Allways Diving - Boats

AllWays Diving uses a range of boats to cater for all types of diving experiences. The boats are chosen on their safety & comfit to make your trip a trip to remember. Our boats range from half day,all day & week-end boats.

Ocean Dive

Fully surveyed charter boat,  OCEAN DIVE,  is purpose built for diving and fishing. It is an 8.4 metre  'Alfarm Fisher' built in Victoria out of aluminum with the same hull design as their Bass Strait rescue boats. It is powered by a 225hp outboard and has all the current safety equipment and emergency oxygen. It also has VHF radio (to keep in touch with Air-Sea Rescue) and a mobile phone, as well as all the latest electronic navigation equipment. Sit-down tank racks and a proper dive boarding ladder. It also has a full canopy to protect you from the sun as well as side curtains to protect divers from the wind during surface intervals .

Ocean Cat

A broad-beamed cat powered by twin inboard turbo-charged diesels. Has displacement hulls not planing hulls giving a smooth ride. Comfortable seating for all on board. Total of 10divers, 2 dive crew and 2 boat crew. Has a hot shower and on-board marine toilet. Trip includes tea, coffee, sausage rolls and cake after the first dive and a full lunch (hot chicken, chips, salad, bread rolls and ice cream for desert) after the second dive. Cruises at 18 knots.

Ocean Cat goes to Curtin Artificial Reef, Flinders's Reef, Hutchinson's Reef, Henderson's Pinnacle, Cherub's Cave, the Cementco, the St Paul and all the surrounding dive places.

 

Big Cat Reality

Reality Cruises was established in 2001. It is a family business which is based in Brisbane and primarily operates in the Moreton Bay Marine Park and surrounding areas. Our vessel “Big Cat Reality”, a 25 metre, luxury live-aboard charter vessel which is used both in the Scuba Diving industry as an over night dive vessel, and in the Marine industry in general.

Survey: 35 persons within 50 NM of the Coast (24 Passengers and 9 crew over night)

Technical Specifications:

•      Length: 24.30m
•      Beam: 9.14m
•      Draft: 2.0m
•      Construction: Steel
•      Gross Tonnes: 164.90 g.r.t.
•      Builder: North Qld Engineers & Agents (NQEA)
•      Launched: 1973 (Cairns)
•      Main Engines: 2 x 3406T Caterpillars
•      Auxiliary: 1 x Ford 272E (35 kpa Gen Set) 1 x Perkins 3 cyl (25 kpa Gen Set)
•      Speed: Cruise @ 9 kts Max: @ 12 kts
•      Range: 2,500 NM
•      Fresh Water: 13, 500 lts