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By: Andrew Benson
3rd October 2021 – Divers Delight at South Solitary Island!
There was no better way to spend the day than blowing bubbles at South Solitary Island today. Making the most of the great conditions our divers were able to explore both the northern and southern parts of the island. Grey nurse sharks, wobbegongs, turtles, eagle rays, black cod and two bronze whaler sharks were just some…

By: Andrew Benson
2nd October 2021 – Fish Soup at South Solitary Island!
Today's diving was nothing short of amazing at South Solitary Island! The calm sea conditions allowed us to dive both Buchanan's Wall and Shark Gutters. Black cod, lionfish, blue grouper, schooling tarwhine and grey nurse sharks were spotted patrolling the northern end of the island while turtles, moray eels, nudibranches, anemone fish and blue tang were…

By: Tara Davey
PADI Electronic Logbook Tips and Tricks!
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="40679" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=".vc_custom_1633132774956{border: 5px initial !important;}"][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1633132805738{padding: 5px !important;}"]As people who are passionate about the ocean, we strive towards envrionmental sustainability wherever we can. PADI also subscribes to this ideaology, constantly improving and innovating methods and processes to keep wastage at a minimum. This was evident first in E-Learning, where instead of…

By: Lindsay Devery
29th September 2021- “Breaching Whales At Split Solitary Island”.
Knowing that the wind was going to pick up early this morning, "2 Wild" headed out to Split Solitary Island with a small group of certified divers and students. Conditions were nice in the shelter of the island and visibility was very good for Split. Dive one had all divers drop in on Turtle Cove Mooring.…

By: Andrew Benson
28th September 2021 – 30m Plus Vis at South Solitary Island!
Spectacular conditions for diving at South Solitary Island today! Dive one was spent exploring the life along Buchanan's Wall. Black cod, wobbegong sharks, turtles and Lionfish were just some of the highlights on this dive. Taking advantage of the current, our divers enjoyed a leisurely drift from Shark Gutters to the Gantry for dive two. Grey…

By: Andrew Benson
27th September 2021 – Big Blue at the Solitaries!
Our divers enjoyed some blue water diving at the Solitary Islands today as the vis had improved to 25 plus meters! Jumping in at Shark Gutters for dive one our divers were greeted with grey nurse sharks, eagle rays, black cod and schooling Tarwhine. After a short boat ride we hopped in at South West Solitary…

By: Tara Davey
25th September 2021 – Sunny Saturday!
Today we took out 2 Wild for a double dive to South Solitary Island, and this morning there was lovely surface conditions! On the first dive we headed to Buchanan's Wall, with divers in groups based on experience level. Here we saw some Turtles and some Wobbeygongs, along with some Blue Gropers and Nudibranches, and plenty…

By: Tara Davey
20th September 2021 – Juvenile SemiCircle Angelfish OR Juvenile Emporer Angelfish?
We woke up to beautiful sea conditions today and were very excited to take advantage of them, taking "2 Wild" out with some students and some certified divers to South Solitary for a double dive. For the first dive we dropped into Shark Gutters. There was a Numb Ray, heaps of Nudibranches, a juvenile Angelfish -…

By: Lindsay Devery
19th September 2021 – Returning Clear Water
South Solitary Island treated us with clearer water and loads of marinelife today. Dive one was at Shark Gutters and our divers decended onto 8-10 Grey Nurse Sharks crusing around the bottom and in the gutter, there was a beautiful Semicircle Angelfish, schools of Tarwhine, Travelly, Bullseyes and Fusiliers. With morining tea done during the surface…