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27 September 2025 – Turtles Galore
Hiding out of the wind, Buchanan's Wall was the site of the first dive today. While the smoke was causing poor visibility out of the water, in the water we were excited to see conditions improving underneath. Our divers got up close with lionfish, turtles, banded coral shrimp, and a few wobbegongs hanging on the south…
26th Sep 2025 – Grey Nurse Stacked in Back Gutter
We had a glass out heading to South Solitary Island this morning with the addition of some curious Humpbacks on the way.Dive one was at Manta Arch, we had 10-12 Grey Nurse Sharks around the Arch itself and about 20 in the back gutter!! We also had a few big Black Cod, schools of Travelly and…
21st September 2025- Sweet Sunny Sunday!
Finishing the weekend strong, SoWild got a crew of some loved local divers and some students, al heading out to the lighthouse for a double dive. Whales and Dolphins put on a show for us on our way out there! Dive was up and down at Manta Arch and Shark Gutters was the choice for our…
20th September 2025-Cold Water diving
It isn't a proper winter Saturday unless Sowild packs up for a double dive- and thats exactly what we did! We had a full boat of divers who went out to South Solitary to spend the morning blowing bubbles! Today was the coldest water temp we have dived in this year! Dive one was a jump…
18th September 2025-cLOUD OF bARRACUDA!
SoWild packed up for a mid week boat and headed out to South Solitary! Despite the surface conditions being affected by the southerly wind and swell, everyone managed to have a fabulous double dive! Dive one saw most divers jump in at Manta Arch for some Grey Nurse Shark Action in the Arch to finish with…
Sunday 13th September-Finally back out diving!
After 3 weekends of poor conditions and bad weather, we finally got out again for a weekend dive! Facing a little bit of a northerly wind, the divers still entered the water at Shark Gutters to enjoy some Grey Nurse Sharks. Conditions were not bad considering the weather we had with 10 mtrs vis and 19c.…
4th September 2025- Welcomed Whale Swim Season
We've had four days of full on Whale Swims! This season has gotten a lot of attention and we're stoked with it! We are happy to say that every day of our scheduled whale swims have been booked out! Want to join? Call us at the shop and see if we can arrange somehing for you!…
29th August 2025- FIrst Whale Swim of Season
After a hard start ot the season, SoWIld finally managed to find a break in the weather and we got out for our first whale swim of the year! Heading out to wide to find blue water, we managed to find a heap of active whales jumping and showing playful behaviour. We are very observant of…
23rd August 2025- Barney Welcomes us
SoWild made the most of the lull in the weather and headed out to the lighthouse at South Solitary Island with nearly a full boat of divers! Dive one was a jump in and out at Buchanan's Wall- which ended up being the most exciting dive of the day! Divers were delighted to see a squadron…
