Hey everyone!

We are planning another SCUBA adventure on the 19th of June for Open Water divers and above. !!!  

Cook Island Aquatic Reserve is located approximately 600 metres off shore from Fingal Head and approximately four kilometres south-east of the Tweed river mouth in northern NSW.

This aquatic reserve includes approximately 80 hectares of marine estate and is famous for its colony of green sea turtles waiting to share a swim with visitors all year around!

Hard and soft corals cover the bottom in some areas, with boulders forming walls and caves descending to the sandy sea floor. A colourful and interesting mix of reef and pelagic fish call Cook Island home including pufferfish, groupers and clownfish (hi Nemo) just some of the common residents. Photographers will find plenty of photogenic subjects, with nudibranchs, stingrays, turtles, wobbegongs.

Several threatened or protected species also occur in this marine reserve, including the giant Queensland grouper, black rockcod, goldspotted rockcod (formerly known as an estuary cod) and the grey nurse shark.

Costs will be around the $120 for a double dive  (incl. tanks, weights ($100) and carpooling (~$20)) 

If you are interested, come along! :-)

To make this as smooth as possible, we need

- Drivers (w/ Car)

- Covid safety delegate

For all who are keen, we will meet the Thursday night (16/04) beforehand at 6:15pm at the shed for a pre-dive brief.

If you need gear, please check our loans agreement (here https://www.unidive.org/diving/loans/) and you will need to show up for gear hire Thursday evenin before the trip.

Each diver must:

• Be a current Unidive member, medically fit to dive, who passed the swimming test.
• Have dived in the past 6 months.
• Have at least an open water certfication.
• Dive with an SMB/safety sausage, cutting device and whistle. Note: These items are NOT supplied. Safety sausage and shears can be purchased from Unidive.
• Bring their own mask, snorkel, and fins as Unidive does not hire them.
• Dive within their certification and capability.
• Maintain 1.5m physical distancing as far as reasonably practicable.
• Follow instructions given by the trip organiser, the operator, and the COVID safety delegate.
• Observe COVID safety precautions as per Unidive's COVID safety policy.
• Be vaccinated against COVID-19 and have an up-to-date vaccination status, or have a medical contraindication.
• Agree that contact details of participants will be provided to Qld Health upon request for the purpose of contact tracing.
• Help out throughout the whole day.
• Be able to attend a trip meeting on the Thursday beforehand at the shed. 

If you have any questions about the trip, please email dive@unidive.org.