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23rd March 2025 – Super Sunday Dives
We headed out to South Solitary Island today to finish up a great weekend!!Dive one had the more experienced divers get in at Manta Arch to make their way around to Cleaner Station where the rest of the divers were. We had about 10 Grey Nurse Sharks in the Arch, schools of fish, Black Cod, Turtles…
22nd March 2025 – Finally in the water again!
After the longest three weeks ever, Jetty Dive was able to get MegaWild out for a post-Alfred double dive! With a boat full of keen divers, the light southerly blow allowed for two amazing dives on the top end of South Solitary Island! Dive one saw some of our advanced divers jumping in at Manta Arch…
2nd March 2025 – Sunday Shenanigans at South Solitary!
With a foreboding forecast for the forthcoming few days, Megawild powered out to South Solitary to get in our last dives for this week! First up our divers dropped in at the Gantry, during the dive a squadron of Neon Flying Squid were seen, along with Nudibranchs, Fire Gobies, Green Turtles, five very flirty Eagle Rays…
1st March 2025 – Back In The Blue
After a week off from diving MegaWild loaded up with some very eager divers for some long overdue diving! First up our divers dropped in at Buchanan's Wall for a swim to the Gantry. Highlights of the dive included two Giant Stingrays, Nudibranchs (most notably an unamed Nembrotha Sp.), Depressed Spider Crabs, Juenile Yellow Boxfish, Ambon…
Nambucca School kids Snorkel with Turtles and Leopard Sharks
We had the pleasure to take out some keen snorkelers from Nambucca Valley Christian Community School today and they were not dissapointed!!We started at The Gantry and everyone was excited to get in and explore South Solitary Island. There were Leopard Sharks, Turtles, Eagle Rays, Blue Tangs and Blue Groupers.Visibility was about 15-20m and a warm…
23rd February 2024- Double Trip Double Fun
We had great conditions today to finish up our weekend. Taking advantage of it, SoWild steamed up north for a double dive at North Solitary Island, while MegaWild took off to South Solitary Island! North Solitary had a bit of swell rollng through, so divers got in for their first dive at Elbow Cave and the…
22nd February 2025- Conditions Easing
South Solitary Island really showcased its beauty this morning as Mega Wild headed out for a double dive with a boat full of divers! Dive one was a drop in at Buchanans Wall as the surface was a bit choppy else where. Buchanan's displayed all of its magic, with the highlights being the macros! Shrimp shrimp…
20th February 2025 – Back Blowing Bubbles
It has been over a week since we out diving due to the conditions.Dive one was at Shark Gutters, we had huge amount of fish schooling on the bottom, 3-4 massive Black Cod and nudibranchs galore in the gutters.Dive two was a drift from Cleaner Station down to South Boulder. We had the current going the…
11th February 2025- Cuddly Leopard
SoWild got out to South Solitary Island this morning with another small crew of divers! After steaming through the swell, we made it out to the light and saw the conditions had improved slightly possibly due to the pumping current we had. Dive one was a drop in at Buchanan's Wall. It was a bit chilly…
