Category: Local Dive Report
7th May 2025 – Visibility on The Comeback!!
Finally after such a long quiet period due to weather conditions we got out to South Solitary Island!!Dive one was at Manta Arch, We were welcomed to 6-8 Grey Nurse Sharks scattered between the Arch and the Back Gutter. There were also schools of Trevally, Bullseyes and Fusiliers.Dive two was a wonderful drift from Shark Gutters…
27th April 2025- Cephalapod Kind of Day!
SoWild shot out to South Solitary Island today to finish the weekend off with some beautiful diving! Before we have another weather event loading tomorrow, we are grateful the visibility cleared up a bit for all of us! Dive one saw everyone jump in at the Gantry. The highlight of this dive was the “squad” of…
26th April 2025- UP Close and Personal
Two boats packed up for another great day out at South Solitary. MegaWild loaded up with students and some certified divers, whilst SoWild shot out with a group of divers from Melbourne! Visibility wasn't great still, so it was nice to get up close and personal with some marine life! Megawild saw divers jump in at…
25th April 2025- Lovely Day at Groper Island
MegaWild welcomed the long weekend with open arms and packed up for a double dive! The skies were gloomy, but the vibes on the boat were immaculate and we all had a great day! Upon arrival at South Solitary Island, we made a safe decision to call the dive and head over to SouthWest Solitary Island,…
21st april 2025- south end of south solitary
Easter Weekend was a great one and we finished off with a double dive at South Solitary Island. We were able to fill up two boats today, SoWild shooting out early with a crew of regular divers and MegaWild following shortly after. Although visibility was still not fantastic, we managed to get two great dives in!…
Easter Sunday Solitary Dives
The Scuba Bunnies were up early this morning as we had 2 boats heading to the Solitary Islands!!So Wild ventured up to North Sol while Mega Wild shot out to South Sol. Even though both islands visibility was not fantastic there was plenty to see including schools of different fish, Lionfish, Banded Coral Shrimp and 3…
12th April 2025 – Weekend Leopard Sharks
We had a cracker start to the weekend with some epic dives at South Solitary Island.With some consistent southerly winds we had both dives up the top end, There was plenty to see as the visibility had picked up to roughly 25-30m!!!School of fish, Wobbegongs, Five Leopard Sharks, Blue Angel Fish, Mantis Shrimp, Grey Nurse Sharks,…
11th April 2025- Coffs Harbour Senior College Completes Open Water Course
The kids from Coffs Harbour Secondary School packed up Mega Wild and shot out towards South Solitary Island to finish up their Open Water Course! Conditions were very similar to yesterday, showing up best on the top end of the island. First up, a couple of students completing their Advanced Open Water dives got in at…
10th April 2024- Leopards and Grey Nurses
MegaWild packed up a small crew of divers and headed out for South Solitary! Coffs Coast Marine Sanctuary joined us this morning for the release of 12 rescued Sea Turtles, both Green and Hawksbill. We initially headed past South Sol to water that had a bit more current to hopefully assist the release of these turtles.…
