Both Megawild and Sowild were out at South Solitary Island getting some great diving in! Both boats were hanging around the top end of the island to get out of the southerly wind. Sowild had divers swimming from Manta Arch to Cleaner Station for dive one, finding Four Grey Nurse Sharks down under the arch. … Continued
Today’s trip to the solitary island was dedicated to the students from CHEC, all doing their first-ever ocean dives. The students got some exceptional conditions with warm water, good visability and calm seas. Their first eve dive was full of Leopard Sharks, with around twenty circling Shark Gutters and the Boulder Wall.Other highlights of the … Continued
We encountered amazing conditions on our way out to South Solitary Island today. The Exceptional conditions are expected to continue for the rest of this week and into the weekend. Megawild dropped the divers in for their first dive at Manta Arch for a swim through The Gap to The Gantry. The original goal was … Continued
After a week out of the water due to rough weather, we were all very excited to get back into the water, and the wait did not disappoint! We were greeted by amazingly blue water and warm temperatures, a great thing to see after the unusually cold conditions last week. There was a slight current … Continued
Conditions looked great for a dive today despite the forecast swell. When MegaWild arrived at South Solitary, the current was raging on the northern end, so both dives were on the western side. First up, at Buchanan’s Wall, the fishlife was very prolific, with Kingfish circling and lots of small schooling fish. For dive two … Continued
SoWild group of divers today got spoiled with two fantastic dives out at South Solitary. Clear, warm, blue water greeted us as soon as we got close to South Solitary Island! Everyone was excited for the first dive at the gantry, a dive filled with hawksbill and green turtle galore. For the second dive, we … Continued
After a week out of the water, we were all keen to get back in, and South Solitary Island did not disappoint. With blue, warm water, we were surrounded with marine life. During dive one at Shark Gutters, divers got up close with the leopard sharks, Eagle Rays, huge Spanish Dancer, and Green and Hawksbill … Continued
First dive today we headed to South Solitary to dive Shark Gutters. We saw 4–5 leopard sharks cruising around the shallows and a massive splotched fantail ray. For the second dive, we headed to South West Solitary to dive the Crazy Maze, where we found some wobbegong sharks, turtles, and lots of schooling fish. Congratulations … Continued
With a boat full of student divers, we made a trip to one of our less dived islands, South West Solitary, or its more common name, Groper, named after the countless Blue Groper that hang in the marine sanctuary. The first dive was a nice, cruisy dive at Coral Gardens. Covered in massive amounts of … Continued
