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31st December 2019 – Last Dives of 2019
With conditions freshening both Wildfin and 2Wild headed out to Split Solitary for the very last dives of 2019. For the first dive 2Wild's divers rolled into Turtle Cove and Wildfin's at Mikes Mooring where our divers saw several juvenile grey nurse, along with a large loggerhead (not Barney), dwarf Lionfish, Nudibranchs, Cuttlefish and a Blind…
30th December 2019 – Improved Conditions at Split Solitary
2Wild ventured out to South Solitary Island while Wildfin went to Split Solitary Island, Buchanan's Wall had the two Leaf Fish again, Turtles, Nudibranch's and a large Octopus. The word from Wildfin that the visibility was better closer in was to hard to turn down. Split Solitary had 8-12m Visibility plenty of schooling fish, lots of…
29th December 2019 – Grey Nurse Sharks are back
Visibility was still down at South Solitary Island today but our divers still managed to find lots of cool marine life on their dives. Buchanan's Wall was chosen for dive one and a drift from the top end down Boulder Wall to The Gantry for Dive two, we had Scorpion Leaf Fish, Turtles, Wobbegongs and Nudibranchs…
Saturday 28th December – Seahorse found at South Solitary Island
While the surface conditions were on the improve and the sun was beaming down the visibility had dropped from previous days but this didn’t stop our divers!!! Dive one had Wildfin at Buchanan’s Wall and 2Wild had their divers in up the northern end, we had a Scorpion Leaf Fish at Buchanan’s wall and a huge…
27th December 2019 – Friday Ray Day
27th December 2019 Today, on the 27th December 2019, was a beautiful day at South Solitary. Today's first dive was at Buchanan's wall, with both boats mooring up. We saw a beautiful Leaf Scorpion Fish, slipper crayfish, Black Cod, and multiple octopus, among beautiful fish life. After a pleasant surface interval and morning tea, both boats…
26th December 2019 – 25m Visibility for Boxing Day Divers
The visibility at South Solitary Island is getting better by the day with a solid 25-30m this morning. Dive one was at Buchanan's Wall, we had a beautiful Leaf Scorpion Fish perched on some blue sponge high on the wall and a large Green Sea Turtle come check out the divers. Morning tea was served for…
24th December 2019 – Blowing Bubbles on Xmas eve
Christmas Eve diving bought a lot of fun and excitement during our dives this morning at South Solitary Island. Dive one was at Buchanan's Wall and dive two was up the northern end and a drift to The Gantry. While some of our staff members were in the festive mood and rocked the Santa hats under…
23rd December 2019 – Double Boats to South Solitary island
Wildfin and 2Wild loaded up and steamed out to South Solitary Island this morning!! The northern end of the island was the pick as the southerly wind was still blowing through. Lots to see underwater on both dives today including Black Cod, Bullrays, Eagle Rays, Grey Nurse Sharks, Moray Eels, Popcorn Shrimp, Turtles and a very…
21st December 2019 – Summertime diving at the Solitaries!
Calm sea conditions and clear water made for some excellent diving at South Solitary Island today. Slipping in at Buchanan's Wall for dive one, our divers were inundated with life. Turtles, black cod, lionfish and some cheeky clown fish were just some of the highlights on this dive. Dive number two was spent searching for grey…
