We dived at the Floats first and the swim throughs were packed with baitfish. As we'd emerge they'd sparkle like a million fairy lights. The water was so clear and blue today all of the colours POPPED. Huge schools of bullseyes hung at every ledge, some of the biggest sweetlips we've ever seen kept watch from lofty perches high on the bommie and sleek bright yellow trumpetfish stood on their heads, turning 360 degrees ever so slowly. On the surface, over our happy babbling about all we'd seen, we heard the call "Look west now! Quick" as two humpback whales moseyed past us not 30m away! WOW!
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 30+m
CURRENT: slight
SURGE: slight
DEPTH: 16m
More humpback whales swam along spouting as we headed back north to Central Station. The water here was even clearer and bluer and you could see everything for miles underwater. It made everything feel like you could reach out and touch it, but the fish would actually be dancing 20m away. A friendly manta ray came in to check out the divers before starting a slow circuit down the reef, around the cleaning station and back again. Each time it would pause for a few moments the cleaners would dart up and give the manta their full attention. With a flick of its wings the manta would send them scurrying back to the safety of their ledges while the manta banked to start the process all over again.
WATER TEMP: 26C
VISIBILITY: 30+m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 16m
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