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27th July 2024- Super Saturday at South SOl
SoWild had a great group of divers on the boat today, heading out to South Solitary for a couple of awesome double dives!! First up divers jumped in at The gantry, as the northerly wind made the top end slightly choppy. Visbility was great and everyone had a lot to see, including Barney the local turtle!…
Jetty Dive Debrief – July 2024
Welcome to the July 2024 Jetty Dive Debrief! Here we are going to let you know how the water has been, what the season showed us, any interesting or noteworthy details, and what we've achieved as a shop! So join us to read what we're been up to in the past three months. I was away…
20th July 2024 – Grey Nurse Shark Galore
We had a small crew of keen divers head out to South Solitary Island this morning! Dive one had to be at Manta Arch due to the brisk Westerly wind, the dive around Manta Arch and the back gutter had a huge amount of Grey Nurse Sharks, schools of Tarwhine, Moray Eels and Nudibranchs. Dive two…
19th July 2024 – winter water “blues”
After a week out of the water we were beyond excited to get out to the islands! And we were even more excited to see the blue, clear water waiting for us! For our first dive we dropped into Shark Gutters, and on the second we headed from Shark Gutters to The Gantry. We saw schooling…
17th July 2024 – Jump Baby!!
We had our 9am and 11am Whale Watching trip get some exciting encounters today!!On the 9am we caught up with a "Heat Run" heading south, this is when a number of male humpbacks chase/fight/compete for a female and it can be very full on! We spent the full 1 hour and 30min trip with them. The…
12th July 2024 – Fishy Friday
South Solitary Island greated us with an abundance of marine life today, both dives had loads to see even though the visibility was down a tad due to the increasing swell. Dive one was at Buchanan's Wall, this had schools of sweep and Pomfreds in mid water, Lionfish, Eels, Wobbegongs and a curious Eastern Blue Grouper.…
10th July 2024-Full Steam on Whale Trips
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 some…
Dive Reports – June 2024
Take a look at our dive reports from June 2024! We’ve detailed what we saw, the temperature and visibility, and surface conditions of the Solitary Islands in Coffs Harbour in June 2024. June 2024 Dive Reports - Table of Contents: 5th June 2024 6th June 2024 7th June 2024 8th June 2024 9th June 2024 20th…
21st June 2024- 30 breaches on Whale Watch trip
On Friday we had great weather and two trips out Whale Watching. The afternoon trip topped the day off with our friendly whale jumping in excess of 30 breaches. Such an amazing sight. Just as we wanted to go home, he stopped as if he knew we were going. We are looking at poor weather for…
