Category: Local Dive Report
8th December 2019 – Discover Scuba Divers mix with Grey Nurse Sharks
The skies were clearing, and the water looked inviting out at South Solitary Island. Both dives today were up the northern end at Shark Gutters and Boulder Wall and the visibility had cleared up a lot, the abundance of life today was crazy with Grey Nurse Sharks, Bullrays, Orangutan Crabs, Schools of Sweep and Bullseyes. On…
7th December 2019 – Grey Nurse Galore!
Navigating through this mornings thick smoke, we made our way to South Solitary for two action packed dives. While there was a lot to see on dive one, the grey nurse sharks stole the show with at least twenty sharks spotted aggregating in the gutter behind Manta Arch. Sheltering from the fresh southerly breeze dive two…
5th December 2019 – Vis on the improve!
Calm seas made for a great trip to South Solitary Island this morning. Arriving at the island we were pleased to see that the visibility had improved overnight. Plenty to see at Shark Gutters on dive one including 12 or more grey nurse sharks, turtles, black cod, lionfish and lots of nudibranches. Dive two was spent…
3rd December 2019 – More December Dives!
3rd December 2019 Today, 3rd December 2019, we took out 2 Wild with a boat of divers to the Solitary Islands, and experienced lovely conditions towards the top end of South Solitary Island. Our first dive this morning was at Shark Gutters. As the conditions were not super clear, we saw plenty of marine life -…
2nd December 2019 – Diving two Solitary Islands today
A pleasant trip out to South Solitary Island changed with a wind change to rough conditions after doing our first dive. Dive 1 ended up at Buchanan's Wall with cleaner conditions compared to the northern end. As it turned out, we had only 6 to 8 metres vis, but still had some nice diving. A nice…
1st December 2019 – Advanced Divers get Full Experience with Grey Nurse Sharks
The conditions today were much better which made a smoother trip out to South Solitary Island. Dive one had the Advanced Open Water students and certified divers in at Manta Arch to complete their Deep adventure dive down to 28-30m while the others jumped in at Cleaner Station to explore one of our best dive sites.…
