Its been over a week since we were last out at South Solitary Island so we were unsure of what the conditions would be like.Although the visibility was down a bit, we arrived to fairly calm conditions and minimal current, it was surprisingly clearer on the bottom around the mooring too. Both dives today were … Continued
We had the pleasure to take out some keen snorkelers from Nambucca Valley Christian Community School today and they were not dissapointed!!We started at The Gantry and everyone was excited to get in and explore South Solitary Island. There were Leopard Sharks, Turtles, Eagle Rays, Blue Tangs and Blue Groupers.Visibility was about 15-20m and a … Continued
Dive one today was at Buchanan’s Wall, there was plenty to see even though the visibility had dropped off. Wobbegongs, Lionfish, Octopus and schools of Fusiliers were just some of the life spotted here.Dive two was a drift from Shark gutters down to South Boulder, no leopard sharks seen unfortunately but we still had 2-3 … Continued
Dive one today was at Manta Arch, this dive had about 6-8 Grey Nurse Sharks and the word on the boat there was a huge pregnant female which made everyone look twice to see what it was.There was also a few Black Cod, Nudibranchs, Dwarf Lionfish and schools of Fusiliers. Dive two was a drift … Continued
With a smaller number of divers today we took So Wild out to South Solitary Island, and although it was a little gloomy this morning it did not dampen the mood. Dive one was at Buchanan’s Wall, the visibility had dropped off a bit but there was still plenty to see including Turtles, Schools of … Continued
With conditions easing a little SoWild loaded up and powered out to South Solitary Island for today’s diving. First up our divers descended on Buchanans Wall, exploring both the wall and Cable Trail areas where despite a dirty upwelling there wasstill plenty of warm blue water and an abundance of fishlife! Schools of Stripy’s, Bannerfish, … Continued
So Wild was loaded up with certified divers and steamed up to North Solitary Island, Mega Wild had the Advanced and Open Water students and spent the morning at South Solitary. The reports from both boats sounded amazing!!! Ten Leopard Sharks at North and One at South, Schools of fish at both islands, Eagle Rays, … Continued
Today was another spectacular day at South Solitary Island! “Mega Wild” and “So Wild” were welcome with beautiful blue Water and minimal current. Dive one, So Wild’s crew got in at Manta Arch and finished at Cleaner Station while Mega Wilds divers got in at Shark Gutters to explore the top end.There were 10-12 Grey … Continued
With conditions easing Megawild slipped out to South Solitary Island for today’s diving. Once at the island we realised that the swell was still up to 2m but this did not dampen the excitement that the visibility was pushing to 20m!!Dive one was a drift from Shark Gutters down to South Boulder, we had schools … Continued
