Category: Dive Report – 2024
17th November 2024- Barney crashes
Beore the Northerly wind picks up for a few days, SoWild took the opportunity to head out to South Solitary to finish off the weekend strong with another double dive! Dive one saw divers drop in at Buchanan's wall. With a mix of students and certified divers, Lindsay headed deep to complete the deep dive component…
16th November 2024 -Deep Blue Water!
With the warm blue water hanging around MegaWild loaded up and powered out to South Solitary for some awesome diving! First up our divers descended on Shark Gutters, where A large Hawksbill Turtle, Nudibranchs, Octopus, a small Marbled Ray, Flagtail Blanquellos, a couple of Grey Nurse Sharks and Schooling Tarwhine were seen. After the surface interval…
15th November 2024- Great & Scalloped HAMMERHEAD, WHALER, AND NURSES
SoWild shot out to South Solitary today for two fantstic double dives! Upon reaching the island, we had extremely blue water and could see the bottom of the island from all over our dive sites, even at Manta Arch! Water temperatures just touched 23°C and everyone was that keen to jump in! First up, SoWild saw…
10th November 2024- Megawild Enjoys a sunny sunday!
This morning's double dive was bound to be a good one as we left the harbour we were pleased to be greeted with blue water and a 22°C water temp! Mega Wild steamed out to the island and everyone was eager to jump in. All of our certified divers jumped in the water at Manta Arch…
9th November 2024- Blue water and big thermocline
Today felt like summer as we had a big group of divers jump on Mega Wild for a trip out to South Solitary Island for a lovely Saturday Dive! We were welcomed to the island with beautiful blue water, around 20 metres visibility! Manta Arch through the Gap and ending at The Gantry was the choice…
8th November 2024- Big Current Big Fish
Mega Wild left the harbour to a slight southerly blow and some extremely blue water! We ventured our way out to South Solitary Island, with a group of keen divers looking to get in for a double dive. As we have had recent dives with great conditions, spirits were high! Being protected from the swell and…
6th November 2024-Barney
Before the wind picks up a bit tomorrow, SoWild managed to get a trip out to South Solitary for a double dive with a boat full of keen divers! Upon arrival, the water looked quite blue and there was minimal surface current, allowing divers to get in again at the top end of the island. Dive…
5th November 2024- Lots of Sharks!
Today's forecast was looking promising for a double dive. SoWild headed out with minimal wind and enjoyed blowing some bubbles at South Solitary! With predominately a Southern wind blowing through, we were able to tie up on the North Side of the Island and saw lots of Shark Action! Dive one saw some of our more…
2nd November 2024- Swimming pool or ocean?
We had the big boat packed and laoded today, ready to venture out towards Souht Solitary for a sweet double dive! The light presented itself with dreamy conditons, up to 30 metres vis and minimal current or surface chop! Shark Gutters was the ideal option for the first dive, where a cruisey drift from Shark Gutters…
