Ocean Quest Liveaboard, Australia

We saw so many minke whales, like abt 30 and above over 2 days. How lucky. The crew was very professional and international. Food was excellent. Really enjoyed the trip :)

Minke whales (lots), food, crew

Seeing the minke whales was really special

1) the excellent staff 2) the minke whale snorkelling 3) the dive sites

New experience and way of feeling! The crew made us feel perfect! Especially the supervisor - Sirio ! I recommend everybody - try it !

Crew, Adventure, Atmosphere

12 beautiful dives on the Great Barrier Reef. Wonderful, friendly, enthusiastic crew. Good food. Good company with fellow divers, fantstic overall.

Food, diving comfort, fantastic location!

Finding Nemo was awesome, and spotting white tip Reef shark, as well as Titan Reef fish that looked like massive Humhumnukunuku apui'i

Diving in remote location, seeing exotic sea life, multiple easy dives

This was my second trip,wth this live aboard. There is a reason why I went back. They are awesome. I will be going back again and taking friends. I managed in just one of the 10 dives available to me over 3 days, got to see all of the things I was looking forward to see including a moray eel, turtles and the all famous Nemo.

Value for money. Great staff and so awesome.

Not having to bring any of my gear was a huge plus. The cabins were very comfortable thanks to the aircon. I loved being able to go to my room and rinse off after each dive. The food was good, just temper your expectations to buffet level quality and you'll be happy. The night diving was a completely different and amazing experience.

Easy, comfortable, value

The beautiful Great Barrier Reef! The great staff Mary,Tobias,Ryan,Palo

Safe diving great staff the whole experience

seeing a turtle and swimming around the reef.

efficiency and friendliness of staff, Luke especially; the number of dives we were able to make in only 24 hours.

Very professional, nice, funny crew! All up a great live aboard experience

Crew, value for money, all around organization

Some amazing diving. Friendly staff (on the most part) and great value for money.

Efficiency, staff & cleanliness

Definitely a trip of a lifetime, I'm going back as soon as possible. The dive locations kept getting better and better as the days went on which was absolutely amazing :)

Very friendly staff, learned everyones names and helped out getting ready, informative about reefs

Staff went out of their way to make sure the trip was as enjoyable as possible, really great trip

Lots of dives, very friendly staff, night dive!

The diving spots. Feeding the sharks. Night dive was great.

Friendliness of the staff. The boat is big and good. Location excellent. Complete diving equipement.

Awesome diving expirience, the diving sites were all very interesting but overall the quality of the crew

Crew very friendly, knowledgeable and gear was always ready to go

Diving!

Crew, food and diving!

Diving

Team, Food locations

The staff learned all our names. The rental equipment didn't fit me (fins), but they worked to get me new fins and even lent me theirs. The food was excellent.

the staff was nice and helpful, the food was great, the boat was clean and comfortable

Same as above....

Quick transfer from the coast, the crew, the setup for diving on the boat

Well organised experience and good value for money

guides, food, price

Seeing the Cuttlefish & getting to dive the Great Barrier Reef. One more thing off my bucket list.

Saw a Cuttlefish for the 1st time. Calm water & good visibility.

A major highlight of the trip was diving at the Great Barrier Reef and seeing a vast assortment of marine life underwater. The night dive was a totally different experience as you see so many species active.

Dive site variety, cabin room cleanliness, and friendly on-board staff

GBR is definitely a place to visit, but probably not a top dive site at this point. It was a comfortable boat and safely operated. The food was good and nutritious. I'd recommend this for a short liveaboard experience. The night diving is included, but fluoro costs any extra $50. I think its worth it once if not too many people are going in the group.

professional and safety-focused crew

Twin peaks was the most beautiful spot

The crew the crew and the crew

The staff really went above and beyond to ensure everyone had a great experience. The dive masters were very knowledgeable and friendly- especially Guy and Phil. The dive sites were beautiful. The boat was clean and comfortable and the food was amazing. Overall, a great experience and would dive again with Deep Sea Divers Den.

Staff, dive sites and food.

Turtles, sharks, and hanging out with people on board

Guy was a fantastic dive guide, the colors of the coral was incredible, and the turtles were so cool to see

It was all one long highlight. Three days, two nights, seven dives. Great crew and super guides.

The crew, the food, the laid back atmosphere

reef diving from the annex boat

staff professionalism, dives, dives

Found my first time on a live aboard to be very enjoyable. The boat and cabins were comfortable. The entire crew was friendly and helpful. Thought the food was very good and liked each meal. Really liked getting allot of dives in a short amount of time. Found this trip to be a very good value for the money and only wish I could have stayed on board for a few more days. Would highly recommend and would certainly do this trip again.

I reallyenjoyed there was not allot of down time. If we weren't diving we were eating. Thought the food was very good. Like that you get allot of dives each day.

