We were welcomed with 25-30m Visibility and 23C water at South Solitary Island today, and what a way to finish the year!!We had both boats out today with a total of 36 divers!!! All dives were up the northern end due to a bit of swell still around. There were 2-3 Leopard Sharks, Bullrays, schooling … Continued
Conditions had calmed down enough to get out today for two dives at South Solitary Island.Dive one was on Boulder Wall as we started on South Boulder and went up the wall towards Shark gutters. We had a few Turtles, Black Cod, a lone Grey Nurse Shark, and a Black Boxfish. Dive two was an … Continued
With all this smoke around what better place to be than underwater breathing from beautiful clean air.Dive one was at Shark Gutter while dive two was a drift from the top end down to The Gantry. Both dives had loads to see including Turtles, Grey Nurse Sharks, Black Cod, Morish Idols, Blue Tangs, Nidibranchs and … Continued
The Southern was a little brisk this morning which made both our dives at the norther end of South Solitary Island.Dive one was at Shark Gutters, this had 2-3 Grey Nurse Sharks near the bottom of the mooring with anoher 10-12 out in the deeper water.The deeper water was marginally clearer but a degree colder!!! … Continued
The top end of South Solitary Island was the pick for todays dives.Shark Gutters for dive one had 3-6 Grey Nurse Sharks lurking around, Black Cod, Nudibranchs in the gutters and a cute litytle Hawkesbill Turtle.Dive two was a drift from Shark Gutters down to The Gantry, there was a steady current which made for … Continued
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 … Continued
The Northern End of South Solitary was the pick again today and it was just as epic as we expected!! Dive one was at Cleaner station, We had a huge school of Barracuda, Eagle Rays, Grey NUrse Sharks everywhere and a huge Spanich Dancer.Dive two was a drift from Shark Gutters down to The Gantry. … Continued
With only a few people on board, So Wild headed out to South Solitary Island for a couple dives.Just as we arrived at the island we spotted a Seal playing on the surface and to one of the lucky groups that same seal came up for a close look underwater.Considering the visibility was a bit … Continued
We had a great morning full of exciting animal encounters!Our 9am trip had someone from the Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary bring aboard a Giant Petrel Bird to release back out to sea. We also came across a huge Loggerhead Turtle on the surface and finished with the stars of the show……. 50-70 Humpback Whales that … Continued
