Category: Dive Reports – 2021

By: Lindsay Devery
31st of December 2021 – Last Dives of the Year!
With some rain hovering on the horizon we made our way out to South Solitary Island for the last two dives of 2021. Our first site was Buchannan's Wall where our divers were treated to clear water and lots of marine life. A few greasy cod, grey nurse shark, juvenile yellow boxfish, fire gobies, and juvenile…

By: Lindsay Devery
30th December 2021 – Returning Blue Water
We managed to find a window of opportunity this morning to get our divers out to South Solitary Island. With the steady southerly wind we were restricted to the northern end of the island. Both dives were done at Shark Gutters. Some of the marine life seen today were grey nurse sharks, eagle rays, blue spotted…

By: Andrew Benson
26th December 2021 – Sensational South Solitary Island!
With both of our boats loaded with excited divers we made our way to South Solitary Island for two very spectacular dives today. Our divers had an action packed dive one, getting up close and personal with dozens of grey nurse sharks at Manta Arch and the back gutter. Dive two was spent enjoying Shark Gutters…

By: Tara Davey
24th December 2021 – Christmas Eve Dive
With the most favourable conditions of the last week 2 Wild headed out to South Solitary for today's diving. First up our divers descended on Shark Gutters and were briefly greeted by a Sandbar Shark, along the way our divers also encountered Grey Nurse Sharks, Nudibranchs, Pineapplefish, a Netted Toby, an Orange Spotted Sand Goby, a…

By: Tara Davey
23rd December 2021 – Shark Central at South Solitary!
With the recent wind and swell finally breaking, Mega Wild headed out to South Solitary for today's diving. First up our divers dropped in at Shark Gutters where they were caught in Grey Nurse peak hour traffic, with so many Grey Nurse Sharks around the mooring that our divers had to wait their turn to move!…

By: Tara Davey
21st December 2021 – Sensational Split Splash!
Despite some sub-optimal surface conditions Mega Wild headed off to South Solitary... and then halfway there we changed our minds and went to Split Solitary for some solid diving instead! The impromptu island swap worked out well, with a much more sheltered dive site with surprisingly good visibility! first up our divers dropped in at Turtle…