Dive Report - Muiron Islands Wednesday 15 April 2009

Today was overcast and a little cooler, but we had gorgeous seas and a wonderful trip over to the Muiron Islands.  Today we had lots of snorkellers with us so we headed to two of our sites that have the reef reaching up to within 5 or 6 meters of the surface.

Keyhole is covered in great soft & leather corals and always has very active marine life, too. Today white tip reef sharks patrolled the edges, big groupers & cod hung out just above the corals and turtles nestled between ridges and swam along next to the divers and the snorkellers! One of our super guides, Alyson, found another frogfish - this time a bright orange guy with the funkiest pattern

WATER TEMP: 27C
VISIBILITY: 10-12m
CURRENT: mild
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 12m

We mixed it up a little by heading for The Maze for our second dive. This site has excellent swim-throughs swarming with baitfish and bullseyes. A huge ray tried to tuck in under a ledge, but he was so big only his nose wasn't sticking out. We found a great variety of little guys, too...shrimps, coral crabs, octopus and nudibranchs dotted the whole site.
WATER TEMP: 27C
VISIBILITY: 10-12m
CURRENT: mild
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 12m

Everyone had an awesome snorkel at Turtle Bay - little white tip reef sharks, turtles, anemonefish, angelfish, butterfly fish, parrotfish...so many fish! The current was gentle and the water was blue. What a terrific day!