G'day Reader

You put your hand up for the intermediate/advanced stuff — trips where you're already comfortable in the water and you just want more of it, deeper, further out, with better fish.

This is that trip.

Deep North. 13–21 March 2027. Nine days on the Great Barrier Reef.

Matt Parker and I are running it together off the Norkat II — a 72-foot Westcoaster out of Half Moon Bay Marina, Yorkey's Knob. Ten spearos. Two dories. Air-con cabins, a cook, a big freezer, and 200 nautical miles of range to get us properly away from everything.

If the trip sounds familiar, it's because it's the same one Matt's been running been running for year BUT this time, I'm coming too!

Let's be clear: this is not a course

You won't get a certificate. There's no classroom, no theory block, no assessment.

What you will get is two in-water guides diving alongside you for nine days. Matt and me, in the water with you, every session. Which means when you're wondering why the Mu keeps ghosting you, or why your float line keeps tangling, or how to actually approach a doggie instead of spooking it — you ask, and you get an answer from someone who just watched you do it.

That's a different kind of learning to a course. It's the kind you can't unlearn.

Plus nine days of froth, fish stories, daily debriefs, and the sort of adventure that resets your standards for what a good dive trip looks like.

What you're hunting

There's a list that keeps people coming back — Maori sea perch, buffalo emperor, yellow lip emperor, and mu. Not to mention, some opps on Pelagics such as Spanish Mackerel, GT's and who knows....maybe even a Dogtooth Tuna.

The day

Breakfast at 7. In the water by 8. Lunch back on the boat at 1. Back out at 2. Last dive wraps up around 5:30. Repeat.

Unlimited spearfishing across varying reefs, with the dories getting us onto ground most people never see.

What's included

• Hotel-to-boat transfers from Cairns
• All meals, snacks, soft drinks and ice
• Reef fees, linen and dive weights
• Burley and a styrofoam fish box to get your catch home
• Custom trip t-shirt
• Two in-water guides — Matt and me — diving with you the whole time
• Noob Spearo filming and podcasting so you'll have some memories that last

Not included: alcohol (BYO is fine) and travel insurance (get it — seriously).

The numbers

• $7,200 per person
• $2,500 deposit to lock your spot (non-refundable within 4 months)
• Balance due 8 weeks before we leave

Ten guests, max. Five spots left.

That's not a marketing line, it's the bunk count. When it's ten, it's ten.

See the full trip & secure your spot → https://spearfishingcourses.com.au/deepnorth​

Full itinerary, boat details, FAQs and the booking button are all on the page: spearfishingcourses.com.au/deepnorth

Nine days. Ten spearos. Country most people only see on someone else's screen.

Come dive it.

Shrek
​Noob Spearo

P.S. — If you're not sure whether you're ready for it, hit reply and tell me where you're at with depth and bottom time. I'll give you a straight answer either way.