Conditions looked great for a dive today despite the forecast swell. When MegaWild arrived at South Solitary, the current was raging on the northern end, so both dives were on the western side. First up, at Buchanan’s Wall, the fishlife was very prolific, with Kingfish circling and lots of small schooling fish. For dive two … Continued
With the conditions holding MegaWild loaded up with some keen divers and steamed out to South Solitary for today’s diving. First up our divers dropped in at Buchanan’s Wall. Highlights of the dive included a massive Numbray, Banded Coral Shrimp, Ambon Cleaner Shrimp, Depressed Spider Crabs, Nudibranchs and Gold Crowned Sleeper Gobies. For dive two … Continued
With the good conditions holding out SoWild loaded up with some very excited divers and headed out to South Solitary for today’s diving First up, our divers dropped in at Shark Gutters. On descent, our divers were engulfed by massive clouds of various schooling fish; other highlights of the dive included Leopard Sharks, juvenile Black … Continued
Today was a busy day at Jetty Dive with summer in full swing and both boats heading out to South Solitary Island. Dive conditions have been excellent lately and today was no exception. Mega and So Wild dropped divers into Manta Arch and Cleaner Station where the warmer water coming in usually sees many Grey … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
With a foreboding forecast for the forthcoming few days, Megawild powered out to South Solitary to get in our last dives for this week! First up our divers dropped in at the Gantry, during the dive a squadron of Neon Flying Squid were seen, along with Nudibranchs, Fire Gobies, Green Turtles, five very flirty Eagle … Continued
After a week off from diving MegaWild loaded up with some very eager divers for some long overdue diving! First up our divers dropped in at Buchanan’s Wall for a swim to the Gantry. Highlights of the dive included two Giant Stingrays, Nudibranchs (most notably an unamed Nembrotha Sp.), Depressed Spider Crabs, Juenile Yellow Boxfish, … Continued
