Lady Musgrave Cruises

Lady Musgrave Cruises travel daily to one of the seven natural wonders of the world - The Great Barrier Reef. Travel to Lady Musgrave Island and lagoon, a lagoon of approximately 3000 hectares with over 350 varieties of pristine colourful coral and 1300 species of tropical fish. Experience the only navigable lagoon and coral island on the Great Barrier Reef. Cruise in sheer comfort on the Spirit of 1770 and moor alongside the floating pontoon, Reef Sanctuary.

Departing daily at 8.30am from the Town of 1770, just over five hours drive from Brisbane, you will experience snorkelling, island walking, glass bottom boat coral viewing, semi-submersible submarine tours, diving, fishing and fish feeding. Swim with turtles and in season view whales cruising to and from the Town of 1770. Lady Musgrave Island and her magical coral fringed lagoon are the perfect location to explore Australia's Great Barrier Reef first hand. Experience all the Great Barrier Reef has to offer. For bookings and information contact Lady Musgrave Cruises 1800 63 1770 or jump online

Boat Description:

• 'Spirit of 1770' is a purpose built 22 meter high speed Catamaran, and is 1770’s premier day cruise vessel which takes approximately 90 minutes by sea to the Island in air-conditioned comfort, with capacity of 140 people.
• 'Reef Sanctuary' is a 20metre floating pontoon Reef Sanctuary, it has a carrying capacity of 150 people & is located with-in Lady Musgrave lagoon, only 350m from Lady Musgrave Island. Offers showers, dressing rooms, two water-line snorkeling dive platforms, snorkel gear, floatation vests, wetsuit fitting areas, underwater observatory, and undercover seating/tables from which to enjoy a buffet lunch in the lagoon on the Reef !!! Best place in town.
• 'Coral Explorers' and 'Bob' are our two glass-bottom boats that offer coral viewing from the pontoon through the lagoon to access the island. Easy access gang plank onto the island is provided.
• 'Graham S- Semi-submersible' - offers a unique underwater coral viewing experience with informative commentary. Come face to face and learn about the underwater world without getting your feet wet.
• 'Dive Musgrave' a fast purpose built dive vessel offers Optional scuba divers access to world class dive sites on the outer edge of the reef. Introductory dives are also available from the pontoon.
• 'Reef Fisher' is high speed 38 foot purpose built reef fishing vessel to offer visitors an Optional Spot of Reef Fishing on the outer reef wall with all equipment provided – for your own catch. Full day reef fishing is available for groups upon request.

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On the trip aboard the Spirit of 1770 to the reef, certified divers are catered for with an amazing outer wall dive. These dives are best done as drift dives which adds to the ease of the dive, divers just cruise along the reef wall with the current which helps to create a relaxed effortless dive. Along the way you are likely to see turtles, reef sharks, moray eels, huge cod and wrasse and there is always a good chance of seeing the majestic manta rays. The manta rays are a highlight to any dive as they gracefully glide past, in no hurry what so ever. As well as this there is a vast array of colourful reef fish to fascinate the divers and it is also common for passing schools of pelagic fish such as trevally, mackerel and tuna to cruise on by. The dive depth is 18 metres with dive leaders leading all the dives and the friendly dive crew is there to assist the divers to have a great days diving.

The second dive of the day is done in Lady Musgrave Islands pristine lagoon and starts with a fish feed which always attracts masses of hungry locals ready to snap up a free feed. From there an underwater tour is done around some of the beautiful coral bommies in the lagoon. The dive guides know all the secret hiding places for the resting turtles and can usually point out a number of them on any dive.

Facilities:

• Resort/Intro Dives
• Scuba hire

• Diving seven days
• Camera Hire