Category: Local Dive Report
7th January 2026 – Hump Day Diving
Mega Wild was again laden with divers as it headed out to South Solitary Island. Exceptionally calm surface conditions made the trip out to South Solitary super quick and comfortable. With these glasslike conditions, Mega dropped divers in at Manta Arch, seeing around 20 Grey Nurse Sharks in the arch. The open-water students dove in at…
6th January 2026 – Island Hopping Diving
Mega Wild set out this morning for South Solitary Island, loaded with some keen Scuba Divers. Jumping in at Shark Gutters for the first dive, we were met with the same schooling Batfish that have been hanging around enjoying the warm waters these past few weeks. Further down, divers had experiences with some Kobia tagging along…
5th January 2026- Magic Monday at South Sol
With another beautiful sunny day on Coffs Coast, we had yet another lovely dive crew who jumped on So Wild and headed out to blow some bubbles. It was a nice mix up to have the small boat run instead of Mega! Dive one saw divers jump in at Buchanan's Wall. All of our favourite smaller…
4th January 2026- Solitary’s sunday!
Jetty Dive had a full-on day, with weather permitting for both So Wild AND Mega Wild to venture out to the Solitary Island Marine Park! SoWild headed up north, while Mega stayed comfortable at its local spot, South Sol! At North Solitary, they had some fabulous dives! Our first dive saw divers jump in at Anenome…
3RD jANUARY 2026 – sENSATIONAL sUMMER sATURDAYS
Today was a busy day at Jetty Dive with summer in full swing and both boats heading out to South Solitary Island. Dive conditions have been excellent lately and today was no exception. Mega and So Wild dropped divers into Manta Arch and Cleaner Station where the warmer water coming in usually sees many Grey Nurse…
2nd January 2026- First Dive of 2026 Did Not Dissappoint
South Solitary's conditions were extremely pleasant for todays dive! Mega Wild cruised out with a full boat to enjoy the summer diving we had in front of us. With warm water around 23 C and visibility out to about 20 m, it was easy to scan the bottom of the ocean floor and gutters below the…
31st December 2025 – Amazing diving to end the year
We were welcomed with 25-30m Visibility and 23C water at South Solitary Island today, and what a way to finish the year!!We had both boats out today with a total of 36 divers!!! All dives were up the northern end due to a bit of swell still around. There were 2-3 Leopard Sharks, Bullrays, schooling Bullseyes,…
24th December 2025- Merry Christmas from Jetty Dive!
Merry Christmas Eve from the team at Jetty Dive! Today we shot out to South Solitary for a double dive in true Christmas Spirit! Conditions were nice and flat on the surface, and upon arrival, the visibility looked better than yesterday! Because of the current running on the top end of the island, we got in…
23th December 2025- Rain or Shine.. We Dive!
Rain or shine, if sea conditions permit- you can bet we will be out at South Solitary! Mega Wild had a nearly full boat of divers who were obviously keen to start their summer holidays in the water! First up, we got in at Shark Gutters while the conditions permitted! It was lovely to see some…
