Diving report - West Side Monday 8 June 2009

Beverly Hills was crazy with action today again.  Numerous cod were in fighter plane attack mode and dive bombing the big school of baitfish over and over again.  Sparkly remnants from their frenzied feeding made you feel like there was a disco ball hanging over the site.  The wobbegong sharks were much more mellow - three of them were hunkered down in the same hole together.  A lovely variety of reef and pelagic fish covered the whole area.  It was a bit of visual overload at times!
WATER TEMP: 25C
VISIBILITY: 15m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 22m

Nick's Lumps had lots of hunter action, too. Coral trout and various cod species were checking out their next meal while small schools of trevally and barracuda silently waited for an opportunity while they hung in the blue. A green turtle checked us out and white tip reef sharks ignored us. We also had moblows (pygmy mantas)! These little guys are so amazing - they fly in formation and it's a truly impressive spectacle.
WATER TEMP: 24C
VISIBILITY: 20+m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 18m

On the way back to the mooring, a humpback whale breached THREE times not more than 30m from the back of the boat. WOW!