We've been doing all of our diving this past week off the West Side as the fish action, manta ray encounters and humpback whale sightings have been just too spectacular to miss. There has been a big swell running some days and visibility has varied from under 5m to over 20m+ - sometimes on the same day!
Nick's Lumps has been extremely active with all manner of schooling baitfish, big barracuda cruising through and turtles, sharks and rays hanging out for our viewing pleasure. Manta rays are buzzing us on this site both on the top of the reef and right at the surface - it's pretty nice to be accompanied to the back of the boat!
Central Station's manta action has been hot, too. There are almost always multiple big manta rays enjoying the cleaning stations, but we've also had a few dives with a single manta following the divers then cruising off into the distance and rejoining us again. When we're not watching the manta rays, a huge loggerhead turtle, tons of parrotfish, big cod, 6 foot+ roughback rays and schools of threadfin pearl perch keep us excited to be there.
We've also checked out a couple of our newer dive sites a few more times and each time they are proving to be great sites. We're still working on a name for one of them, but they are all filled with fish, turtles, reef sharks, wobbegongs, trevally, potato cod and sting rays. The mantas have also been good on these new sites.
WATER TEMP: 22 - 24C
VISIBILITY: 5m - 20m
CURRENT: none to moderate
SURGE: none to strong
DEPTH: 8m - 18m
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