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• Diving

  Nanna B,2025年12月27日

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  We had an excellent experience completing our diving certification in Cairns. Our instructor, Frankie, was highly professional and very supportive throughout the course. We also enjoyed the days with our group. The boat was well equipped, and lunch was of good quality, with the opportunity to snorkel after the dives. Overall, we felt safe at all times, had a very fun experience, and would highly recommend it.

• Solo traveler that has got a new hobby

  arneg303,2025年12月3日

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Francesco is a great instructor and even greater human being. I enjoyed this course even more than i expected and I am now fully addicted to Diving. Thank you for a amazing experience food was good and crew was nice. Please give Francesco a raise he deserves it.

• Fantastic learning experience

  W7749EJlukem,2025年7月14日

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  From the friendly and approachable staff to the impressively-sized boat, all aspects of this Open Water Dive Course were an immense pleasure. My instructor Frankie was thorough in his teaching of practical techniques, with a particular focus on safety and fun. I can't recommend Down Under Cruise & Dive enough, and look forward to returning to them for future dives!

• Scube course great barrier reef

  jakebZ8547YT,2025年4月28日

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Really enjoyed the course especially when you go to the reef and scuba My instructer frankie was great easy to understand and really helpful Would highly recommend using this company

• Frankie’s kids are well taken care of!

  Tony O,2025年4月28日

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  “Frankie’s kids” is the endearing term for students of instructor Francesco. I can absolutely confirm that Frankie took a watchful hands-on and reassuringly paternal approach to our dive training, with his skills and experience (and humour) ensuring we have the confidence to both enjoy and complete the 4-day course. I was particularly impressed with how my daughter was supported and encouraged throughout, as she was quite nervous of deep water. A fantastic experience and I highly recommend!

  

• Loved it

  bj nn mundn2020,2025年1月13日

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  Simply put, if you want to go diving, this place is IT. I did The open water course, and it was incredible, franki (our teacher) is The most amazing guy. With his knowledge and passion he made this a 4 day adventure for us.

• Brilliant!!!

  Rositsa T,2024年10月4日

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Excellent!!!If I can give 50 starts review,I would.The best thing I did to myself was booking this course.I always have fear of deep water and just in four days I was able to dive down to 16 meters.I still can’t believe I did that.All this thanks to Frankie,he was amazing,helped me so much.I will never be able to put in words how grateful I am.Make yourself favor and book this course if you want to learn to dive or if you want to face your fear ( like me).Also,really cool to tell people,you leant to dive in Great Barrier Reef.I high recommend it.

• Word-class experience

  W7230DTdouglast,2024年7月15日

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  The 4-day open water PADI dive course was one of the best experiences I've had. Every aspect of the course was extremely high quality and professional, from the gorgeous boat and reefs to the hospitality of the instructor. Frankie was incredibly accommodating and went out of his way to ensure we had the best time possible, and the places he took us diving were incredibly beautiful. The course was also extremely good value for money. Couldn't recommend this experience to anyone more!

• 'Frank'ly Amazing 🦈🪸🐟🐠

  H1079EBjamesf,2024年7月8日

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  All round amazing experience! Explored the Great Barrier Reef while also getting our PADI open water certification! 1. The first two days of practice and theory was well run with: - concise notes with digestable learning - practice dives with clear instructions and tailored advice 2. The two days out at the reef were fabulous with: - Tours to fantastic dive locations at Saxon and North Hastings Reef - Friendly and helpful crew - Great spread of food on board - Saw an array of aquatic life, my favourite was the white tipped reef sharks and giant clams. 3. Franky who ran the course was Frankly amazing. Honestly made the experience so worthwhile with great knowledge, patience and banter. If you go, I hope you get Franky! Highly recommend! 5 Star!

  

  

• Excellent dive instructor.

  837stormr,2024年6月24日

  - Review from Tripadvisor

  5.00

  I recently completed the PADI dive course with my 15 year old son. The course was well-structured and provided a thorough understanding of diving essentials. Our instructor Frankie, was incredibly knowledgeable, patient, and supportive throughout the entire course. I highly recommend this course to anyone interested in diving – it exceeded all my expectations!

  
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