Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Dive report - West Side, Monday 11 May 2009

We decided to do our half day, two morning reef dives on the West Side today since the conditions have been so good and the marine life so active lately.

Our first stop was O's Wall where we found lionfish, flutemouths, trevally, batfish, bannerfish, parrotfish and about 100 other different types of fish patrolling.  The anemone fish were active and many would dart a long way away from their host before shooting back into the safety of the tentacles at about a zillion miles an hour. This site was really active from the shallows in about 12m to the deeper end of the site in 22m.
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 12m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 22m

Central Station had both big and little action today. We had two huge cowtail stingrays, a big loggerhead turtle and several huge cods. Along the reef ledge, cleaner shrimp were sitting right out in the open, waving their tentacles, waiting for business.
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 15m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 17m

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