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
With surface conditions becoming more pleasant MegaWild Loaded up and flew out to South Solitary for todays diving! First up our divers rolled in at Buchanan’s Wall for a swim to the Gantry, along the way Abbotts Morays, Banded Coral Shrimp, a Depressed Spider Crab, a transitional Yellow Boxfish, Blue Angelfish were seen and on … Continued
After a brief break from diving SoWild loaded up and steamed out for some overdue diving… and once again South Solitary failed to disappoint! First up our divers dropped in at Buchanan’s Wall for a swim to the Gantry, the wall was alive with macro life, such as Banded Coral Shrimp, Glass Shrimp, Popcorn Shrimp, … Continued
Despite the gloomy conditions this morning MegaWild loaded up to capacity with some super keen divers and powered out to South Solitary, where despite some layered visibility (and a couple of rude thermoclines) we were in for some awesome diving! First up our certified divers dropped in at Manta Arch for a swim to meet … Continued
