SoWild defeated the odds against this morning’s southerly blow and got out for a successful dive in the Solitary Island Marine Park. We tied up at Cleaner Station on the first dive. The visibility was pretty poor all the way down til 16 metres, where it then cleared up to a brown 5 metres. Despite … Continued
The Northerly blow called for a double dive on the Southern End of the island this morning with SoWild! With a mixed variety of divers, we entered The Gantry for our first dive and then swam down Buchanan’s Wall on the second dive. The highlight of the first dive was two cute little Yellow Box … Continued
With the visibility still not fantastic in the shallows we made the most of the clearer deeper water. Both dives were up the northern end, we had plenty of big Wobbegongs resting on the bottom, schooling fish out near the sanctuary marker, Cuttlefish, Nudibranchs, Bullrays on Boulder Wall, Eagle Rays, Moray Eels and a few … Continued
With only a few punters on So Wild today we headed out to South Solitary Island.Dive one was at Cleaner Station where we descended into the gloom, we were welcomed by Grey Nurse Sharks, Schools of Fusiliers and Bullseyes, Cleaner station gutter had plenty of Macro critters including Nudibranchs, Wavy-lined Bubble shells, Shrimp, and moray … Continued
We know summer is quickly approaching when both SoWild and Megawild are fully booked out! SoWild shot up to North Solitary where Megawild ventured out to the all-too-familiar South Solitary. The visibility was surprisingly nicer than anticipated after a run of Northerly winds. To throw another surprise in the bag, the water temp at north … Continued
With the diving we have had lately, it would be silly not to get out for a double dive this morning! With the visibility dropping quite substantially, despite the big southerly blow yesterday, we made it a macro friendly day! Dive one was a drop in at Buchanans for most! A couple of us instructors … Continued
Before the wind picks up for the rest of the week, we got our to finish the weekend off with a bang! Mega Wild got out to South Solitary with a great crew of divers today. We had a couple of divers finishing up their Open Water Diver Course and some others doing the PADI … Continued
After nearly a week out of the water, it is safe to say we were pretty keen to get wet again! What a better day than to go today, as the weather was fabulous for a double dive. Heading out to South Solitary, we encountered about 6 or 7 Humpback Whales cruising past the boat … Continued
We headed out to South Solitary again, with a small number of divers on the boat but everyone was big energy! Grey Nurses were out and about, all jam packed inside of the gutters on the top end. Big schools of fish have been loving the low vis lately, with fish like barracauda, jewfish, pomfret, … Continued
