I completed my open water scuba diving course in Cairns on the Great Barrier Reef with Pro Dive. We spent the first 2 days in the classroom learning theory and practicing skills in the pool. Absolutely hated the first time i was using a regulator to breath and after the first day i wanted to quit the course. With the encouragement of my instructor i stuck with it. We then spent 3 days on board the boat being treated like princesses! So much food! We completed our 4 training dives on different locations within the GBR. After completing these we had 4 free dives and 1 night dive. The visibility was up to 15-20 most days which meant we were able to see lots of marine life. Nemo, sharks, turtles and 18 dolphins name just a few! Was petrified about the night dive.. so scary jumping into black water. Once you under water it was fine though and so different compared to diving in the day, so i was glad i did it! The course was very intensive as there is so much to cram in the 5 days, was absolutely shattered by the end but still managed to celebrate passing on the last evening until 3.30am was up for almost 24hours that day hehe.