Dive report - Lighthouse Bay, Sunday 17 May 2009

We usually head out to the Muiron Islands on Sundays, but the conditions were so rough north of the Cape that our divers took a vote and decided to head into the protection of Lighthouse Bay for diving instead.

Blizzard Ridge stepped things up to show off for us today with everything feeding, cleaning, zooming around. Lionfish were hanging out in the blue with their fins spread out to catch the rays of sunlight streaming through; cods were attacking the schools of baitfish with gusto; white tip reef sharks patrolled over the sand and wobbegong sharks swam from one nap place to the next.
WATER TEMP: 27C
VISIBILITY: 8m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 14m

Gulliver's was also extremely active with huge cods lined up at the cleaning stations, a large school of snapper circling on one of the sand patches and an enormous roughback stingray that was so big he made the ones we've been seeing look like pygmies!
WATER TEMP: 27C
VISIBILITY: 10m
CURRENT: very gentle
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 14m