The recently published Scientific study by Drs David Harasti and Hamish Malcolm has proven what we have suspected with the many years that we have dived the Solitary Islands Marine Park. The Black Rockcod (Epinephelus daemelii) or what we call Black Cod are a regular sighting at South Solitary islands, however we should consider ourselves … Continued
with the weather breaking after yesterday Megawild again loaded up and headed out to South Soliary for today’s diving! First up our divers descended on Manta Arch, where a dozen Grey Nurse Sharks were seen in and around the arch, along with a Conger Eel, Zebra Lionfish were also seen during the dive, and also … Continued
Despite the dreary weather Megawild loaded up with some super keen divers and steamed out to South Solitary for today’s diving! First up our divers dropped in at Manta Arch, where a dozen Grey Nurse Sharks were seen in the arch, along with Nudibranchs, Popcorn Shrimp, Zebra Lionfish, White Eyed Morays, Orangutan Crabs and to … Continued
Happy Saturday from the team at Jetty Dive. We had a busy day today, running both of our boats. So Wild ventured up to North Solitary Island today whilst Mega Wild kept it a bit more local and shot out to the Lighthouse at South Solitary Island. North Solitary Island showed two great dives at … Continued
We had a mix of dirty and not so dirty visbility today, however, that didn’t stop the divers seeing a massive amount of fish-life. Dive 1 was in a bit of current at Shark Gutters with Grey Nurse sharks cruising around the shallow gutters. We were in search of the tail roped shark to help … Continued
We would love to have great visibility every day, but sadly, we have days when the vis is down. Today was one of those! Manta Arch was our choice on the first Dive and a milky 3-5 metres was the best vis we could get in the Area. While our PADI Advanced students went deep … Continued
Conditions on the surface were nice enough today to get to Manta Arch for our first Dive at South Solitary Island. Underwater was not a lot better than yesterday with visibility down to a low 5-10 mtrs. As the divers went deeper, the clarity did improve to close to 10 metres but sill a bit … Continued
Today was forecast to be quite windy, but we stuck with the dive and conditions turned out quite nice, with little wind. Swell was up, and coming from the south, so the Northern end was the best spot to dive. Visibility was very good considering the swell, and the water was a nice 20.9. First … Continued
The Whale Watching trips this week have been Full Steam Ahead with great weather and sea conditions for it. Slightly raining on Monday and Tuesday, with some sunshine today we had full boats for all three trips. Whilst the Whale numbers have slowed up a bit, we have still been treated to enough to get … Continued
