Dive report - Lighthouse Bay, Friday 01 May 2009

We headed out to one of our deeper sites for dive one today - Hilton's.  The swell is up a bit so there was a little current on the decent line, but none at the bottom.  The whole site is covered in masses of baitfish and there were lionfish both flared out in the blue and tucked up under ledges.  The coolest creature on this dive was one the divers didn't see - a pilot whale swam right over their heads! They heard it but weren't looking in the right direction.
WATER TEMP: 28C
VISIBILITY: 6m
CURRENT: moderate on the line; none at the bottom
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 29m

We came back to Blizzard Ridge and found a bit better viz. Rankin cod of all sizes were making meals out of all the baitfish, zooming in and out of sight. There now seem to be two eensy Clarkii anemonefish on their anemone out in the sand. Once again the olive sea snakes were abundant and curious.
WATER TEMP: 28C
VISIBILITY: 10m
CURRENT: mild
SURGE: moderate
DEPTH: 14m

Gulliver's is clearly the preferred mantis shrimp party area lately. Today they were everywhere we looked and many don't seem as timid as usual, letting divers get very good looks at them before they'd shoot back into a hidey hole. The cleaning stations were active today with big cods and little damsels all taking turns for the cleaner wrasse.
WATER TEMP: 28C
VISIBILITY: 10m
CURRENT: mild
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 14m


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