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Spirit of Freedom: "Spirit of Freedom Jan 24-Feb1 , 2016", Jan, 2016, by Larry Schnabel, CA, US ( Contributor 15 reports with 1 Helpful vote). Report 8821.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	[None]Boat well maintained and crew very competent and safety oriented. Food very good and plentiful. Dive 4 times day on most days, sometimes a nite dive also. Diving usually off stern, occasionally off tender or giant stride out of deck side gate rather than off stern. Check out dive first day includes extracting the boat-provided GPS console ( size of a softball) from your BCD pocket and inflating a safety sausage- so practice these maneuvers before you arrive if you are rusty on these exercises. Boat requires you wear a snorkle - if I had known this I would have bought a roll up one I could fit in my pocket as I dislike hard tube snorkle on left side of my dive mask.Avoid flying Sydney-Carins on Jet Star, instead book this on Quantas. Jet star is a no frills cattle car.In January- summer here- water 82-84 F. so need no wet suit, just polar skin or the like for skin protection- I jettisoned my 3 mil. long wet suit after 3 days of diving and dove in boxer trunks/T-shirt ( since I brought no polar skin)- but most equipment you can rent on boat if you desire.
Websites	Spirit of Freedom
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	501-1000 dives
Where else diving	[Unspecified]All over Mexico and Caribbean; PNG , Great barrier Reef, Thailand-Burma , Maldives , Greece and Italy, Yap and Palau, Viet-Nam, Fiji, Tahiti, Hawaii ( Maui, Kona), Solomon Islands, Bermuda, Cocos Islands, Galapagos , West coast of California
Closest Airport	Cairns	Getting There	AA LAX-Sydney , Jet Star and Quantas to/from Sydney -Cairns
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm, surge
Water Temp	82-84°F / 28-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	60-100 Ft/ 18-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	[Unspecified]surface with 500 psi, have snorkle and safety sausage while diving , dive with buddy or in a group led by boat dive guide. When on Nitrox observe computer's stated depth limit
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	1 or 2
Dolphins	Schools	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	1 or 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter	N/A	Boat Facilities	N/A
Overall rating for UWP's	N/A	Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	[None]

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Dive Review of Spirit of Freedom in Australia/Osprey Reef

Spirit of Freedom: "Spirit of Freedom Jan 24-Feb1 , 2016", Jan, 2016,

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Dive Review of Spirit of Freedom in
Australia/Osprey Reef