22&23/9/12 GBR trip: Blue, blue and blue...the Great Barrie Reef

I am going to show the very blue world. The water visibility was just fantastic this time, over 30m!Very calm at the ree

15&16/9/12 GBR trip: New PADI OW and AOW divers

In this Great Barrier Reef trip, we had variable divers and snorkelers like PADI Openwater and Advanced Openwater traini

11&12/9/12 GBR trip: The last Humpback Whale in Cairns?

A pair of Humpback Whale came close to our boat, probably a mum and kid. The child showed off its performances to us sev

9&10/9/12 GBR trip: September cruise to the Great Barrier Reef

I am catching up reporting about previous dive trips. Here on in September, the air and water temperatures are slightly

14-18/7/12 Coral Sea trip: Macro special!

Rumrunner was chartered by a group of marine biologists to visit Coral Sea in July. We spent at Holmes and Flora Reef fo

14-18/7/12 Coral Sea trip: Predetors special!

Rumrunner was chartered by a group of marine biologists to visit Coral Sea in July. We spent at Holmes and Flora Reef fo

10&11/7/12 GBR trip: Max and micro creatures in the Great Barrier Reef

The wind settled and the water visibility became up to 30m! We enjoyed both big and small marine creatures and clear blu

3&4/7/12 GBR trip: New Openwater Divers in the GBR

Team UK and Japan completed their PADI Openwater Diver course successfully. Students and I met a few Seaturtles during t

28&29/6/12 GBR trip: A huge stingray

We saw a mega size stingray in this GBR trip. There are usually Brue-spotted Stingray, but this one was different and we

26&27/6/12 GBR trip: Re-started blogging

I just came back from a 5 weeks holiday and sat down in front of my computer in Cairns. I am reporting about some of our

21&22/6/12 GBR trip: Taking pictures with fish at the GBR

We had a very blue sky again! The blue sky and blue Great Barier Reef match perfectly to Rumrunner.Because of the clear

19&20/6/12 GBR trip: New Divemasters in the Great Barrier Reef

This was the last day of PADI Divemaster Course. The both girls completed their stamina training and demonstrations of s

16&17/6/12 GBR trip: Excellent visibility

The sea condition was beautiful through this dive trip. We went to some dive sites which we hardly visit as the wind was

12&13/6/12 GBR trip: Blotched fantail ray and Chromodoris albonares

This dive trip started with a sunny morning again.We had a new PADI Openwater certified diver, Congratulations!Colourful

9&10/6/12 GBR trip: Chill out trip to the Great Barrier Reef

Very good condition again, the blue sky, calm sea and good visibility!Everyone were smiling having a chill out cruise.Th

5&6/6/12 GBR trip: Happy Birthday, Jasmina!

The water visibility was going up to over 30 m!Istiblennius chrysospilos/Red-spotted blenny (7 cm) - found at Tedford Re

2&3/6/12 GBR trip: Many photoes of the best season of the GBR

The wind dropped and the sun shined. The real dry season looked like kicking on! The water temperature is slightly low t

29&30/5/12 GBR trip: Divemaster Course and unique creatures in the G.B.R.

We had a new pro training diver who tried to assist other divers for her first time.The wind was still strong, but we ha

26&27/5/12 GBR trip: the Great Barrier Reef cruise in the storm

We had a rough trip to the Great Barrier Reef this time due to the strong wind. However, once got the dive sites, w

24&25/5/12 GBR trip: Mum & daughter's adventure

We had a mother and daughter here on board for diving and snorkeling.The mum's request was to see big, wild creatur

17-18/5/12 GBR TRIP: Priceless? Additional dives in the Great Barrier Reef

We had a busy trip with certified divers, training divers, introductory divers and snorkelers.A few sonorkelers tried th

10-11/5/12 GBR TRIP: Starfish in the Great Barrier Reef

My team was of all certified divers this time. We had many different types of fun within 2 days and 6 dives.It was cloud

05-06/5/12 GBR TRIP: The Tuna night and Super Moon!

On the way to the Great Barrier Reef, our skipper dropped a trolling line off the back of the boat. Just before we got t

08-09/5/12 GBR TRIP: The photojenic Barrier Reef

This time I will introduce some underwater pictures which are specialized in the lights and shadow.An introductory diver

03-04/5/12 GBR TRIP: Beyond the regular reef

We went to a reef where not to visit often. However we spotted quite a few big marine creatures like usual - Maori Wrass

24-25/4/12 GBR TRIP: Diver and instructor debut in the Great Barrier Reef

We had new PADI Openwater divers and newOWS instructor in this trip.Daigo started his PADI Resque Diver Course with AL W

28-29/4/12 GBR TRIP: The first dive in life and the first instruction in life

Our new instructor trainee Daigo accompanied his first introductory divers in the water.They, were from Sweden and India

19-20/4/12 GBR TRIP: Rainbow on the reef

We saw a perfect rainbow on the reef in this dive trip. There was actually another rainbow outside of this one though th

17-18/4/12 GBR TRIP: Special tour / Minke Wheles

Due to the heavy rain, the water visibility dropped to 10-15 m, but therefore, we could to get closer to marin creatures

10-11/4/12 GBR TRIP: Variable styles of dives in one trip

Like usual, we encountered Giant Trevally, Green Seaturtle, Whitetip Reefshark and some other big sea crreatures in this

17-18/3/12 GBR TRIP: Spawning Shells from The Great Barrier Reef

Due to a tropical low, thick clouds covered the sky whole times in this cruise. There are thermoclines throughout ocean.

