Dive report - Muiron Islands Monday 25 May 2009

We postponed Sunday's trip to the Muiron Islands because of the honkin' swell and big tides, so headed over today instead.  It was a good decision as the crossing was pretty mild and the whole day was lovely, getting flatter and clearer as the day went on.

Our first dive site was Fraggle Rock and it was beautiful with varying colours and textures throughout the site. Lots of sailfish catfish of all sizes, including several balls of juveniles, cavorted on the sand up close to the safety of their holes. White tip reef sharks cruised back and forth along the edges. The coolest thing here today was an octopus out walking around and getting hassled by a giant potato cod! We're not sure why the cod was so insistent but he really didn't like this octopus at all.
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 8m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 14m

Whalebone's colours were amazing in the streaming sunlight for dive two. There seem to be even more sea squirts, sponges and nudibranchs covering the site than normal. Green turtles swam in the shallows and nestled in under the leather corals. Lots of beautiful reef fishes cruised over the whole site and a small school of silver trevally hung out just before the entrance to a swim thru.
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 10m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: mild
DEPTH: 12m