Dive report - Lighthouse Bay Wednesday 1 July 2009

Today took us to Lighthouse Bay for the first time in a couple of weeks. Our first stop was Blizzard Ridge and it was teeming with all sorts of fish life. There were quite a few cool things that had us all babbling happily back on the boat: lionfish were out and about swimming off the reef, their fins spread out looking amazing against the sunlit blue; a turtle swam past us super slowly, totally unconcerned with our presence; an evasive grey reef shark circled us multiple times through the dive, never coming in too close but always keeping an eye on things. Olive sea snakes are definitely in a "playful" mood - one decided to make amorous advances towards a diver's fins and kept it up for over ten minutes! And then there were the dolphins - we LOVE Blizzard Ridge!!!
WATER TEMP: 24C
VISIBILITY: 10m
CURRENT: slight
SURGE: slight to moderate
DEPTH: 14m

Labyrinth was heavy with turtles again today. We saw more than eight different turtles either sleeping or swimming to the next patch of reef to start a new nap! Brilliantly coloured mantis shrimp scurried from hole to hole and a couple of them bravely stood up tall and waved bright red tentacles at us as we hovered close by. We found a giant moray eel bobbing his head up and down, tucked down in a hole and three wobbegong sharks were just out in the open, not even pretending to blend in with their surroundings. A lone olive sea snake, clearly suffering from the same ailemnt as the one from Blizzard Ridge, tried to get friendly. It was one of those dives where every minute brings something pretty special your way and we didn't want to get out!
WATER TEMP: 24C
VISIBILITY: 15m
CURRENT: none
SURGE: none
DEPTH: 14m