13-14/3/12 GBR TRIP: Big hit of Seaturtle...again

It was a little breezy at first in this dive cruise, but the wind calmed down later. We met heaps of Seaturtle again - 4

10-11/3/12 GBR TRIP: 5 Seaturtles and more Siphopteron

It was cloudy all through this dive trip - unusual in the Great Barrier Reef. However, all of us enjoyed as&nb

6-7/3/12 GBR TRIP: Stairway to the moon

This was the first dive trip of RumRunner after the yearly maintenance. As soon as we got the offshore, a school of 20+

24-25/2/12 GBR TRIP: Pygmy Seahorse

We had sunny weather this time. Fish schools and big fish appeared many times as the tide was getting stronger.We met bi

22-23/2/12 GBR TRIP: PADI Openwater Diver Training in the G.B.R.

The sky was mostly covered with cloud, but there was almost no breeze while this dive trip. Once the sun came out, we co

16-17/2/12 GBR TRIP: Charter dive trip

The all guests of this dive trip were from my home town, Osaka Japan. They chartered RumRunner for 2 days to have exciti

26-27/1/12 GBR TRIP: Diving with Seaturtle

In this dive trip, a friendly Green Seaturtle appeared at first. We found her when she was going up to take a breath.The

24-25/1/12 GBR TRIP: Coral gardens

Northern breeze again. We have one or two showers at night these days, but the sky usually becomes clear by we starting

17-18/1/12 GBR TRIP: Diving at the widl side

Gentle breeze still continued so we went to the wild side of the reef.Many fish were hiding at swim-throughs and caves.T

14-15/1/12 GBR TRIP: Introductory diving in the Great Barrier Reef

The main guests in this dive trip were introductory divers. It was the first dive for most divers. Some of them looked a

7-8/1/12 GBR TRIP: Calm and warm Great Barrier Reef

With only little rain this year, we have had sunny days and good visibility.Brown-marbled grouperWe saw Whitetip Reefsha

3-4/1/12 GBR TRIP: The first dive of 2012

This is the first dive log of this year. We had a good start as the gust dropped and the visibility recovered.Our main g

17-18/12/11 GBR TRIP: Gobies

Due to hevy rain, the water looked green, but the visibility recovered after a few days from this dive trip.All introduc

15-16/12/11 GBR TRIP: Shark Attack??

Still updating dive logs from December. In this middle of the month cruise, we had some introductory divers. All had no

11-12/12/11 GBR TRIP: Summer Breeze continues

Four new divers completed Openwater Diver course. With northern gentle breeze since the last cruise, the training was sm

6-7/12/11 GBR TRIP: Summer Breeze

Around this dive trip, the ocean was very calm for a few days. Only the gentle nothern wind sometimes blew.We were able

3-4/12/11 GBR TRIP: Randall's Shrimpgoby

Randall's Shrimpgoby was found at the regular dive site of RumRnner! It was the first time in 15 years for me to see thi

1-2/12/11 GBR TRIP: Water is warming up

The ocean temperature is going up quickly this month. Now it is about 29 to 30 C. That is why there are so many baby fis

8-9/11/11 GBR TRIP: Openwater training in Cairns

Some Openwater students were on board in this dive trip.All of them seemed to enjoy their training in the Great Barrier

03-04/11/11 GBR TRIP: Migratory Fish City

The first dive trip of November was very comfortable as there were only gentle wind and good water visibility.The contra

05-06/11/11 GBR TRIP: Just Blue

We had very good water visibility again in this overnight dive trip from Cairns.The sunlight from the top of swim-throug

29-30/10/11 GBR TRIP: The last dive trip of October

This is the dive log from the last overnight trip in the Great Barrier Reef in October.We went to the regular dive sites

11-12/10/11 GBR TRIP: Openwater training among fish schools

The days with northern winds are evidently increasing. We had moderate northern wind through this dive trip.The wind alm

8-9/10/11 GBR TRIP: Zebra Shark!

Zebra Shark!!Here is the movie! It was over 2m, swam off slowly into the blue water.A Whitetip Reef Shark looked ev

22-23 & 24-25/9/11 GBR TRIP: Introductory diving

This is the dive report from the last 2 trips in September.We had many introductory divers in those trips. For people wh

6-7/9/11 GBR TRIP: Moray and Lionfish

Since the beginning of September, We have had warm and sunny days. While this trip, the sky was very deep blue.The water

Coral Sea Blue - again! Cairns 1 night diving&snorkeling trip

The first day of this trip was with thick clouds, but all clouds had gone by next morning. As the UV level is extremely

16-17/8/11 GBR TRIP: Whale's movie

We encountered Humpback Whale again. This time, a pair of whales came to very, very close to the boat. Here is a short m

11-12/8/11 GBR TRIP: Summer breeze (with Humpback Whale)

The northerly wind (summer wind) started to blow mildly on the Great Barrier Reef. The temperature is supposed to be goi