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
We had so many people wanting to dive today we changed boats and loaded “MEGA Wild” up with 23 divers!! Dive one was at Cleaner Station, this dive had lots to see inclduing a few Grey Nurse Sharks at the bottom of the mooring, Black Cod, Eagle Rays, Nudibranchs and Barney The Loggerhead having some … Continued
With the Humpbacks southern migration in full swing we had a 9am and 11 am Whale Watch on today and even a Whale Swim in the afternoon.These trips all had amazing interactions with the Whales including a pod of 4 Whales coming up to our boat at 9am and checking everyone out for about 20 … Continued
Take a look at our dive reports from July & August 2024! We’ve detailed what we saw, the temperature and visibility, and surface conditions of the Solitary Islands in Coffs Harbour in July & August 2024. Dive Reports – Table of Contents: 12th July 2024 – Fishy Friday South Solitary Island greated us with an … 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
