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Welcome aboard S.V. Rum Runner, the little big motor sailor that can do it all
Australia’s premier budget dive expedition and Cairns’ most affordable outer reef liveaboard dive and snorkel tour operator
Cairns Reef Trips

If you want to get out and see the beauty of the Great Barrier Reef, whether by diving or snorkeling, Rum Runner Cairns can help with regular Cairns Reef Trips to the Coral Sea and Great Barrier Reef. Our Cairns reef trips are world class and we've been doing them since 1984 - so we really know where to go so you can have the best experience.

Our vessel can comfortably take up to 16 passengers for Cairns reef trips which usually are 2 day expeditions with on board accommodation for guests and great advice on how to make the most of your tour.

When choosing a provider to take you on a Cairns reef trip you can choose us with safe knowledge that our experience and history will take you to places that you will enjoy and find you sights you are wishing to see. Just talk with one of our Cairns Reef Trips coordinators about what you want to see and let us help you get out onto the reef and see some marvellous sights.

For Cairns reef trips there's only one choice to make and that is to travel with Rum Runner Cairns. Our yacht will take you to some great locations on your Cairns reef trip and whether diving or snorkeling, you're sure to have a great time.

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Day Private Charters
Dive and snorkel the Great Barrier Reef with the experts who have more than 20 years’ experience
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2 Day Snorkel & Dive
This is our specialty tour that departs all year round on selected Monday’s and Thursday’s
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Shark Diving
3 nights, 3 days with up to 9 dives at Holmes Reef, including a night dive and sharks guaranteed
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Special Charters
Private charter and extended expeditions can be catered for all special diving tours and intimate groups
Operational Update 2023/24
With Tourism not expected to be back to pre-COVID levels by mid 2024...

2D/1N GBR Live-aboard tours - Book direct online with confidence.

Due to a new GBRMPA Eye on the Reef survey contract till 2024, departures for our famous 2D/1N GBR liveaboard to Thetford Reef are all now guaranteed for departure pending fine weather forecast, and no minimum passenger numbers required!

2D/1N tours are scheduled on most Mondays and Thursdays, selected Saturdays, and other selected weekdays where we are able to fit extra tours in. Fine weather forecast means no winds above 25kts. (Why would you want to go out there in strong winds for? Not even the Locals will; Some operators will; We Don't)

So, if we can't depart as scheduled, we ask to please accept some flexibility and a lot of understanding as you look to book on to this tour. Any bookings made directly with Rum Runner Cairns, which we are unable to honor or which you need to cancel, or are unable to reschedule, will receive 100% full refunds.

Book online (Book Now) to guarantee the best rate or call to ask Captain Richard about the best sailing conditions and departure dates. Look out for our DIVE SPECIALS - direct bookings secure free dive gear hire and $40 reef and fuel levy included!

Rum Runner is a 20m Fiberglass Yacht with shaded deck and all the creature comforts such as amenities, seating and dive platform/showers/Floating Dock and private tender to help make your trip a memorable experience.

Rum Runner Cairns have been providing Cairns Reef Trips since 2005 and in that time we have gained valuable experience of the area we tour and where the best spots to go are. We take regular groups of up to 16 people for Cairns snorkeling expeditions where guests get to see some of the most beautiful parts of the Great Barrier Reef. Our services are value added with Cairns scuba diving expeditions to some very unique parts of the Great Barrier Reef marine park and we ensure all of our services are operated in the most professional way. If you have never been scuba diving before don't worry! We have trained and certified Cairns PADI course instructors who can help you get the skills necessary before you come out with us for a reef diving trip. And if you ever wanted to go shark diving Cairns this is our specialty with trips to the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea expeditions to take divers to places where spotting all types of sharks is possible.

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