Dive report - Lighthouse Bay, Friday 24 April 2009

Wow!  What an incredible change.  We cancelled our diving tour yesterday because the swell that has been running the past few days had turned everything just yuck and rough.  Well, what a difference 24 hours makes!  The water was crystal clear, there was no surge or current and the animals had a renewed sense of energy!

Dive one was at Blizzard Ridge and the wobbegongs were out in the open relaxing on the reef tops.  All the schools - snapper, threadfin pearl perch, sweetlips, fusiliers - were just hanging out and didn't care at all as divers moved in next to them.
WATER TEMP: 27C
VISIBILITY: 15-20m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 14m

Gulliver's was amazing, too. There's a few enormous schools of various fish and white tip reef sharks everywhere. Alyson found yet another very cool nudibranch, this one on the mooring line. Unfortunately, she didn't have her camera with her as she had Open Water students doing their first two dives...they're a bit spoiled after today! And how about our Discover Scuba Diving participants? They came across a huge manta ray that just hung around them! If that's not enough, add in a funky leopard shark. Awesome day again.
WATER TEMP: 27C
VISIBILITY: 15-20m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 14m