Well, South Sol really showed off today! We were gently reminded of why we love diving here so much. Its diversity in marine life is truly incredible. It’s not often that we see such variety of marine animals, both tropical and subtropical, in one day! We ended the weekend with a bang, just before the … Continued
We got out again today and took advantage of the beautiful conditions we have had lately. Our first dive was at Buchanans Wall, and our second was a drift from Shark Gutters to the Gantry! We covered some distance on the island today, and it was totally worth it with the amount of marine life … Continued
We thought if we were going to get wet from the rain, we might as well be wet in the ocean! So we steamed out to South Solitary for a double dive. Optimistic that we would have good conditions, we were pleased when we arrived and found blue water that was nearly 23 degrees! Dive … Continued
The marine studies class from CHEC recently completed their PADI Open Water Diver Course with us. Today was the day we got them back out for a “fun dive”, where they got to use everything they learned in the course. Mega Wild packed up and shot out to South Solitary Island for a double dive! … Continued
SoWild defeated the odds against this morning’s southerly blow and got out for a successful dive in the Solitary Island Marine Park. We tied up at Cleaner Station on the first dive. The visibility was pretty poor all the way down til 16 metres, where it then cleared up to a brown 5 metres. Despite … Continued
The Northerly blow called for a double dive on the Southern End of the island this morning with SoWild! With a mixed variety of divers, we entered The Gantry for our first dive and then swam down Buchanan’s Wall on the second dive. The highlight of the first dive was two cute little Yellow Box … Continued
With the diving we have had lately, it would be silly not to get out for a double dive this morning! With the visibility dropping quite substantially, despite the big southerly blow yesterday, we made it a macro friendly day! Dive one was a drop in at Buchanans for most! A couple of us instructors … Continued
Before the wind picks up for the rest of the week, we got our to finish the weekend off with a bang! Mega Wild got out to South Solitary with a great crew of divers today. We had a couple of divers finishing up their Open Water Diver Course and some others doing the PADI … Continued
After nearly a week out of the water, it is safe to say we were pretty keen to get wet again! What a better day than to go today, as the weather was fabulous for a double dive. Heading out to South Solitary, we encountered about 6 or 7 Humpback Whales cruising past the boat … Continued
