Category: Local Dive Report
30th October 2020 – Still good vis at South Solitary Island
Despite a bit of Northerly wind, conditions at Manta Arch and Shark Gutter moorings were great for the first dive today. Manta Arch had a few sharks around the gutters near the arch and at least 15 in the back gutter. Dive 2 had "Wildfin's" divers check out the Gap after mixing it with the mass…
29th October 2020 – Great Conditions At South Solitary Island
Two boats steamed out to South Solitary Island this morning, "2 wild" had research divers on and "wildfin" had a mixture of certified divers and student divers. Dive one was at the northern end of the island. All divers dropped in at Shark Gutters, and were greeted with at least 25 metres of visibility, four Grey…
28th October 2020 – Happy Hump Day
Today we travelled out to South Solitary Island with a boat full of keen divers, that were eager to take advantage of the warm blue waters that we have been having the past week. Our first dive, we decided to dive Manta Arch, where we could see the bottom from the surface even with cloud cover.…
27th October 2020 “25 Metre Visibility At South Solitary Island”
With a small group of divers, "2 Wild" made its way out to South Solitary Island for today's double dive and on arriving the divers were greeted with 25 metre vis. One group of divers dropped in at Manta Arch, and the remaining divers made their way round to Cleaner Station. At least twenty Grey Nurse…
25th October 2020 – Bullrays on Sundays
We had really good conditions again today with only a light breeze from the NW and very minimal swell. Once at South Solitary Island, Wildfin got the advanced divers in at Manta Arch to explore the Back Gutter while 2Wild dived Buchanan's Wall with the other divers. Both groups of divers saw loads including Turtles, Grey…
24th October 2020 – Nice diving at South Solitary Island
Despite the grim forecast, the weather and sea conditions were quite OK for a trip to South Solitary Island. Diving Buchanan's Wall and the Gantry on dive 1, both boats were out with divers enjoying the clear water. Turtles were abundant and fish were quite active around the southern point of the island. Dive 2 had…
