4 Day 4 Night - Great Barrier Reef and Yongala Liveaboard

sea esta on the reef with the the sun setting behind it

Your trip

Adrenalin Snorkel & Dive operates a special 4 Day 4 Night Liveaboard trip from Townsville, visiting the Great Barrier Reef and the SS Yongala Wreck. This trip offers 3-star accommodations with 5-star diving! Wake up on the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Dive all day and into the night to experience great visibility and the myriad of gullies and canyons and walls.
Experience the stunning Great Barrier Reef with up to 14 dives including 3-night dives!
Then the grand finale, The Yongala Wreck, Australia’s BEST dive!
Be awed during 2 morning dives on the Yongala Wreck where you can see huge groupers, big rays, turtles, sea snakes, sharks, cruising pelagic and huge schools of fish.
Diving the Yongala is simply spectacular every dive, year-round.
It’s a dive experience you’ll remember for the rest of your life! Departs Thursday evening and returns on the afternoon of Monday.

Your vessel (MV SeaEsta)

The MV SeaEsta is a great vessel for your liveaboard with double, twin and quad-share air-conditioned cabins. It has a large, fully equipped dive deck that provides easy access in and out of water for divers and snorkelers. It also features a BBQ and covered entertainment deck where you can relax and mingle with your fellow crew/passengers in between dives.

Your trip includes:

  • Snorkel equipment for snorkelers
  • Tanks and weights for divers
  • Snorkeling and up to 14 dives including 3 night dives at the Great Barrier Reef and 2 dives at the Yongala wreck
  • 4 nights accommodation in air conditioned cabins
  • All bed linen
  • All meals

Terms and conditions apply. You can find our T&Cs here.

Sample itinerary

Thursday  Check-in at 8 pm, Departure at 10 pm

Friday Wake up to the sun rising on the Great Barrier Reef and enjoy your first couple of dives at Lodestone Reef at 8.30 am, second dive at 11 am before moving to Keeper Reef for a third dive at 2.30 pm and night dive at 7 pm.

Saturday Wake up on Wheeler/Davies Reef and enjoy your first dive at 8.30 am, second dive at 11 am, third dive at 2.30 pm and night dive at 7 pm.

Sunday Wake up on Little Broadhurst reef and enjoy your first dive at 8.30 am, second dive at 11 am, third dive at 2.30 pm and night dive at 7 pm.

Monday Wake up at the Yongala wreck and be the first ones to dive there before anyone else. Dive 1 at 6.30 am and dive 2 at 8.15 am. Arrive back at Townsville at 4.30 pm.

diver swimming past a school of fish and posing for the camera
crew and passengers on seaesta posing for a photo during lunch

Sites we visit:

Keeper Reef has many coral gardens with beautiful gorgonians and spikey soft corals and is renowned for its many swim throughs. Expect to see coral trout, rabbitfish, batfish, turtles, reef sharks, sweetlips, barramundi cod, crafish, rock cods and squirrelfish.

Wheeler Reef is one of the best dive sites in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. It features a small white sand cay with areas for snorkelling and it also has deep bommies and swim throughs to excite more experienced divers.

Davies Reef has many dive sites from large pinnacles with small caves to prolific coral gardens and drop-offs, where deep gutters cut through the reef and the walls are decorated with soft coral and gorgonians.

Little Broadhurst Reef is an excellent night dive location, and Barra Bommie has an exciting swim through with frequent octopus sightings.

SS Yongala Wreck is the number one wreck dive in Australia and for good reason. It is the only large structure in an open ocean location, which means it is a gathering point for marine life. Expect to see plenty of rays, sea snakes, groupers, turtles, sharks and many more.

What to bring:

  • Your diving certification and log book
  • A small bag with towel, swimwear, toiletries, sunscreen and hat
  • BYOB (in non-excessive amounts)

What not to bring:

  • Large bags or backpack
  • Bed linen, sleeping bags and pillows
  • Glass Bottles (wine bottles allowed)
Female snorkeller duck-diving underwater to look at corals at Lodestone Reef
scub divers in a pool

Prices for our 4 Day 4 Night liveaboard start from:

  • from $1,298.00 base rate snorkelling – 3 or 4 Share
  • from $1,333.00 base rate snorkelling – Twin Share
  • from $2,736.00 base rate snorkelling – Double (price for 2 pax in room)
  • from $2,052.00 base rate snorkelling – Double or Twin (Sole occupancy)

Optional extras:

  • $95 Discover Scuba Dive
  • $140 Tanks and Weights only
  • $280 Full Dive Gear hire (including Tanks and Weights
  • $20 Shared Dive Guide per person per dive
  • $35 Adventure Dive
  • $50 EANx (Nitrox) First Fill (certification required)
  • $20 EANx (Nitrox) subsequent Fill (certification required)
  • $65 Dive Torch purchase including batteries
  • $30 Dive Torch Hire for duration of the trip (incl. one set of batteries)
  • $390 PADI Open Water Diver Course. We offer eLearning and pool training prior your departure for your opportunity to become a certified diver on the trip
  • $250 PADI Enriched Air/ Nitrox course
  • $340 PADI Advanced Open Water Course

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