5 Ways is a Passions of Paradise site on Moore Reef. It consists of several coral bommies linked by five different swim-throughs, which gives the site its name, and the operator notes an average depth of about 12 m inside the swim-throughs, with great coral cover. The swim-throughs are the attraction: each is a short passage through or between coral heads, open enough for relaxed passage and lit from above, so divers can move from one to the next along a natural circuit without long swims over sand.

Snorkellers enjoy watching divers pass beneath them and can see the bommie tops clearly. Moore Reef as a whole acts as a nursery for the surrounding area, and 5 Ways is full of juvenile fish sheltering in the coral, along with cardinalfish and glassfish in the darker passages, parrotfish, butterflyfish and angelfish on the bommie faces, and larger residents such as coral trout, sweetlips and the friendly Maori wrasse Moore is known for. Turtles are common on the reef, and whitetip reef sharks may rest in the passages.

Good buoyancy is important: the swim-throughs are narrow enough that a careless fin kick damages coral or stirs sediment, so divers should keep their gauges and hoses tucked in and follow the guide in single file. With modest depths and a straightforward layout, it suits Open Water divers and is a fun, varied dive. It is often paired with a coral-garden site elsewhere on the reef on Passions' two-site days.

Visibility is typically 12-20 m, and the swim-throughs are most photogenic around the middle of the day when light penetrates the passages.

Boat access only. Cairns day boats leave from the Reef Fleet Terminal (1 Spence Street) and the neighbouring Marlin Marina on the city waterfront, with check-in between about 7:00 and 8:00 am; most operators run transfers from city and northern-beaches accommodation, and there is paid parking near the terminal. The run of about 47 km out through Trinity Inlet and across the lagoon to Moore Reef takes around 90 minutes on a fast catamaran and noticeably longer on slower dive boats or into a south-easterly chop. 5 Ways is a Passions of Paradise mooring; Cairns Dive Adventures also lists it among Moore's sixteen moorings.

Enter from the stern steps.

The prevailing south-east trade winds (typically 15-25 knots from April to September) are what limit Cairns outer-reef diving: above about 25 knots trips may be cancelled, and exposed eastern moorings are used only in light winds. Summer northerlies are gentler but make north-facing moorings choppy. Box jellyfish and Irukandji are present from about November to May (stinger suits on every dive), and the cyclone season runs November to April, when a system in the Coral Sea can close the reef for days.

Visibility drops after heavy rain and strong winds; spring is usually calmest and clearest. Moore's horseshoe shape shelters its western side in south-easterlies, so the pontoons run in most weather short of a gale or cyclone. 5 Ways is on a sheltered part of the reef and suits most trade-wind days.

Descend to the base of the bommies at about 12-15 m and work through the five swim-throughs one by one with the guide, staying off the walls and watching for divers ahead. Finish over the bommie tops at 5 m for the safety stop, where snorkellers may be watching from above.

Passions of Paradise – day trips (one of its Moore Reef sites); Moore is also home to the Sunlover, Reef Magic and Great Adventures pontoons, and is visited by Passions of Paradise and Pure Snorkelling; the mooring used on any day is chosen by the skipper according to wind, tide and other boats