We had a small crew of keen divers head out to South Solitary Island this morning! Dive one had to be at Manta Arch due to the brisk Westerly wind, the dive around Manta Arch and the back gutter had a huge amount of Grey Nurse Sharks, schools of Tarwhine, Moray Eels and Nudibranchs. Dive … Continued
We had our 9am and 11am Whale Watching trip get some exciting encounters today!!On the 9am we caught up with a “Heat Run” heading south, this is when a number of male humpbacks chase/fight/compete for a female and it can be very full on! We spent the full 1 hour and 30min trip with them. … Continued
South Solitary Island greated us with an abundance of marine life today, both dives had loads to see even though the visibility was down a tad due to the increasing swell. Dive one was at Buchanan’s Wall, this had schools of sweep and Pomfreds in mid water, Lionfish, Eels, Wobbegongs and a curious Eastern Blue … Continued
We had a little wind this morning which made the Humpback Whales jump more than usual, although i think this is just to get our attention as when we got to them they stopped.We also had Pectoral slapping and Tail slapping which was very exciting.Dont miss your chance to see some beautiful Humpbacks on their … Continued
Take a look at our dive reports from March 2023! We’ve detailed what we saw, the temperature and visibility, and surface conditions of the Solitary Islands in Coffs Harbour in March 2023. Dive Reports – Table of Contents: 5TH MARCH 2023 – END OF WEEK DIVING We had our window of opportunity today and headed … Continued
Finally, we had some good conditions to get out for a Whale Swim!! We looked around all morning and found numerous different pods that were all very playful but did not want to swim with us. We see some splashing going on out very wide and streamed out to have a look, we were in … Continued
We have had some amazing experiences over the past few days with the southern migrating Humpback Whales being very inquisitive and mugging our boat. Along with that excitement we had a mother and calf slowly making their way north and some monster breaches from numerous other whales over the last 3 days. Photo taken of … Continued
We got out for the 9am this morning, just before this crazy weather sets in on our coast for a couple days. Not far out of the harbour we came across a pair of Humpbacks crusing north, they came up nice and close on a number of occasions which pleased everyone onboard!! Just a reminder … Continued
We had another amazing morning getting up close and personal with a number of different whales. The 9am had a big pod of 4-5 whales steaming north, they were dong a few tail slaps to keep us amused. The 11am was defiantly the highlight of today. We travelled north to a juvenile Humpback who breached … Continued
