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28th December 2024- Leopard Sharks at North Solitary
Happy Saturday from the team at Jetty Dive. We had a busy day today, running both of our boats. So Wild ventured up to North Solitary Island today whilst Mega Wild kept it a bit more local and shot out to the Lighthouse at South Solitary Island. North Solitary Island showed two great dives at Anenome…
27th December 2024- Split and South Solitary Dive
Despite the strong northerly wind and a bit of swell rolling in, both So Wild and Mega Wild pushed for a double dive and we ended up having a great time! Mega Wild shot out to Split Solitary Island and got in for both dives at Turtle Cave. So Wild made its way out to South…
26th December 2024- Boxing day Manta Ray
Merry (belated) Christmas to everyone from the staff at Jetty Dive! We are very thankful to have such an amazing community of divers and we wish to extend our gratitude to everyone for another wonderful year! With that being said, what better way to enjoy Boxing Day than to get out for a double dive at…
22nd December 2024- 25+ VIz and 25 Degree Water
With fantastic conditions reported from yesterdays dive, we continued on with summer holiday diving and headed out to South Solitary. With a northerly wind blowing we jumped in on the Southern End of the The Light for better-ish protection. Dive one was at Buchanans Wall. We had about 25 metres of blue visiblity and no current.…
21st December 2024 – Blue Water Rolls in to South Solitary Island
With conditions easing Megawild slipped out to South Solitary Island for today's diving. Once at the island we realised that the swell was still up to 2m but this did not dampen the excitement that the visibility was pushing to 20m!!Dive one was a drift from Shark Gutters down to South Boulder, we had schools Fusiliers,…
17th December 2024- Manta Ray in The Gap
Christmas came early today at South Solitary Island! We had a big boat full of keen divers who loaded up Mega Wild this morning and shot out to the island for some great time in the water. With a bit of current running downhill, we wanted to save the top end of the island for our…
15th November 2024- Freediving courses are back on
With perfect conditions off the coast, MegaWild packed up both Scuba and Freediving equipment to shoot out to South Solitary for a splash around in the water! Between a Search and Recovery Course, an Open Water Diving Course, a Freediving Course, along with certified dive leads- we had a bit on! And everyone had a great…
16th December 2024-Turtle Time
We had a mix of dirty and not so dirty visbility today, however, that didn't stop the divers seeing a massive amount of fish-life. Dive 1 was in a bit of current at Shark Gutters with Grey Nurse sharks cruising around the shallow gutters. We were in search of the tail roped shark to help SeaWorld…
14th December 2024- Turtles Sharks and rays
MegaWild shot out to South Solitary this morning for a double dive, taking full advantage of the low forecasted swell and wind. We steamed out with a boat full of keen divers with nearly glass out conditions and had plenty of options to chose for a dive site! First up, divers descended at Manta Arch for…
