This  4- Dive Day and 4 Night Tour is perfect for people who are looking for an intimate Great White Shark experience and learn a lot about great whites. 

On this Expedition, we launch the world’s only Ocean Floor Cage (for qualified SCUBA Divers). However, all guests are able to get up-close and personal with Great Whites in our Surface Cage. It is an expedition for people who are very interested sharks and their behaviour, experienced divers, adventurers, shark photographers and anyone who, like us, has a passion for spending lots of time with these incredible creatures.

What we love about this time of year:

- Photographic Opportunities

Briefings and travel to our first dive location are covered on the first evening prior to Dive Day One .

Up to Four days are dedicated to Great White Shark Diving at both the North and South Neptune Islands groups, at the various reef, weed bank and sandy bottom locations.

A part of one dive-day ( usually first morning or last evening) is planned to target another South Australian underwater icon, the Australian Sea Lions at Hopkins Island.

Also included is a beautiful tour around the pretty Neptune Island fur seal colonies with our tender boat. Conditions permitting, a walking tour is also a possible option up on the Neptune Islands, a treat exclusive to Rodney Fox Expeditions.

At night, we enjoy great local food and wine, and usually a fun quiz night or a shark research talk.

First Evening

We’ll meet you outside of the Marina Hotel, Port Lincoln at 6:15 PM. We take you back to our expedition vessel and officially welcome all aboard. Formal inductions and safety talk will begin, followed by being shown to your cabins to unload your belongings. A light dinner is provided and then overnight we depart for the night’s anchorage at a location near our next day's activities, either for the Australian Sea lion Swim at Hopkins Island or all the way down to the Neptune Islands, home of the great white shark.

DIVE Days 1, 2, 3 ,4

It’s worth getting up at day-break to see the spectacular scenery of the Thorny Passage and nearby Hopkins Island where we expect to have frolicking sea lions eager to meet us. For an hour or so in the morning, there is an option to snorkel/dive with these adorable creatures in shallow sheltered waters, where we’ll be looking to spot a few dorsal fins.  

Divers are briefed, and the cages hit the water, ready for action! Our priority is generally for everyone to see the sharks in the surface cage before we descend deeper with our SCUBA certified diving guests in the ocean floor cage.  

We also like to hop in the tender boat, check out the Fur Seals and go walking around the Neptune Islands. Here, there are many birds and a few reptile species to watch and the elusive Australian Sea Lions can also sometimes be spotted.

Our live-aboard itinerary gives so many more opportunities to immerse your self in the beauty of the Neptune Islands, listening to the sounds of the seals with a chilled glass of white, a refreshing beer, or try a local variety of red wine. There is plenty of time to chill out and rest. Hit the hay when you feel like it... and get up when you feel like it.

Leave the Neptune Islands by 3:00 pm and enjoy some lovely local South Australian ‘wine on the bow’ and a delightful charcuterie board will be served with a selection of preserved fine foods, cured meats, pates, dips as well as cheeses and crackers, fresh fruits and nuts - usually with common dolphins joining us for company. 

*Itinerary is indicative only (subject to weather and any other circumstances that may affect the scheduling of events).