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11 Private dives- Your own instructor
- Tailored dive plans
- Local site knowledge
- Added confidence
- 2 night dives
PADI
Your Own Private Dive Guide on the Ultimate Pro Dive Cairns Liveaboard
Add private guided diving to your Pro Dive Cairns 3-day liveaboard and explore the outer Great Barrier Reef with a dedicated PADI Professional by your side. A private dive guide means every dive is planned around you — your experience, your interests and your pace — whether you’re chasing photographs, hunting for nudibranchs, rebuilding confidence in the water or simply making the most of a once-in-a-lifetime reef trip. It’s the most personal way to dive the Great Barrier Reef from Cairns.
Why Choose a Private Dive Guide on Your 3-Day Pro Dive Cairns Liveaboard?
Personalised Experience
Enjoy a truly customised diving adventure. Your dedicated PADI Professional takes the time to understand your experience, interests and goals. Whether you love marine life, underwater photography, skill development or relaxed diving, each dive is tailored to suit you.
Discover the Best of the Great Barrier Reef
Over three days you’ll visit a variety of spectacular outer Great Barrier Reef dive sites. Our instructors dive these outer reef locations regularly, and their local knowledge helps you find coral gardens, swim-throughs, marine-life hotspots and hidden features you’d easily swim past on your own.
Enhanced Safety & Confidence
Your experienced PADI Dive Instructor provides personalised guidance and supervision — ideal when you’re returning to diving after a break, building confidence, improving your buoyancy or preparing for your first night dive on the Great Barrier Reef.
Flexibility Underwater
Unlike standard guided dives, your private guide can adapt the dive plan to suit your interests and air consumption. Spend longer with a turtle, search for nudibranchs, practise a skill or explore at a more relaxed pace — all within safe dive-planning limits.
Small, Exclusive Groups
Escape the larger dive groups and enjoy a more personal experience. Dive exclusively with your partner, family or friends, move at a pace that suits your group, receive individual attention and spend more time on the things that interest you most.
Make the Most of Every Dive
With up to 11 dives over three days, including two exciting night dives, your private guide gets to know you and continually refines the experience as your liveaboard progresses.
What Your Private Dive Guide Includes
- Your own dedicated PADI Dive Instructor for the duration of your liveaboard (or your private group)
- Personalised dive planning and briefings
- Individual underwater guidance and supervision
- Diving tailored to your experience, interests, and confidence level
- Assistance with buoyancy, skills, and underwater photography opportunities
- Up to 11 dives (conditions permitting), including night dives
- All standard Pro Dive Cairns liveaboard inclusions
Who Is Private Guided Diving For?
Private guided diving on the Great Barrier Reef suits a wide range of divers, including:
- Couples, families, and friends
- Divers returning after a break
- Less-confident divers
- First-time liveaboard guests
- Underwater photographers
- Marine-life enthusiasts
- Experienced divers seeking a personalised experience
- Anyone wanting to maximise a special reef trip
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. A private dive guide can be added to your Pro Dive Cairns 3-day Great Barrier Reef liveaboard, giving you a dedicated PADI Professional for the duration of your trip.
Absolutely. Private guided diving is ideal for less-confident divers, first-time liveaboard guests and anyone returning to diving after a break, with personalised guidance, buoyancy help and supervision throughout.
Up to 11 dives across three days (conditions permitting), including two-night dives on the outer Great Barrier Reef.
Yes. You can share a private guide as an exclusive small group, so you dive together at your own pace, with individual attention for everyone.
Very. Your guide adapts the dive plan around your subjects; helps you locate marine life and gives you more time to compose shots than a standard guided group allows.
You’ll visit a variety of spectacular outer Great Barrier Reef dive sites accessed from Cairns, chosen with your guide’s local knowledge to match your interests and conditions.
Enquire About Private Guided Diving
Private guided diving is arranged directly with our reservations team. Send us your details below and we’ll come back to you with availability and pricing for your preferred departure — normally within 24 hours.
