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Liveaboards to Milln Reef are the best way to visit this area situated around 60 Kilometres off the coast of Queensland on the Great Barrier Reef. Milln Reef offers excellent diving with several stunning sites to suit all levels of diver. The Queensland government has designated this beautiful reef a 'green zone Marine National Park', meaning that only limited fishing is allowed, enabling it to thrive and remain as a true underwater treasure. The water here is crystal clear with visibility commonly between 15 and 20 metres, and can reach 40 metres, giving divers an unspoilt view of the huge range of marine life on show - with turtles, sharks and barracudas to name but a few.

Australian liveaboards to Milln Reef usually depart from Cairns. Diving trips commonly last 3 days/2 nights, allowing you to explore all the best diving on offer, whilst giving enough time for sailing and relaxing. The sites where liveaboard tours visit are all exclusive and non populated, and include Swimming Pools I, Swimming Pools II, Petaj Mooring, Whale Bommie and the Three Sisters. It's very likely that your crew will arrange some night dives if this is something that interests you, as Milln Reef is a great place to view a wide variety of sleeping animals at night.

What You Can See

Milln Reef has a number of fun swim throughs and wall dives, with large numbers of small fish joining dive groups gliding through the water. The Three Sisters are a series of three huge bommies, rising from the depths, where common residents seen are schools of fusiliers, snapper and barracuda. In the sandy areas Whitetip Reef Sharks often take a rest, accompanied by Blue Spotted Stingrays. Looking up you're likely to spot schools of sweetlips, more sharks, and turtles, effortlessly gliding through the blue - make sure you've not left your camera on the boat!

Due to some shallower areas, Milln Reef is a great place to do a night dive, giving you the opportunity to experience to witness the magical underwater world from a different light (no pun intended!). It's likely your liveaboard crew will have incorporated a night dive or two into the itinerary, but if not, simply ask the crew and they'll be more than happy to accommodate your requests - of course conditions and diver experience dependent. Frequently encountered at night are sleeping turtles, reef crabs and painted lobsters. It's fascinating to see the colours of the corals at this time, and how different they can look to what you may have seen diving earlier during daytime. Again - ensure someone in your group has been designated to take the photos!

Getting to Milln Reef

The best way to experience Milln Reef is via a Australian liveaboard diving tour departing from Cairns, which will allow you to spend a good few days diving the reef. Liveaboards here generally last for around 3 days/2 nights, and often incorporate a number of other pristine reefs in the trip. Cairns is a popular tourist town in the North East corner of Queensland, with a good mix of accommodation from high spec hotels to trendy backpacker hostels.

It's international airport is small, but as this is the most common place for departing trips to the GBR, it is served by a wide variety of big international airlines, flying eager reef seekers directly in from all over the globe. If (unlikely) you cannot fly directly to Cairns, it's easy enough to catch one of the many daily flights from Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne. Most liveaboard operators will pick you up, and drop you off, to and from your accommodation.

Milln Reef Diving Reviews

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9.6 Exceptional
Melvin L
United States

Lots of creatures , wonderful coral.

Diving Milln Reef in November on the ScubaPro I

9.6 Exceptional
David V
United States

Spectacular of course. Beautiful and healthy looking coral. Sharks. Turtles. Giant clams. Clown fish. Hundreds of other species of fish. What more could you ask for than to dive the great barrier reef?

Diving Milln Reef in December on the ScubaPro I

9.2 Superb
Kyra P
United States

Beautify spot. Neat to do day and night diving.

Diving Milln Reef in December on the ScubaPro II

8.0 Very good
Kimberly W
United States

Wonderful diving with lots of turtles !!!

Diving Milln Reef in November on the ScubaPro II

9.6 Exceptional
Mary B
United States

Similar to Flynn, it was a great reef and easy to navigate.

Diving Milln Reef in July on the Pro Dive Cairns

10.0 Exceptional
Samuel C
United States

Milln Reef was great, lots of sharks!

Diving Milln Reef in September on the Pro Dive Cairns

10.0 Exceptional
Mercedes Q
United States

I was amazed with every dive

Diving Milln Reef in October on the Pro Dive Cairns

10.0 Exceptional
Brittny M
United States

Many different dive sites that were unique.

Diving Milln Reef in January on the Pro Dive Cairns

9.6 Exceptional
Erin B
United States

Most dives occurred here, good conditions with little current.

Diving Milln Reef in February on the Pro Dive Cairns

10.0 Exceptional
Scott P
United States

The night diving here was a blast. Can't say enough good things about diving the Milln Reef.

Diving Milln Reef in February on the Pro Dive Cairns

9.2 Superb
Noam K
United States

Also beautiful. The early morning dive allowed us to see plenty of animals just as they were coming out of their dens.

Diving Milln Reef in June on the Pro Dive Cairns

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