80ft Catamaran Liveaboard - 'Odyssey'

Our Liveaboard is an 80ft catamaran custom designed in Cairns in August 2005. The vessel has been purpose built for our charter work by the master craftsmen at Cairns Custom Craft.

The Odyssey is among the largest liveaboard dive boat operating in the Coral Sea. An 80-foot twin hull, she has ample space for up to 16 divers, with private cabins and quad share cabins.

• Sleeping accommodation for 26 people, in a combination of private cabins, quad share rooms and crew cabins
• Unlimited freshwater supply from 2 desalinators
• Ice maker with 200kg/day capacity
• Full satellite communications including email/fax and phone. These facilities are available for use on a pay per minute basis.
• Outside eating area on the aft top deck.
• Underwater lights built into the hull to attract fish around the boat at night.
• Full stereo/DVD entertainment system with plasma screen TV.
• Computer set up for viewing digital images and saving onto CD's or other memory media
• Commercial quality galley for our chef to prepare your evening meals.
• Fully licensed bar with beer on tap.
• Wetsuit storage on the aft top deck.
• 3 bathroom/shower cubicles.
• Fresh water shower on dive platform
• Full Furuno navigation systems
• Quiet compressor with Air or Nitrox fills

The boat was custom built in 2005 so it's perfectly suited for extended remote dive trips. There are ample enclosed and open air dining and relaxing areas.

The boat well-equipped for diving. A expansive dive deck with individal seating and storage facilities and has a short stairway descent to a water level entry platform. A very quiet compressor keeps the tanks filled and ready to use.

Two extra dive tenders permit groups to dive and explore the many bommies within and surrounding the reefs lagoon anchorage.

• 18ft centre console explorer
• 1 x 4m inflatable zodiac with 30hp yamaha

Your time with Dive Nomad will be spent in unprecedented comfort while you dive and explore the virtually untouched coral Atolls and lagoons of the Coral Sea and Queensland Coast.

Main Deck floorplan PDF file

Upper Deck Floorplan PDF file

The Seaplanes - Cessna 208A Caravan

The seaplanes that will take you for your ultimate adventure are a pair of Cessna 208A Caravans equipped with floats. Island Air operate these planes, and are based at Hamilton Island. These planes have one of the best safety records for any fixed wing aircraft in the world, and with more than 1000 of these planes now in production, they are a very reliable and safe way to access the areas of the Coral Sea. Some of the details of the Cessna 208A are as follows:-

• Powerplants: 208 - One 450kW (600shp) Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 turboprop driving a three blade variable pitch Hartzell propeller.
• Performance: Max cruising speed 340km/h (184kt). Initial rate of climb 1215ft/min. Range with max fuel, min cargo, and reserves 1797km (970nm).
• Weights: 208A - Empty 1725kg (3800lb), max takeoff 3310kg (7300lb).
• Dimensions: 208A - Wing span 15.88m (52ft 1in), length 11.46m (37ft 7in), height 4.32m (14ft 2in). Wing area 26.0m2 (279.4sq ft).
• Capacity: Pilot and 10 passengers.
• Production: 1000th unit delivered in October 1998. More than 60% of production sold outside the United States.
• History: With sales exceeding the 1000 mark the useful Caravan is a popular utility workhorse worldwide.Design work for the Caravan dates back to the early eighties. First flight of a prototype occurred on December 9 1982 and certification was granted in October 1984. When production began the following year it became the first all new single engine turboprop powered aircraft to achieve production status