Silverswift

Why Silverswift?

1. Luxury 29 metre dive / snorkel vessel

Silverswift is a modern luxury vessel specially designed for diving and snorkel day trips on the Great Barrier Reef. Design and practical dive / snorkel facilities include a semi submerged aft platform for easy water access. Cruising at 32 knots and delivering two comfortable levels of seating, this vessel is a passengers dream for their once in a lifetime Reef adventure.

2. Visit 3 sites everyday on the Outer Barrier Reef

If this is your only trip to the reef, you will be enjoying three different environments in the one day enabling three different types of dives. Great value for money.

3. Latest equipment

Silverswift is committed to ensuring all divers and snorkellers are provided with the latest equipment to compliment your reef experience. The entire vessel has been fitted with the latest in dive / snorkel tanks and equipment.

4. Five hours of actual reef time

Silverswift is the fastest dive vessel traveling from Cairns to the Outer Barrier Reef in 60 minutes. This allows more time at the outer edge for water activities.

5. Dedicated Dive and Snorkel vessel

Silverswift has ample space in the air – conditioned lounge or on the open sun deck to allow for both Snorkellers and Divers to interact without either activity interupting the other.

6. Choice of 16 actual dive sites

With the unique roaming permit that Silverswift retains, it allows the Skipper to moor the vessel at the 3 best sites for the conditions, water clarity and marine life available to the passengers on your day of travel.

7. Highly trained professional staff

The Silver Series prides itself on its rigorous application, interview and training processes to ensure only supremely confident and passenger friendly staff are working on the vessel everyday. A comfortable friendly working environment allows passengers to feel really at ease on their day at the reef.

8. Guided snorkelling tour included

A trained marine interpreter gives a thoroughly informative coral and marine life brief before conducting a 30-40 minute interactive expedition over shallow reef formations discussing throughout the tour what is observed by the passengers.

9. All dives guided by the professional staff

All dive prices include professional dive guides to maximise your dive experience.

10. Five Star gourmet breakfast and lunch

Upon departure a gourmet focaccia breakfast is laid out in the saloon for passengers to ensure they have all the energy you need to get you through till lunch. Lunch is a delectable smorgasbord providing a range of seafoods, including king prawns, hot curries, fresh garden and pasta salads and soups throughout the winter months.

11. Hot Fresh water showers on board.

A great asset for passengers wanting to wash off after your salty adventure before the journey home. Change rooms are also available.

12. Small boat numbers.

Even though the vessel is surveyed (licenced) to carry 140 passengers, Silverswift will only take approximatley 80 passengers maximum, this ensures;

• a passenger/staff ratio of at least 1 staff member to every 8 passengers
• that passengers enjoy an intimate day and are catered for in every way.