Dive one today was a gentle drift/swim from Buchanan’s Wall up to The Gantry. Although Buchanan’s was a little quiet, we had schools of fish near The Gantry, a monster Green Sea Turtle, a Spanish Dancer, and Moray Eels. Dive two was a drift from Shark Gutters down to The Gantry. This dive was amazing … Continued
With both boats again fully loaded, we battled against some strong northerly winds to make the trip out to North and South Solitary Islands. Surface conditions only made us appreciate being underwater more! Divers at South Solitary had a good experience at Buchanan’s Wall, divers lucky enough to see a leopard shark, turtles, and a … Continued
Another cracker day on the Coffs Coast allowed Mega Wild to cruise out to South Solitary for a double dive! The low Southerly blow meant for easy pickings for our dive sites. Dive one saw divers jump in at Shark Gutters. Notable highlights for this dive was a Sadler pufferfish, a Yellow box Fish, Blue … Continued
A busy start to the long weekend had us launchin out to the Solitarys in both MegaWild and SoWild. Megawild loaded with eager divers made it’s way to South Solitary Island. Both dives were around the top end of the island. Divers got up close with some Blotched Fantail Rays, Lionfish, Wobbegongs and Turtles. Meanwhile … Continued
The dives today were a bit different to our normal as we had some different current patterns hitting the north end.Dive one was a drift from South Boulder up to Shark Gutters, this had most of our regulars including 4-5 Bullrays, Big Wobbegongs, Schools of Bullseyes and Sweep and plenty of Marco critters in the … Continued
After a couple of days out of the water, Mega Wild powered out to the Solitary Island Marine Park to take advantage of the lull in the weather. Although the combination of today’s wind and swell forecast wasn’t ideal, we managed to get in the water for some great dives! The top end of South … Continued
Today’s Dive had Mega running out to South Solitary Island for a double dive. With strong current and a northerly wind, we hopped in at Buchanan’s Wall for dive one. A cold upwelling kept most divers in the warmer, shallow water. The Marine life at Buchanan’s featured Turtles, Wobbegongs for the larger things, while octopus, … Continued
Today’s dive trip saw both Mega and So Wild heading out to South Solitary. Mega loaded with student divers and snorklers, and the certified divers on So-Wild. Dive one saw Mega hanging out at The Gantry, making the most of the shallower waters for snorkelers. The Gantry was filled with the usual suspects, Blue Groper, … Continued
Mega Wild was again laden with divers as it headed out to South Solitary Island. Exceptionally calm surface conditions made the trip out to South Solitary super quick and comfortable. With these glasslike conditions, Mega dropped divers in at Manta Arch, seeing around 20 Grey Nurse Sharks in the arch. The open-water students dove in … Continued
