of either Asia, Italian or local cuisine.
• Main meals comprise breakfast, lunch and dinner, with snacks filling the holes in between.
• Menus vary slightly from trip to trip and, weather permitting, meals are served on the deck in the open-air dining area, failing which dinner is in the saloon.
• Candybars, afternoon biscuits, bread/toast, evening cheese & crackers and nuts, fruit, tea & coffee and drinking water are all available free of charge.
• Soft drinks are available for purchase on board, and the only alcohol on board will be what you bring. However no glass bottles are allowed (thus bring only beer cans or boxed wine).
• With advanced notice, vegetarians and other special diets can be catered for.
• Pre-departure morning tea with croissants or muffins, and lunch is the first full meal on departure day.

• Built in 1984, refurbished annually
• Size - 20m x 5.2m
• Top speed - 10 knots
• Cruising speed - 7 knots
• 1 x 300 HP Cummins engine
• 12 litre aluminium tanks with K valves
• No electricity
• Water capacity - 1,200 litres
• Fuel capacity - 550 litres
• No environmental storage tanks

• 16-person life raft
• VHF / HF Uniden radios
• Fire alarm / detectors
• Emergency lights / signal devices
• Northstar GPS
• Northstar sounder
• Mobile phone (for emergency use)
• Bilge Pump Alarm
• Searchlight
• Life jackets under beds
• Fire extinguishers throughout
• MFA box and trained staff
• Continuous flow and demand valve oxygen on board