Crew availability

Nice Crew . confortable vessel. Good snorkeling and diving.

All round great time! Highly recommended.

Crew

Nights dives, professional and fun dive masters and crew, the warm showers after diving!

Awesome dive guides, professional crew, organized (from the booking until we left)

Pleased I have done it but won't be back to this site.

Big bedroom

Minke~!! Every different five site~!!

Crew, dive site, vessle

The numbers of dives and possibility for our son to drive when he wanted

Crew service (friendliness professionalism food organisation)

Night diving and beautiful coral

Friendly Efficient Great diving

Guided dive and the staff made the trip shark dive at night wall dive

Dive masters, food, weather

Diving

Diving was safe and well managed

The crew and their energy are amazing. I can not believe how wonderful this experience was. It is a true value for the money. We had excellent divers from all over the world. We all became very close in the four days and nights. I did tell the other divers that diving at night with the sharks was not on my bucket list. I did it. It must be on your bucket list. So different that any experience. We were lucky to hang out with minky whales for hours.

The crew was amazing! The gear and equipment was top notch. The sharks, whales, snakes, clams, night dives, fish, slugs, coral, water and the entire reef.

The nightdive was very scary but special, otherwise of course the diving itself. Unfortunately the reefs we have been to were pretty dead, but I dont know if its is that bad everywhere.. But the crew made up for it! I would recommend to everyone to not pay extra for a guide unless you are very unexperienced, the dive briefing is enough to get going on your own and with your own paste!

Crew, boat, food

See turtle

Different diving locations, good food and good view

Guided dive and the staff made the trip shark dive at night wall dive

Dive masters, food, weather

Night dives

Night dive, Jess and felix were good guides (the rest not as good), josh the chef just exudes happiness

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Good dive master and good dive in a good place

The first day was awful, we have come on a barrier reef and us have sent to plunge by self, in a place unfamiliar to us. After we have emerged on a surface nobody did not try to pickup us at all on the ship despite the fact that what we were very far from it. Continuously there were only insignificant talks that it is impossible to break any rules

Divemasters Alice, Curtis.I can not note something else

Diving with trumpetfish!

The crew, the dive sites, the boat

Diving with different people.

Crew, diving and the interaction with the crew.

Everything was really nice but the best part was night diving with sharks.

People, fun, food!

The crew was very friendly and helpful. Clear dive briefings, free and safe to dive without a guide.

Night dive

Met amazing people, my roommate was perfect, guides well informed about diving sites, number of dives was tiring but really good, fluorent dive was awesome.

People, confort and crew

Really could not ask for much more. As an environmentalist, I'm somewhat surprised that you don't cover the damage we are doing to the corals from global warming (Bleaching) to ocean acidification (from CO2 buildup). Alerting people to the fact that they may not be able to see the reef in 20 years is important.

1) dives, 2) crew, 3) food

I thoroughly enjoyed my time aboard the Ocean Quest. Luke, Jo, Ana, Lan, everyone of them were helpful and courteous. It was like being with family, only BETTER. I would definitely recommend Deep Sea Divers Den to anyone that wants to experience the reef and the "personal" service. Thank again, Preston Alaska

The crew, the friendliness, the value.

Fantastic can not rate it enough

Diving food and people

The best value for money trip on the planet. The staff were professional and able to cater to all skill sets. From snorkeling guests all the way up to my travel companion who had over 200 dives under her belt. Everyone was catered for at some of the best dive spots ever. I will be coming back and I will be recommending this to everyone I know. Again a special thanks to Matt for training me in my advanced course. By the way that was the best price I've ever seen for an advanced course.

Night dives with sharks. Early morning dives with the fish waking up. Matt my advanced course instuctor was the coolest and the best.

Awesome

Diving, friends, crew

Do it ,do it ,do it . Fantastic Tour ,we were so impressed. Everything was so organiced and the staff so prof and hardworking .The food could need a opgrade, but we survirved.The Reef was

Proff staff, Well organiced and fantastic snorkling

It was phantastic! Thanks to the whole team !!! Marcus and Claudia

1) Diving with sharks 2)Fluorescens-Diving 3)all time a good atmosphere

Very good! The only thing we can complane about was the transfer boat which was in need of a thorough cleaning.

diving, the crew & sharks!

Great experience. Amazing crew, enthusiastic team, very warm smiles and attentive services. Great food, very thoughtful with dietary restrictions while still delivering amazing quality. Guides were a bit iffy, didn't seem to make a large amount of effort. Also saw some loose restriction with OW dive depth and discovery dives. Great for AOW divers though. Sth to improve on Sites are good (not great), but understandably out of the crew's control most of the time. Cabin is OK for a short stay, cannot ask for much for a liveaboard.

Friendly crew, food, value for money

Fabulous!

diving conditions, team atmosphere onboard