Dive report - Lighthouse Bay, Saturday 18th April 2009

Gorgeous day out with flat seas, bright sunshine and clear water.  We dived at Razor's first up and the site was rocking with baitfish attracting hunting trevally and big cods.  Turtles were munching on red bell jellies, snoozin' on the reef and generally not being too interested in the divers as they swam alongside.  We also had quite few octopus out and about keeping a wary eye on things. This site has some gorgeous soft corals and sea fans - it's a nice compliment to the limestone reef structures of our other sites.
WATER TEMP: 28C
VISIBILITY: 15+m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 12m

100s & 1000s was lovely with lots of blue spotted stingrays, white tip reef sharks and many spotted sweetlips. A big school of snapper hung out over the sand and would split in two as the divers came by and then regroup right behind them again. Lots of colourful reef fish like damsels, anthias, butterflyfish and some huge angelfish.
WATER TEMP: 28C
VISIBILITY: 15m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 12m

Blizzard Ridge has calmed down after a few weeks of crazy feeding action. There are still good sized schools of baitfish and quite a few predator fish, but it wasn't as frenzied today. A big, beat up roughback ray was hanging out under a ledge getting a bit of a wash and wax from the local cleaner wrasse. Schools of glassfish sparkled against the reef and lionfish were abundant. Three itty bitty baby squids greeted me right under the boat as I surfaced - they are too cute (and too shy)!
WATER TEMP: 27C
VISIBILITY: 12m
CURRENT: slight
SURGE: slight
DEPTH: 14m

Gulliver's was great fun today. White tip reef sharks of all sizes, including a tiny 3 foot guy, were snoozing and cruising. Schools of perch, fusiliers and snapper were circling. I looked for the resident velevetfish and instead found a much smaller one in more or less the same place. Be interesting to keep an eye out to see if there are now two or if the larger one has moved on. Mary found a pair of harlequin shrimp jealously guarding their prized sea star leg, wedged up under a ledge.
WATER TEMP: 27C
VISIBILITY: 12m
CURRENT: slight
SURGE: slight
DEPTH: 14m