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By: Debbie Davey
16th July 2025-Wicked Wednesday at Cleaner Station
Jetty Dive is kicking on with diving and had our fifth day out in a row at South Solitary! Half a boat of mostly students made for an easy kit up this morning and a race out to the island! Both divers were in and out at Cleaner Station. Holy Fish! The mid week diving today…
By: Teagan Anderson
15th July 2025- Gloomy sunday
With nearly a full boat this morning, SoWild packed up dive gear and headed out to South Solitary for a double dive! The skies were a bit dark and the wind was fresh, we were keen to get underwater! Visibility has improved since yesterday, staying at a steady 10-12 metres around the top end and up…
By: Debbie Davey
14th July 2025 – Grey Nurse Sharks like Pancake stack
We are making the most of this beautiful weather and ticking off our 3rd day diving in a row!!!Our recent local Fur Seal was still at the island although no one got to see it under water.Dive one was at Shark Gutters while dive two was a drift from Cleaner Station down to South Boulder.Lots spotted…
By: Debbie Davey
13th July 2025- Rays on Sunday
Lots of returning customers and some new customers made for a full boat on SoWild today as we headed out to South Solitary for a couple of dives. With a big swell rolling though the island, we managed to get in at Shark Gutters four our first dive. The second dive so SoWild's divers jumping in…
By: Lindsay Devery
12th July 2025 – Seal visits South Solitary Island
With only a few people on board, So Wild headed out to South Solitary Island for a couple dives.Just as we arrived at the island we spotted a Seal playing on the surface and to one of the lucky groups that same seal came up for a close look underwater.Considering the visibility was a bit low…
By: Lindsay Devery
10th July 2025 – Breaching Whales, Turtles aND bIRD RELEASING
We had a great morning full of exciting animal encounters!Our 9am trip had someone from the Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary bring aboard a Giant Petrel Bird to release back out to sea. We also came across a huge Loggerhead Turtle on the surface and finished with the stars of the show....... 50-70 Humpback Whales that were…
By: Teagan Anderson
7th July 2025-Beautiful Vis at South Sol
One dive over the weekend wasn't enough for us so we decided to head out for a dive to start our week off nicely! SoWild packed up with a full boat and launched out to South Solitary. After stopping to see a few pods of Humpback Whales who greeted us on our way out, we arrived…
By: Teagan Anderson
6th June 2025- Fun in Manta Arch
With conditions easing this morning after a week of high seas, we saw an opportunity to go for a dive! SoWild and its divers packed up and steamed out to South Solitary for two fabulous dives. The visibility has dropped since last weekend, due to the northerly winds, but no one minded as we were keen…
By: Lindsay Devery
5TH jULY 2025 – Breaching on the Humpback Highway
The Humpback Highway is in full swing ladies and gents and today was a very memorable one!!The 9am trip stated a little slow but eventually we found 2-3 pods out wide who were cruising north. The 11am had enough people that we took Mega Wild and So Wild, we teamed up and flew out to two…