Category: Local Dive Report
2nd November 2025- Mum and Bub Bull Ray
We have absolutely spoiled this weekend with water conditons. We got out to south solitary and once again had fabulous visiblity and sunny skies! Dive ones pick was at South Solitary! The current was running a bit which made for some really incredible fish life. Most of us ventured up boulder wall towards the top end…
1st November – Hammer Heads Arrive
November diving is all about the hammerheads at South Solitary Island, and today delivered in style! With stunning 25-metre visibility and a perfect 21 degrees in the water, our divers were treated to several exciting glimpses of hammerheads both underwater and from the surface. Grey Nurse Sharks, bull rays and huge schools of fish made for…
26th October 2025- South Sol puts it on!
Before the wind picks up for the rest of the week, we got our to finish the weekend off with a bang! Mega Wild got out to South Solitary with a great crew of divers today. We had a couple of divers finishing up their Open Water Diver Course and some others doing the PADI Advanced…
25th October 2025- Schools of Fish at Cleaner Rock
It was nice to have a bit of space and get out on Mega Wild today as we headed out to the island. The Visiblity was a bit down, but this made for heaps of fish life out and about! Our first dive was at Cleaner Station and the second dive was at Shark Gutters. A…
19th October 2025- sOUTHERLY sUNDAYS!
After nearly a week out of the water, it is safe to say we were pretty keen to get wet again! What a better day than to go today, as the weather was fabulous for a double dive. Heading out to South Solitary, we encountered about 6 or 7 Humpback Whales cruising past the boat on…
13th October 2025- Grey Nurses out and about
We headed out to South Solitary again, with a small number of divers on the boat but everyone was big energy! Grey Nurses were out and about, all jam packed inside of the gutters on the top end. Big schools of fish have been loving the low vis lately, with fish like barracauda, jewfish, pomfret, tarwhine,…
12th October 2025-Schooling Fish Everywhere
With the wind dying down and the sea conditions calming, it would be rude not to take the boat out for a dive on this fabulous sunday! We had a great time too, despite visibility being poor. Dive one was taking advantage of the top end while we could, so we jumped in at Shark Gutters.…
11th October 2025- Macro Friendly Divers
With the temperature increasing this weekend, it was nice to cool off this morning in the water at South Solitary! Everyone definitely cooled down, as the water temp was pretty fresh! Visibility wasn't fantastic but the energy on the boat made up for it! As we had a northerly wind blowing onto the island, the Southern…
8th October 2025 – Hump Day Diving
With all this smoke around what better place to be than underwater breathing from beautiful clean air.Dive one was at Shark Gutter while dive two was a drift from the top end down to The Gantry. Both dives had loads to see including Turtles, Grey Nurse Sharks, Black Cod, Morish Idols, Blue Tangs, Nidibranchs and the…
