Category: Local Dive Report
By: Teagan Anderson
17th March 2024- Finally Good Vis
After a few days of poor visbility combined with big wind and swell, MegaWild took the opportunity to get out for a double dive at South Solitary Island with conditions easing! We were finally greeted with good vis!! With a current running on the top end, Mega dropped everyone in at Buchanans Wall for the first…
By: Nathan Fripp
13th March 2023 – Green Water and Green Turtles!
After a long break out of the water SoWild loaded up and steamed out to South Solitary for today's diving. During the ride out we kept a keen lookout for the ever elusive "blue line" but unfortunately we got all the way out to the island and the blue line never came! For our first dive…
By: Lindsay Devery
6th March 2023 – The Big and the Small at South Sol
It’s seems the visibility has improved but only marginally,. Both dives today had lots to see from the big Grey Nurse Sharks and monster wobbegongs to the numerous different nudibranchs, Leopard Benny’s and a very touchy Octopus Congratulations to Julia and Clint who finished their PADI Open Water Course Vis - 3-8m Temp - 20-22c
By: Teagan Anderson
3rd March 2024: Low Vis Big Fun
Jetty Dive finsihed the weekend off with a bang, having two different boats heading out to sea! SoWild steamed up to North Solitary with a group of divers visiting from Sydney and MegaWild shot out to South Solitary. MegaWild dropped certified and advanced students in at Manta Arch for a swim to Cleaner Station, where they…
By: Nathan Fripp
2nd March 2024 – Sharks at the Arch
Jetty Dive had a big Saturday today, with both SoWild and MegaWild shooting out to South Solitary Island this morning for a double dive! First up, SoWild dropped their divers in at Manta Arch for a swim through The Gap, where we were greeted with waaay-cooler water than we've become accustomed to! But with cooler water…
By: Nathan Fripp
1st March 2024 – First Dive of March
after a brief sabatical Mega Wild packed on some very keen divers and headed out to South Solitary for today's diving! For the first dive we dropped our divers in at Buchanan's Wall, where our divers saw Nudibranchs (most notable being a giant Goniobranchus Sp.) Cuttlefish, Spotted Wobbegongs, juvenile Yellow Boxfish, Banded Coral Shrimp and Blue-lipped…