Digital Underwater Cameras Now Available

Diving the Great Barrier Reef is simply amazing and having a camera to capture your dives is a must. To help you out we now have digital cameras available for hire/rent on-board. We supply a quality digital camera hire which allows you to get quality digital underwater photography without the price tag and having to carry it around on your travels
As always we do this with a little extra service. We will deliver your camera to your accommodation the night before your departure. When you return from your trip we will pick up the camera from the boat, process and burn the images to disk and deliver them to your accommodation within 24 hours, or post anywhere in the world. To ensure your photos are great we automatically process your images through a special (secret) Photoshop recipe.
We chose Olympus 7.1 megapixel cameras for their image quality and toughness. The cameras feature 3 underwater settings and a video mode. If this sounds complicated don’t worry, part of the service is a brief underwater photography tutorial from one of our experienced representatives.
Just add the digital camera to your cart at time of booking and we'll take care of the rest, it's that easy.

Reef Birds Enjoying the Calm Weather

With the calm seas and good weather continuing on the Great Barrier Reef we are treated to some great experiences everyday. This last trip we experienced many different groups of reef birds feeding on the schools of fish. With the seas being so calm birds are getting treating to some perfect fishing conditions and taking advantage of every minute of it. Without disturbing the birds we sail smoothly past them getting to view them for some time as the spectacle continued.

Fantastic Start to 2009

The weather and fish life have had a great start to 2009 with beautiful blue and calm seas as well as the marine life including fish and turtles being very active. Some afternoon lightening providing a beautiful light show that only mother nature knows how to put on. Perfectly flat and clear seas all the way out to the reef and excellent visibility on the reef are making every trip something special. Come and join us in this wonderful experience, check to to see if spaces are still available on a date that suits you.

Thanks for a Great 2008

We at New Horizon Sail & Dive would like to thank our guests, agents and crew for a great year in 2008. This year we have had some fantastic weather and seen some great things throughout the year. Some of the highlights although there are too many to mention here are;

• The increased sightings of whales each year with this year proving the point again.
• Turtles are a great experience in their natural state, and this year we spotted 15 turtles of all different sizes behind a reef face, an occurrence rarely seen away from nesting areas.
• The turtle mating season was exciting with several different instances of mating being witnessed directly from the boat.
• Dolphins like to join us on the bow when sailing and this year our guides varied in numbers and species, as well as exciting us with some new tricks.
  
• Refit for both boats with Santa Maria getting a major overhaul and Coral Sea Dreaming enjoying some time on the drydock also.
• The sunrises and sunsets the start and end the day in such a glorious way.
  
• We must extend a great thanks to our crew for there hard work and our guests for our fantastic customer satisfaction scores that they consistently earn.
• A special mention goes out to our friendly housemates on the Great Barrier Reef who keep our jobs fresh and entertain all of us.
  
• To all the guests that continue to send in photos of their great experiences.
• Our new features on the website including instant chat, updated online bookings and of course "The Blog" were a big hit.
  

Thanks again for a great year in 2008 and we hope to see you all again in 2009.