Dive report - Lighthouse Bay, Tuesday 24th March 2009

Conditions were right to hit one of our slightly deeper sites just on the edge of Lighthouse Bay so we did Craig's Crack for the first dive. This site has a couple of excellent ledges that are just filled with all manner of fish and invertebrates and turtles, sharks, sea snakes, cod, trevally, barracuda and other large fish patrol in mid-water over the flats around the ridges.

Today a huge 1.5m olive sea snake was cruising right next to a white tip reef shark. Both appeared to be in no hurry, but definitely looking for a little snack! A cute octopus greeted the divers at the start of the dive, sitting perkily on a bit of rock. As with many of our other sites during this time of year, there were thick bait balls from one end of the reef to the other.
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 8m
CURRENT: very mild
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 20m

After our surface interval, we hit 100s & 1000s. This is an excellent fish dive and also almost always has a good number of nudibranchs, too. It also boasts one of the best positioned magnificent anemones for photographers - it's high on top of a coral ridge so you can get a beautiful blue background. This anemone also tends to fold up more often than some of the others so you can see its beautiful bluey-purple underside. Of course, that wasn't the case today, but the pink anemomefish that live in it were still fun to watch!

Highlights were the variety of nudibranchs, the big cod just hanging in the water column without a care in the world and a green turtle leisurely swimming through the divers.
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 8m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 12m