Dive report - Lighthouse Bay, Friday 27th March 2009

It's been pretty windy and lots of dirty water has been brought in to Lighthouse Bay so visibility isn't the greatest.  The benefit of all that rich water is that absolutely everything is congregating on the reef and most everything is gorging on the masses of food!

Blizzard Ridge was cranking again with hunting cods, trevally, barracuda and coral trout.  The cleaner shrimp were out in force everywhere we looked offering services to the big and the small.  A huge cowtailed ray took a break from the excitement and rested in the sand just off the ridge, totally disinterested in the divers stopping to gawk at him.
WATER TEMP: 27C
VISIBILITY: 3-4m
CURRENT: very mild
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 14m

Green turtles watched us kit up for dive two at Labyrinth and were again pretty much all over the site once we got under. There were also quite a few white tip reef sharks cruising near the bottom and resting under ledges. The octopus were active and we saw an enormous crayfish.

WATER TEMP: 27C
VISIBILITY: 3-4m
CURRENT: very mild
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 13.5m