Category: Local Dive Report
5TH OCTOBER 2025- Busy Weekend with Good Diving
We are making the most of school holidays and went out for our fourth day in a row to double dive at South Solitary! We had a full boat and some bubbly spirit-ed staff, so the vibeS were high! Dive one was in and out at Shark Gutters, whereas we got to finish up at The…
3rd October 2025 – Barracuda and Grey NUrse
The Southern was a little brisk this morning which made both our dives at the norther end of South Solitary Island.Dive one was at Shark Gutters, this had 2-3 Grey Nurse Sharks near the bottom of the mooring with anoher 10-12 out in the deeper water.The deeper water was marginally clearer but a degree colder!!! We…
2nd October 2025 – Turtles, Rays and Sharks
The top end of South Solitary Island was the pick for todays dives.Shark Gutters for dive one had 3-6 Grey Nurse Sharks lurking around, Black Cod, Nudibranchs in the gutters and a cute litytle Hawkesbill Turtle.Dive two was a drift from Shark Gutters down to The Gantry, there was a steady current which made for a…
27 September 2025 – Turtles Galore
Hiding out of the wind, Buchanan's Wall was the site of the first dive today. While the smoke was causing poor visibility out of the water, in the water we were excited to see conditions improving underneath. Our divers got up close with lionfish, turtles, banded coral shrimp, and a few wobbegongs hanging on the south…
26th Sep 2025 – Grey Nurse Stacked in Back Gutter
We had a glass out heading to South Solitary Island this morning with the addition of some curious Humpbacks on the way.Dive one was at Manta Arch, we had 10-12 Grey Nurse Sharks around the Arch itself and about 20 in the back gutter!! We also had a few big Black Cod, schools of Travelly and…
21st September 2025- Sweet Sunny Sunday!
Finishing the weekend strong, SoWild got a crew of some loved local divers and some students, al heading out to the lighthouse for a double dive. Whales and Dolphins put on a show for us on our way out there! Dive was up and down at Manta Arch and Shark Gutters was the choice for our…
20th September 2025-Cold Water diving
It isn't a proper winter Saturday unless Sowild packs up for a double dive- and thats exactly what we did! We had a full boat of divers who went out to South Solitary to spend the morning blowing bubbles! Today was the coldest water temp we have dived in this year! Dive one was a jump…
18th September 2025-cLOUD OF bARRACUDA!
SoWild packed up for a mid week boat and headed out to South Solitary! Despite the surface conditions being affected by the southerly wind and swell, everyone managed to have a fabulous double dive! Dive one saw most divers jump in at Manta Arch for some Grey Nurse Shark Action in the Arch to finish with…
Sunday 13th September-Finally back out diving!
After 3 weekends of poor conditions and bad weather, we finally got out again for a weekend dive! Facing a little bit of a northerly wind, the divers still entered the water at Shark Gutters to enjoy some Grey Nurse Sharks. Conditions were not bad considering the weather we had with 10 mtrs vis and 19c.…
